Party Monster (2003)

Party Monster (2003)

Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the true story of Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), the force behind the New York Club Kid scene who was later convicted of murder. Cat Burglar […]

The January Man (1989)

The January Man (1989)

Directed by: Pat O’Connor Not Safe Fur Work! This review contains some nude imagery. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Unconventional police officer Nick Starkey (Kevin Kline) is reinstated on the force to catch a serial killer. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Nick’s neighbor and friend Ed […]

Random Harvest Replacement?

Random Harvest Replacement?

Who doesn’t love the 1942 romantic film Random Harvest about love that is challenged by war and lost memories? Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson on screen brought us to tears. What could have made this movie better? How about a cat? Was there supposed to be a cat in the movie? We recently saw a […]

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Directed by: Norman Jewison Synopsis: The story of Tevye (Topol), a Jewish milkman with five daughters living in a small village in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Purr Blur: A student named Perchik (Paul Michael Glaser) comes to the village and Tevye offers the hungry young man a piece of cheese. Perchik finally accepts it as a cat […]

Edie & Pen (1996)

Edie & Pen (1996)

Directed by: Matthew Irmas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Edie (Jennifer Tilly) and Pen (Stockard Channing) are two very different women who meet after filing for divorce in Reno only to find they have more in common than they thought. Kitty Cameo: After her divorce […]

Mikey (1992)

Mikey (1992)

Directed by: Dennis Dimster-Denk Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A seemingly lovely little boy named Mikey (Brian Bonsall) is adopted by a new family with no clue to his violent past. Kitty Cameo: When Mikey moves in with his new family, he befriends the neighbor […]

Der müde Tod (1921)

Der müde Tod (1921)

English Title: Destiny Directed by: Fritz Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts Death (Bernhard Goetzke) when he takes her love away. Kitty Cameos: The couple stop at an inn when when the woman goes into the kitchen. She spots […]

12 Monkeys (1995)

12 Monkeys (1995)

Directed by: Terry Gilliam Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: James Cole (Bruce Willis), a prisoner in the future, is offered a pardon if he travels back in time to obtain samples of a virus that nearly killed off mankind. Kitty Cameo: During his time in […]

Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)

Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)

Directed by: John Derek Synopsis: An elderly man named Scott (Anthony Quinn) dies and as a ghost encourages his young wife Katie (Bo Derek) to continue his business dealings and commit a murder. Kitty Cameo: After Scott’s funeral, Katie is lying on her bed with a longhair Himalayan cat. She reacts when Scott starts talking […]

Beginners (2010)

Beginners (2010)

Directed by: Mike Mills Synopsis: Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is an artist coming to grips with his father Hal’s (Christopher Plummer) terminal cancer and newly expressed homosexuality. Purr Blurs: Vintage photographs are used to show the various eras important to the story. For one of the 1955 examples of pets, a black and white photograph of […]