Race with the Devil (1975)

Saber Productions Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates Directed by: Jack Starrett Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two couples on vacation in a motor home witness a human sacrifice and become the target of devil worshippers. Kitty Cameo: At one point the couples pull their motor home into a gas […]

Cops and Robbersons (1994)

TriStar Pictures Starring: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance Directed by: Michael Ritchie Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Robberson family lives in an idyllic suburbia but their worlds are turned upside down when the police decide to hold a stake out in their house to catch a dangerous crook […]

Glitter (2001)

Twentieth Century Fox Starring: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley Directed by: Vondie Curtis Hall Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Billie Frank (Mariah Carey) is an aspiring singer with a troubled past who finds fame, fortune and love with a radical producer named Julian Dice (Max Beesley). Featured Feline: The movie […]

Waking Life (2001)

Fox Searchlight Pictures Starring: Wiley Wiggins Directed by: Richard Linklater Synopsis: A surreal animated film about a man (Wiley Wiggins) wandering through a dream state and meeting various people with varying philosophies of life. Kitty Cameos: In one scene the main character is sitting on a couch and flipping through television stations. On one channel a black cat named […]

The Viking (1928)

Technicolor Starring: Donald Crisp, Pauline Starke Directed by: R. William Neill Synopsis: Alwin (LeRoy Mason) is kidnapped from his home and made a slave of the Vikings, who then set out to find new lands. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the film Alwin is seen returning to his home where his mother is sitting surrounded by women. One […]

Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

Gaylord Films Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rohn Thomas Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A remake of the Italian classic I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street) set in Collinwood, Ohio, where a group of inept burglars attempt to break into an apartment […]

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Paul Gregory Productions Starring: Lilian Gish, Robert Mitchum Directed by: Charles Laughton Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two children escape across the countryside from their murderous stepfather, self-purported preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum). Purr Blur: The children find refuge in the farmhouse of an older woman named Rachel Cooper […]

Mrs. Soffel (1984)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine Directed by: Gillian Armstrong Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on a true story. Kate Soffel (Diane Keaton) is the wife of a prison warden who takes pity on the Biddle brothers, Ed (Mel Gibson) and Jack (Matthew Modine), […]

The Beverly Hillbillies – “Clampett City”

Original Air Date: September 30, 1964 Starring: Donna Douglas, Buddy Ebsen Directed by: Joseph Depew Synopsis: Mr. Drysdale (Raymond Bailey) suggests the Clampetts buy and demolish a movie studio to build a new city and name it after themselves. Kitty Cameo: When Jed (Buddy Ebsen) is getting ready to leave for the studio, he walks outside to find the truck […]