Mushrooms (1995)

Mushrooms (1995)

Directed by: Alan Madden Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Flo (Julia Blake) and Minnie (Lynette Curran) are elderly women who advertise for a border and end up with a deceased criminal and a policeman on his tail. They then resort to unique means to dispose […]

The Crawling Hand (1963)

The Crawling Hand (1963)

Directed by: Herbert L. Strock This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The murderous disembodied arm of an infected astronaut is discovered by a teenager named Paul (Rod Lauren) who also becomes imbued with the urge to kill. Kitty Cameo: […]

Peer Gynt (1941)

Peer Gynt (1941)

Directed by: David Bradley Synopsis: A 16mm silent production of the Ibsen play about the ne’re-do-well anti-hero. Kitty Cameo: Peer Gynt (Charlton Heston in his film debut) visits his ailing mother (Betty Hanisee). She tells him she is dying but he doesn’t want to face reality. He tries to take her mind off dark things […]

Symphony in Slang (1951)

Symphony in Slang (1951)

Directed by: Tex Avery Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A classic animated short rich in word play finds a hip guy (voiced by John Brown) trying to communicate with Noah Webster (also John Brown) to get into heaven. Cartoon Cats: As the hipster explains his […]

Jack Frost (1923)

Jack Frost (1923)

Directed by: Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Snub Pollard plays a hired hand on a ranch in the cold north who helps thwart a thief trying to steal the property for its oil reserves. Kitty Cameos: Early in the film Snub is […]

A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)

A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)

Directed by: Dana Lustig Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A woman named Mia (Jodie Whittaker) finds herself traveling to her past to face dark issues that could lead her to a tragic end if she doesn’t correct them. Featured Feline: Mia owns an silver British […]

Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Directed by: Bill Fishman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the television series, Officer Gunther Toody (David Johansen) is paired with Officer Francis Muldoon (John C. McGinley) in a very rough and modern New York City. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of […]

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Directed by: Ida Lupino Synopsis: Fishing buddies Roy Collins (Edmond O’Brien) and Gilbert Bowen (Frank Lovejoy) pick up hitchhiker Emmett Myers (William Talman) who turns out to be an escaped convict who forces them to drive to Mexico. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Myers is holding Collins and Bowen at gunpoint as […]

Broken Flowers (2005)

Broken Flowers (2005)

Directed by: Jim Jarmusch Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Reclusive writer Don Johnston (Bill Murray) receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him of a son which starts him on a journey to visit the women in his life. Purr Blur: One of […]

The Acquisition of the Token-Reward Habit in the Cat (1937)

The Acquisition of the Token-Reward Habit in the Cat (1937)

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A silent filmed experiment from the University of Rochester shows several cats used in the study of learned token-reward habits. Reality Cats: The tests involve placing the cat subjects into a lighted box with a window so they can be […]