Babel (2006)

Babel (2006)

Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Synopsis: A series of stories in four different countries are linked by one shocking event. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The story in Japan follows a hearing impaired teenaged girl named Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi). She lives in a high rise apartment with her father and an adorable white cat with a […]

Peg of Old Drury (1935)

Peg of Old Drury (1935)

Directed by: Herbert Wilcox Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Irish actress Peg Woffington (Anna Neagle) is jilted by her boyfriend after moving to London but seeks out a new career at Drury Lane theater. Cat Cattle Call: Peg becomes enamored of actor David Garrick (Cedric Hardwicke) […]

Strange Bargain (1949)

Strange Bargain (1949)

Directed by: Will Price Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Sam Wilson (Jeffrey Lynn) is a struggling working man whose boss asks for help in a suicide for insurance money scheme. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After coming home from his boss’ house with blood on his […]

36 Hours (1953)

36 Hours (1953)

Also Known As: Terror Street Directed by: Montgomery Tully This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a major spoiler for this film! Synopsis: American pilot Major Bill Rogers (Dan Duryea) sneaks into London to find his missing wife only to end up accused of her […]

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

Starring: Screwball Directed by: Lloyd Bacon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sally Elliot (Lucille Ball) loses her job as a switchboard operator and becomes a Fuller Brush Girl to try to raise money for her dream house. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Anxious to get signed […]

Bird (1988)

Bird (1988)

Directed by: Clint Eastwood Synopsis: The life story of the great jazz saxophone player Charlie “Bird” Parker (Forest Whitaker). Purr Blur: At one point Parker tours the south with a band that includes Red Rodney (Michael Zelniker). As the band members enter a small motel, the clerk is at the check-in counter with a small […]

The Black Cat (1966)

The Black Cat (1966)

Starring: Pluto Directed by: Harold Hoffman This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Lou (Robert Frost) is an unbalanced young writer who becomes completely unglued, in part because of a […]

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

Directed by: Larry Cohen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A witch named Miranda (Bette Davis) and her daughter Priscilla (Barbara Carrera) worm their way into an unsuspecting family in order to rob them blind. Featured Feline: Married couple Jenny (Colleen Camp) and Steve (David Rasche) […]

Easy Living (1937)

Easy Living (1937)

Directed by: Mitchell Leisen Synopsis: A comedy of misunderstandings finds a wealthy banker (Edward Arnold) caught up in scandal when the world thinks he has a mistress (Jean Arthur). Purr Blur: At the beginning of the film, J.B. Ball the banker is starting his day. Leaving his bedroom he is confronted by a ladder, which […]

The Man from Dakota (1940)

The Man from Dakota (1940)

Directed by: Leslie Fenton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: During the Civil War, Union officers Lt. Oliver Clark (John Howard) and Sgt. ‘Bar’ Barstow (Wallace Beery) enlist the aid of a woman named Eugenia Sanford (Dolores Del Rio) to help them cross enemy lines to […]