The Monster Club (1981)

The Monster Club (1981)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Roy Ward Baker This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: A vampire invites a horror writer to a secret club where monsters gather to drink and dance. He soon regales the amused man with three […]

The Maiden Heist (2009)

The Maiden Heist (2009)

Directed by: Peter Hewitt Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Museum security guards Roger (Christopher Walken), Charles (Morgan Freeman) and George (William H. Macy) are obsessed with specific works of art and plan to steal the pieces when they find out the entire exhibition is moving overseas. […]

Trespass Against Us (2016)

Trespass Against Us (2016)

by Mark Murton Director: Adam Smith Synopsis: Traveller Chad (Michael Fassbender) wants to break away from his family’s criminal activities to build a better future for his son. But his father considers this to be an act of betrayal, making escape extremely difficult. Purr Blur: As part of his plan to escape his father’s influence, […]

The Dance of Death (1969)

The Dance of Death (1969)

by Ted Davis Directed by: David Giles Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Isolated in an island fortress off the Swedish coast, brutal and sadistic artillery captain Edgar (Laurence Olivier) and his bitter and vindictive wife Alice (Geraldine McEwan) approach their 25th wedding anniversary while engaging […]

Napoleon (1927)

Napoleon (1927)

by Ted Davis Also Known As: Napoleon vu par Abel Gance Directed by: Abel Gance Synopsis: As a serious single-minded boy, Napoleon (Vladimir Roudenko) is consumed by intimations of his monumental destiny, which he begins to realize as a highly ambitious young man (Albert Dieudonné) when, after overcoming numerous and considerable obstacles, he embarks on […]

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Directed by: Stephanie Rothman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Susan (Sherry E. DeBoer) and Lee (Michael Blodgett) are a young couple who are invited to a desert retreat by a mysterious woman named Diane (Celeste Yarnall). And what they don’t know about Diane may hurt […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Jon Watts Synopsis: Spider-man’s alter ego, Peter Parker’s hopes of a relaxing European vacation with his school chums is interrupted by the arrival of Nick Fury who recruits him to help fight four destructive elemental monsters wreaking havoc across the continent. Purr Blur: On their arrival in Venice the school […]

Nothing but the Best (1964)

Nothing but the Best (1964)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Clive Donner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jimmy Brewster (Alan Bates), an ambitious, amoral, and acquisitive real estate agent from the lower classes, will resort to literally any trick or subterfuge to get ahead in life. To help realize his […]

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (2017)

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (2017)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Jon Brewer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A well-intentioned but disappointing documentary about the remarkable and multi-talented musician Mick Ronson, perhaps best known as David Bowie’s brilliant guitarist during the early 1970s, which encompassed the Ziggy Stardust era. Reality Cats: […]