Untraceable (2008)

Screen Gems Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross Directed by: Gregory Hoblit Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) is an FBI agent investigating cyber crime when she happens upon a site which is streaming a serial killer’s deadly traps in real time. Kitty Carnage […]

Pretty Baby (1978)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon Directed by: Louis Malle Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in New Orleans, 1917.  Violet (Brooke Shields) is the teenaged daughter of a brothel prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who strikes up a relationship with a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine). […]

The Wild Wild West – “The Night of the Big Blackmail”

Original Air Date: September 27, 1968 Starring: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin Directed by: Irving J. Moore Synopsis: When a foreign country fakes a kinetoscope showing President Grant signing a pact with a hostile nation it’s up to Jim West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) to put things right. Kitty Cameo: In the middle of the episode Artemus is […]

Felix Gets Revenge (1922)

Pat Sullivan Cartoons Directed by: Otto Messmer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Felix the Cat rescues a boy from a dog and is promised a home for life but the boy’s father has other ideas. Cartoon Cat: The short starts with a boy trying to steal apples from […]

Housing Problems (1935)

British Commercial Gas Association Directed by: Edgar Anstey, Arthur Elton Synopsis: This short film addresses the issues surrounding slum decay, clearance and low income housing replacements in England. Reality Cats: Several cats are seen in and around the slums. The cats were probably favored to help control the rat population, which several tenants explain in their interviews.

The Good Son (1993)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood Directed by: Joseph Ruben Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After the death of his mother, Mark (Elijah Wood) is sent to live with his uncle’s family while his father works oversea. It seems like a loving home until […]

Heart and Souls (1993)

Universal Pictures Starring: Alfre Woodard, Javar David Levingston, Janet MacLachlan Directed by: Ron Underwood Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Businessman Thomas Reilly (Robert Downey Jr.) is surprised when his four childhood guardian angels suddenly come back into his life needing his help. Cat Cattle Call: In the beginning of […]

Married to the Mob (1988)

Orion Pictures Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine Directed by: Jonathan Demme Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is relieved when she finds herself a widow after her mobster husband (Alec Baldwin) is killed but she learns that cutting ties with the mob isn’t an […]

Catch-22 (1970)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Alan Arkin, Marcel Dalio Directed by: Mike Nichols Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Joseph Heller. The insanity of war is represented with gruesome dark humor as Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin) tries to cope with the mounting insanity taking place […]

Buddy (1997)

Jim Henson Pictures Starring: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming Directed by: Caroline Thompson Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Loosely based on the true story of Gertrude Lintz (Rene Russo), an eccentric woman who raised chimpanzees and gorillas in her home and treated them like her children. Cat […]