Starring: Gilligan and Skyler Directed by: The Hughes Brothers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a man named Eli (Denzel Washington) is on a quest, heading west with a book that others seem to want to steal or destroy. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of […]
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The Birds (1963)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Hitchcock’s classic tale of avian terror finds a woman named Melanie (Tippi Hedren) in a small California coastal town which becomes the focus of unexplained bird attacks. Purr Blurs: In the first scene of the film Melanie is entering a San Francisco pet shop. There are some kittens inside the front window of […]
The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
Directed by: George Blair Synopsis: Detective Dave Kennedy (Joe Patridge) is baffled when numerous women disfigure themselves but can’t explain why. Eventually he suspects a hypnotist named Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) may have something to do with the self-mutilations. Kitty Cameos: When Detective Kennedy’s girlfriend Marcia (Marcia Henderson) is hypnotized on stage by Desmond he gives […]
Harry & Tonto (1974)
Starring: TontoDirected by: Paul Mazursky This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired teacher Harry (Art Carney) loses his apartment in New York, the only home he has ever known. Finding himself at loose ends, with only a few possessions and his […]
Aaltra (2004)
La Parti Productions Starring: Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern, Isabelle Delépine Directed by: Gustave de Kervern & Benoît Delépine Synopsis: A bitingly dark comedy from Belgium about two neighbors (Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern) from a farming community outside Paris whose anger for one another leads to a mutual accident that ultimately bonds them in a most […]
Pamela Kellino and James Mason: Actors Cats Have Known
Actor James Mason and his wife, actress and author Pamela Kellino, were noted cat lovers and very public about their affection for felines. The newspapers often reported about the menagerie of cats which shared the Mason’s homes, first in Surrey, England and then in Beverly Hills. In 1949 they published a book entitled The Cats […]
Ann-Margret, Cat Lover
Ann-Margret is seen here holding a kitten in a promotional photo for her 1964 film Kitten With a Whip. Ann-Margret has always been fond of cats, as she explained in a 1972 article written by Joyce Haber for the Sarasota Journal: “Oh, do you like cats?” [Ann-Margret] said excitedly, when I responded to the tiny, […]
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A no-holds barred visual feast from Stanley Kubrick in this classic film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ novel. Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is a young man in a not-so-futuristic England who loves ultra-violence, milk-plus and Beethoven. The violent […]
Failing Better Now (2010)
A ginger and white tabby cat named Bernard (played by cat actor Eizer) goes missing, setting off a series of kooky encounters for his cat sitter in this independent film.
The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
An alien cat crash lands on Earth and enlists the aid of some scientists to help him repair his craft in this live action Disney film.