Motherhood (2009)

John Wells Productions Starring: Uma Thurman, Alice Drummond Directed by: Katherine Dieckmann Synopsis: The harried day in the life of a Manhattan mother named Eliza (Uma Thurman) who struggles against ridiculous obstacles on the path to preparing a party for her six-year-old daughter. Kitty Cameo: Eliza and her family live in an old apartment building and her next door […]

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)

Warner Bros. Starring: Bubba Smith, David Graf Directed by: Peter Bonerz Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The bumbling officers of the Academy find themselves facing bumbling but successful crooks who are pulling off major heists all over the city. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In one scene Hightower (Bubba Smith) […]

I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)

Periclean Starring: Michael Rubin, Steve McCoy Directed by: John Elias Michalakis Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After incurring the wrath of a zombie drug dealer, a group of teenage boys decide to fight fire with fire by making one of their own a good zombie to fight back. […]

Redneck Zombies (1989)

Full Moon Pictures Starring: Pericles Lewnes, Tyrone Taylor Directed by: Pericles Lewnes Synopsis: A group of backwood rednecks start a zombie apocolypse when they get the bright idea to use a barrel full of nuclear waste as their still. Kitty Cameo: As Elly May (Pericles Lewnes) is driving around delivering the moonshine, a shot of an orange tabby cat […]

Flubber (1997)

Walt Disney Pictures Starring: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden Directed by: Les Mayfield Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A remake of The Absent-Minded Professor. Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) has trouble remembering important events, like his own wedding day, but invents an incredibly bouncy substance he calls Flubber. […]

Better Off Dead (1985)

A&M FilmsStarring: John Cusack, Diane FranklinDirected by: Savage Steve Holland Synopsis: Lane Meyer (John Cusack) is head over heels in love with a beautiful girl. But when she spurns him (for practically everyone else) it leaves Lane despondent. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Lane awakens to find a note from his mother (stuck to his forehead) to feed the […]

Please Murder Me! (1956)

Please Murder Me! (1956)

Directed by: Peter Godfrey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) defends Myra Leeds (Angela Lansbury) when she is accused of murder, even though they have fallen in love with each other. Kitty Cameo: In the scene when Myra’s husband Joe (Dick […]

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

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 […]

Curse of the Demon (1957)

Curse of the Demon (1957)

Original Title: Night of the Demon Directed by: Jacques Tourneur Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) is an American psychologist who travels to England to attend a conference about the paranormal when the lead speaker is killed mysteriously. The deceased doctor’s […]

Cass Timberlane (1947)

Cass Timberlane (1947)

Directed by: George Sidney This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Judge Cass Timberlane (Spencer Tracy) marries Virginia Marshland (Lana Turner), a woman his society friends deem is from the “wrong side of […]