A Simple Favor (2018)

A Simple Favor (2018)

Directed by: Paul Feig Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kenrick) is a sweet, motherly blogger whose life changes radically when she comes up against the more worldly and mysterious mom named Emily (Blake Lively). Kitty Cameo: While investigating Emily’s life, Stephanie ends […]

Buta to gunkan (1961)

Buta to gunkan (1961)

English Title: Pigs and BattleshipsDirected by: Shôhei Imamura Synopsis: Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young gang member who is put in charge of a pig farm for a small gang of Yakuza that is slowly imploding. Purr Blur: In one scene Kinta is walking home after losing at cards. A small white Japanese Bobtail cat […]

Forty Guns (1957)

Forty Guns (1957)

Directed by: Samuel Fuller This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Griff Bonell (Barry Sullivan) is one of the last of the old-school marshalls who arrives in an Arizona county with his brothers only to come up against a tough rancher (Barbara Stanwyck) who wants the man on her side. Kitty Cameo: This […]

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

Directed by: Chas. F. Reisner Synopsis: William Canfield (Ernest Torrence), a tough steamboat captain, is disappointed when his son, William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton) arrives looking anything but manly. Kitty Cameo: Junior wants to sneak out to see his girl one night and is trying to get off the steamboat without being seen. He moves […]

The Cooler (2003)

The Cooler (2003)

Directed by: Wayne Kramer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is a bona fide loser; so much so that he acts as a “cooler” in a Las Vegas casino to pay off his debts. But will love turn Bernie’s luck around? […]

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

Directed by: Ronald Neame Synopsis: Cantakerous artist Gulley Jimson (Alec Guiness) ruffles the feathers of those around him as he searches for the perfect wall for his as yet unrealized masterpiece. Kitty Cameo: In one scene, a dejected Gulley is sitting with his young admirer, Nosey (Mike Morgan), outside a dilapidated church. Nosey hears meowing […]

Coming Soon – Cats Trailer Drops

The trailer for the new movie version of the musical Cats has just dropped and shows how computer animation has been utilized to update and enhance the looks of the “cats”, making them more cat-like.

Seddok, l’erede di Satana (1960)

Seddok, l’erede di Satana (1960)

English Title: Atom Age VampireDirected by: Anton Giulio Majano Synopsis: The mad Prof. Alberto Levin (Alberto Lupo) promises to restore the damaged face of stripper Jeanette (Susanne Loret) . . . but at what cost? Purr Blur: In one scene, Jeanette is walking onto some docks. A little cat is in the background then darts […]

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

Directed by: Curtis Harrington Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two orphans named Christopher (Mark Lester) and Katy (Chloe Franks) find themselves in the home of the benevolent Mrs. Forrest (Shelley Winters) whom Christopher suspects of having a dark secret. Kitty Cameo: Mrs. Forrest owns a […]

Now Playing – The Cat Rescuers

A documentary about several people who have made it their life mission to help rescue some of the more than 300,000 feral cats struggling to survive in New York City. Several screenings are currently scheduled across the country. For more information, visit the film’s official website.