Directed by: Neal Israel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: America is in debt so the President (John Ritter) decides to hold a telethon to help the country raise needed funds. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film we see television consultant Eric McMerkin (Peter […]
Directed by: Dan Gilroy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A satiric look at the high priced art world finds collectors becoming the victims of the very art they admire. Featured Felines: Gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) lives in an expensive home with a hairless […]
Directed by: Ariel Vromen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a pretty big spoiler for this film! Synopsis: The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), a cold-blooded mob killer known as “The Iceman.” Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Kuklinski is preparing what appears to be egg salad sandwiches in […]
Directed by: Robert Stevenson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Originally a two-part film shown on Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. A St. Bernard named Barabbas (played by The Bernardiner Noel) has a tendency to steal things and get his new owner, helicopter traffic reporter Jack […]
Directed by: Dan Ireland Synopsis: A porn star named Valentino (Vincent D’Onofrio) shares complicated relationships between his girlfriend Mary (Salma Hayek) and boyfriend “Gary” (Thomas Jane). Kitty Cameo: In one scene Valentino sees a flyer shoved under the door of his apartment. He pushes the flyer back under the door but it slips back in. […]
Starring: GeorgeDirected by: Bharat Nalluri This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of how author Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) came to create his classic tale A Christmas Carol. Kitty Cameo: In need of money to publish the […]
Original Air Date: November 8, 1986Directed by: Dave Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Iola (Beverly Archer) is depressed when her mean kitty Midnight passes away. Then she surprises everyone by having the animal freeze-dried. Cat Corpse: We never see Midnight the cat before his passing, […]
Original Air Date: 1955 – 1960Starring: Midnight the Cat Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this series! Synopsis: Actor Andy Devine heads a kids’ show sponsored by Buster Brown shoes in which he tells stories and shares the stage with a variety of characters and animals. Featured Feline: Andy’s Gang […]
Alcor Films Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl Directed by: Ron Shelton Synopsis: Baseball record holder Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) hires sportswriter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to write his autobiography, but Stump is torn between telling the story Cobb relates to him or the truth about the legend’s outrageous personality. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Cobb is recounting […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Unused and unissued newsreel footage of a cat show at Shepherd’s Bush, London. Reality Cats: The newsreel begins with a couple of takes of two women, Irene Ashton and Diana Morrison, looking into a basket to find some Siamese kittens. Several shots of the show cats are then seen. What’s interesting about this footage […]