Music Artist: Was (Not Was) Directed by: Christoph Simon Synopsis: The unforgettable music video for this Was (Not Was) song glorifying incarceration. Cartoon Cat (and Purr Blur!): The very first scene of this animated short is of a black cat chasing some mice. Final Mewsings: As much as cats are shown in jail on film […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: William Castle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Recently widowed, newly wealthy Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck) indulges in regular bouts of titanic and voluble eardrum-shattering screaming as she’s repeatedly haunted by the ghostly apparition of creepy and possessive late husband Howard […]
Music Artist: Band of Horses Directed by: Ben Fee Synopsis: The faces of the band’s members are superimposed on cats and dolls in a room full of kitties. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Numerous cats are featured in the video, many of them playing with balls of yarn and dolls. The band’s faces are sometimes superimposed […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: James Whale Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Long Island socialites Tony Milburn (Robert Young) and Carlota Milburn (Constance Cummings) celebrate their six month wedding anniversary by joining a similarly spoiled, entitled and tiresome group of unregenerate young couples in an […]
Directed by: Alfred Travers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Twin trapeze artists George and Jules de Lisle (both played impressively by Herbert Lom) are the targets of scam artist Mike Bergen (Terence de Marney) who sends his girlfriend Gloria (Phyllis Dixey) to woo Jules in […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Julien Duvivier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A rich widow is murdered in a provincial French town, and eccentric and unpopular Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon), a conspicuous loner, is suspected of the crime. The actual murderer, low-life habitual criminal Alfred […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 22, 1989 Director: Alan Wareing This review contains a couple of Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains multiple spoilers for this story arc. Synopsis: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) takes Ace (Sophie Aldred) back to her home town of Peveril where the disappearance […]
Music Artist: Siouxsie and the Banshees Directed by: Clive Richardson Synopsis: This music video finds the band running through the woods accompanied by overlaid imagery. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the promo, Siouxsie Sioux is crawling like a cat under video of a black cat walking. Later a black cat is seen falling in […]
Directed by: Friz Freleng This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Porky Pig is desperate for a good night’s sleep but a musical alley cat has other ideas. Cartoon Cat: Right after Porky goes to bed and falls fast […]
Directed by: Ralph Murphy, Edward Sedgwick Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Ray Smith (Eddie Quillan) is an ambitious young man who invests, sight unseen, in an auto camp that turns out to be a wreck. Kitty Cameos: As Ray first enters the Blue Bird Auto […]