Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Directed by: Ralph Nelson Synopsis: Heavyweight boxer Louis ‘Mountain’ Rivera (Anthony Quinn) reaches a point where fighting will mean irreparable damage which leaves his manager in a bind. Kitty Cameo: Under the opening credits a tabby cat walks across the large corridor of the boxing stadium. A security guard stops to pet the cat, who […]

The Keeper (2004)

The Keeper (2004)

Directed by: Paul Lynch Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lieutenant Krebs (Dennis Hopper) is a respected officer who secretly kidnaps a erotic dancer named Gina (Asia Argento) and holds her in his basement to “save” her. Kitty Cameo: After Gina has been imprisoned for […]

Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event (1943)

Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event (1943)

Directed by: Leslie Goodwins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Things gets confused when Carmelita Lindsay (Lupe Velez) sends a telegram about her ocelot having a kitten leads Dennis (Walter Reed) to believe she is the one having the baby. Kitty Cameo: Early in the film […]

Postman’s Knock (1962)

Postman’s Knock (1962)

Directed by: Robert Lynn Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Small town postman Harold Petts (Spike Milligan) gets promoted to London, but finds mail delivery in the big city to be very different than it is in the country. Kitty Cameo: Suspecting that Petts was behind […]

Murder, She Wrote – “Class Act”

Murder, She Wrote – “Class Act”

Original Air Date: December 3, 1989 Directed by: Allen Reisner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) narrates the story of Lt. Amos Ballinger (Barry Newman), a police detective assigned to teach a class in criminal investigation at a local university and whose […]

Sticky Fingers (1988)

Sticky Fingers (1988)

Directed by: Catlin Adams Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Offbeat comedy about two girls, Hattie (Helen Slater) and Lolly (Melanie Mayron), who get into trouble when they spend the drug money left in their care by a friend. Kitty Cameo: In one scene two sisters, Stella […]

Corpo Celeste (2011)

Corpo Celeste (2011)

Directed by: Alice Rohrwacher This review contains a very severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young girl named Marta (Yle Vianello) moves with her family from Switzerland to Southern Italy where she prepares for catechism while observing the hypocrisy around her. […]

It’s the Old Army Game (1926)

It’s the Old Army Game (1926)

Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Elmer Prettywillie (W.C. Fields) runs the local drugstore where he deals with kooky customers and gets caught up in a real estate scam. Kitty Cameo: One sight gag has Elmer dusting bric-a-brac in the store. […]

Four’s a Crowd (1938)

Four’s a Crowd (1938)

Directed by: Michael Curtiz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bob (Errol Flynn) is a public relations man, Jean (Rosalind Russell) is the newspaper woman who secretly loves him, Lorri (Olivia de Havilland) is a millionaire’s daughter who thinks she’s engaged to Bob even though newspaper […]

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

Directed by: John Hough Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dark Disney film about a family who moves into an eerie country house only to find mysteries and strange forces in residence. Kitty Cameo: The older daughter Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) visits the small cabin of the […]