Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt Synopsis: Dr. Michael Corday (Glenn Ford) learns compassion when he falls in love with one of his patients named Evelyn (Janet Leigh). Purr Blur: In one scene Dr. Corday is walking to a tenement building in Spanish Harlem to see a young boy who’s throat is closed up. As the doctor […]
Directed by: Tamara Jenkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Wendy (Laura Linney) and John Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) find themselves having to come together as siblings despite a troubled past to care for their ailing father Lenny (Philip Bosco). Featured Feline: Wendy owns a female […]
Directed by: Barbara Peeters Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mutated fishmen wreak havoc on a small California coastal town. Purr Blur: At one point Carol Hill (Cindy Weintraub) is looking for the family dog (which, unknown to her, ran afoul of the creatures the night […]
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring writer Christopher Drew (Stephen Murray) explores the seedier side of life and gets in over his head when he witnesses a murder. Purr Blur: In one scene Frankie Ketchen (Rosalyn Boulter) and Christopher Drew are […]
Directed by: Laura Steinel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic who looks at her co-workers’ family relationships as weaknesses. That is until she is called upon to babysit her teenage niece Maddie (Bryn Vale). Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Maddie […]
English Title: Easy Money Directed by: DaniĆ©l Espinosa Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Economics college student JW (Joel Kinnaman) gets caught up in a drug running scheme which seems ideal at first but quickly spirals out of control. Purr Blur: When JW is introduced to […]
Directed by: George Sherman Synopsis: Jacob McCandles (John Wayne) sets out to rescue his namesake grandson from kidnappers, enlisting the aid of his other two estranged sons. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film Jacob and his group are riding out with one of the kidnappers to deliver the ransom money. A pipe is standing upright […]
Directed by: John Patrick Shanley Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) suspects Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of sexually abusing a student in their Catholic school. Kitty Cameo: Sister Beauvier is discussing the matter with Sister James (Amy Adams) when […]
Directed by: William Sachs Synopsis: Steve West (Alex Rebar) is an astronaut who returns to Earth a changed man; specifically a gelatinous mess that now kills people. Kitty Cameo: Dr. Ted Nelson (Burr DeBenning) is working on the case and is seen at home with his wife Judy (Ann Sweeny) throughout the film. In one […]
English Translation: Kite from the End of the World Directed by: Roger Pigaut Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of children in Paris find a mysterious Chinese kite which leads them to adventure. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The beginning of the film finds the […]