Directed by: Gordon Wiles Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates the strange death of a would-be heir who disappears during an ocean voyage. Kitty Cameo: Much of the action takes place in a small, bizarre house built outside the mansion of […]
English Title: The City of Lost ChildrenDirected by: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A fantasy set in a dark city where children are mysteriously disappearing. Kitty Cameo: In one scene the child thieves, including Miette (Judith Vittet) and strongman One (Ron […]
Also Known As: The Green Ray; SummerDirected by: Éric Rohmer Synopsis: Delphine (Marie Rivière) is a secretary who finds herself having to take a vacation alone, but circumstance interferes and opens up a whole new world to her. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Delphine is sitting with her friends around a table outside. One woman […]
Directed by: Jim Abrahams Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fighter pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is assigned to an important mission but it psychologically imbalanced in this parody of Top Gun. Purr Blur: One of the pilots is named Pete ‘Dead Meat’ Thompson (William O’Leary) […]
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg Synopsis: Légionnaire Tom Brown (Gary Cooper) falls for cabaret singer Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) but various circumstances cause their future happiness to hang in the balance. Purr Blur: In one scene a black cat is seen outside the grating of Amy’s room. It stands for a moment and then walks […]
Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis Synopsis: A number of go-go girls are murdered in horrible ways and smooth detective Abraham Gentry (Frank Kress) is on the trail of the killer. Kitty Cameo: After a girl is killed in the opening scene, Abraham is seen sitting at home on his couch reading about the murder in […]
Directed by: Charles Vidor Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A non-musical version of the opera Carmen finds soldier Don José Lizarabengoa (Glenn Ford) destroying his life all for the love of the beautiful gypsy Carmen (Rita Hayworth). Kitty Cameo: The film’s tragic ending is foreshadowed […]
Directed by: Charles Frend Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s sets out to lead a 1912 expedition to reach the South Pole. Kitty Cameo: As was often the case in real life, the ship carried a black cat mascot along on […]
Directed by: Victor Fleming Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Daniel Brown (Douglas Fairbanks) is a superstitious, nervous man who is manipulated by Dr. Ulrich Metz (Herbert Grimwood), an unscrupulous psychiatrist. Kitty Cameos: Since Dr. Metz is literally trying to drive Daniel crazy, he exploits the […]
Also Known As: The Atomic BrainStarring: XerxesDirected by: Joseph Mascelli This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An elderly woman named Mrs. March (Marjorie Eaton) is depending on a mad scientist named Dr. Frank (Frank Gerstle) to keep her young […]