Hi Gang! (1941)

Hi Gang! (1941)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Marcel Varnel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Married reporters, played by real-life couple Bebe Daniels (billed The Liberty Girl) and Ben Lyon (billed Her Other Half), working for rival New York radio networks, engage in cut-throat competition to get the […]

Killing Eve – “Just Dunk Me”

Killing Eve – “Just Dunk Me”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 27, 2022 Directed by: Stella Corradi This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Eve (Sandra Oh) is on a mission to get revenge against the Twelve, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), desperate to change, […]

Hoodoo Ann (1916)

Hoodoo Ann (1916)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Lloyd Ingraham This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Young Ann (Mae Marsh) has lived in an orphanage since infancy. Unhappy and lonely, Ann is told by the orphanage cook during a palm reading that […]

La Llorona (1960)

La Llorona (1960)

Directed by: René Cardona Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Felipe (Mauricio Garcés) and Margarita (Luz María Aguilar) get married and have a son, although her Uncle Gerardo (Carlos López Moctezuma) warns them of a curse which may cost their child his life. Cartoon Cats: When […]

Game 6 (2005)

Game 6 (2005)

Starring: Blackie Directed by: Michael Hoffman Synopsis: Playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is worried that vicious Broadway critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) is going to tear apart his new work. More importantly, his beloved Red Sox are up against the Mets in game six of the World Series. Kitty Cameo: The eccentric Schwimmer lives […]

The Silence of the Hams (1994)

The Silence of the Hams (1994)

Original Title: Il silenzio dei prosciutti Directed by: Ezio Greggio This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Jo Dee Fostar (Billy Zane) enlists advice from serial killer Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza (Dom DeLuise) in this spoof of crime thrillers. […]

Frankenweenie (1984)

Frankenweenie (1984)

Directed by: Tim Burton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Young Victor Frankenstein (Barret Oliver) is distraught after losing his beloved pet dog Sparky and sets out to resurrect him. Cat Cartoon: Shots of a pet cemetery are included in the opening credits, including one which […]

Fright (1971)

Fright (1971)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Peter Collinson Synopsis: Teenage babysitter Amanda (Susan George) arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son, Tara (Tara Collinson), while they go out for a meal. A series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house soon have Amanda’s nerves on edge but the […]

Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956)

Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956)

by Ted Davis (with additional material by Linda Kay) English Title: This is Called Dawn Directed by: Luis Buñuel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Cruelty and grace exist side by side in the sweltering Mediterranean island where hardworking and idealistic Doctor Valerio (Georges Marchal) plies […]

Mr. Jones (2019)

Mr. Jones (2019)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Agnieszka Holland Synopsis: Welsh journalist Gareth Jones (James Norton) risks his life to expose the truth about the devastating famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. Kitty Cameo: Jones’s writing is said to have influenced George Owell’s Animal Farm and the film opens with Orwell (Joseph Mawle) working […]