Directed by: Savage Steve Holland Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring cartoonist and animator Hoops McCann (John Cusack) is looking for inspiration for a love story and finds zaniness with his friends at the beach. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the film, Hoops is […]
Directed by: Marita Grabiak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Melanie (Emilie Ullerup) and Aaron (Donovan Goodwin) are given an assignment to work on a new Christmas ad campaign. She is all about Christmas and he is not. Can they hash out their differences to complete […]
Directed by: Lasse Hallström This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular book by W. Bruce Cameron, a dog narrates their experience through several lifetimes with different owners. Kitty Cameo: The dog’s second life is as […]
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After an ugly break-up with her boyfriend, Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) finds a friend in her new roommate Hedra (Jennifer Jason Leigh), not realizing the danger that awaits. Featured Feline: Allison’s upstairs neighbor is Graham (Peter […]
Directed by: John Bailey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris) has a reputation for being able to track down murderers by their mistakes but the shoe is on the other foot when he falls for a woman named Rachel Munro (Madeleine […]
Directed by: Martin Scorsese Synopsis: An orphan boy named Hugo (Asa Butterfield) lives secretly in a Paris train station where he winds the clocks and works on a secret automaton. Kitty Cameo: There is a quick shot of a ginger Persian cat sitting on a stack of books in Monsieur Labisse’s (Christopher Lee) book shop. […]
English Title: The Big RiskDirected by: Claude Sautet Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) is a career criminal who needs help returning to Paris and is deeply disappointed when his associates send another freelance criminal named Stark (Jean-Paul Belmondo) instead. Kitty Cameo: […]
Directed by: Joseph Losey Synopsis: Psychotherapist Dr. Clive Edmond (Alexander Knox) opens up a can of worms with his wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) when he invites a thug (Dirk Bogarde) into his home for rehabilitation instead of turning him over to the police. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film Dr. Edmond is seen […]
English Title: Scent of a WomanDirected by: Dino Risi This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young Army cadet named Giovanni Bertazzi (Alessandro Momo) is assigned to accompany a surly blind and maimed Captain named Fausto Consolo (Vittorio Gassman) […]
Directed by: John Schlesinger Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: American soldier Matt Dyson (Richard Gere) arrives in England during World War II and falls in love with a shopkeeper’s daughter named Jean (Lisa Eichhorn). Kitty Cameo: A long-haired tuxedo cat is seen several times in […]