Directed by: Ralph Portillo Synopsis: A group of kids learn a ghost named Carolyn haunts some nearby woods and try to capture her. Purr Blur: Early in the film a girl named Carrie (Brittany Robertson) enters an abandoned house looking for ghosts. A black cat runs down the stairs, growling, and startles her. For some […]
Directed by: Kevin Costner Synopsis: Lieutenant Dunbar (Kevin Costner) is a Union soldier assigned to a remote outpost where he befriends wolves and Indians, leaving him torn between two worlds. Kitty Cameo: During the opening credits some union soldiers are resting after battle. One soldier is playing with a black kitten on his lap. You […]
Directed by: John Farrow Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of travelers are stranded in a Central American jungle after their plane crashes. Kitty Cameo: Before the fated flight, a tough guy named Pete (Allen Jenkins) is sitting with a boy named Tommy Mulvaney […]
Directed by: William Hamilton, Edward Killy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Writer William Magee (Gene Raymond) goes to a remote and supposedly empty inn to finish some work only to find the place busier than Grand Central Station. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): When Magee first […]
Directed by: Josephine Decker Synopsis: A young couple move in with noted writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her professor husband Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg), leading to some interesting relations between them. Kitty Cameo: A black cat is seen several times throughout the film. First the cat is running down the stairs. Later the cat […]
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Inventor Tom Wakefield (Robert Young) gets paid a huge sum by a razor company not to release his hair-removal shaving cream and shares his newfound wealth which leads to trouble. Kitty Cameo: Tom wants to […]
Directed by: William A. Wellman Synopsis: Gangster Tom Powers (James Cagney) rises in power until his ruthless ways make him Public Enemy No. 1. Purr Blur: In one scene a man nicknamed Putty Nose (Murray Kinnell) exits a garage and walks down the sidewalk. A black cat crosses his path and the man pauses just […]
Directed by: Ridley Scott Synopsis: A group of U.S. Army Rangers are dropped into the middle of Mogadishu to capture targets but end up stranded with few options for escape. Purr Blur: As one group makes its way through the city to a hopeful extraction spot a black cat is seen crossing the road. Final […]
Directed by: David Howard Synopsis: Scott Baylor (George O’Brien) tries to protect some timber region used for grazing cattle from being developed for a railway scam. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In one scene the bad guys have Scott and his pal Whopper Hatch (Chill Wills) surrounded in a building. Scott sends Whopper out to get […]
Directed by: Steven Knight Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fishing boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) lives in a secluded island community without a care until his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) appears asking for a favor that will shake up his reality. Cat Burglar (Scene […]