Directed by: Hal Needham Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The crazy competitors set out across country once again for another entry in the Cannonball Run race. Faux Cat: In an early scene that spoofs The Godfather, Don Canneloni (Dom DeLuise) is talking to several “family” […]
Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Claude (Freddie Bartholomew) is a cultured boy who moves to New York City and tries to befriend the neighborhood toughs Buck (Jackie Cooper) and Gig (Mickey Rooney). Purr Blurs: To help Gig raise money for […]
Directed by: Richard Donner Synopsis: Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are back, this time trying to take down diplomats who are hiding criminal activity behind their immunity. Purr Blur: The Murtaugh’s family tabby cat Burbank is seen only fleetingly in this film, first on the couch as the family gathers to […]
Starring: Dinah Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Terry Ramsey (Terry Moore) believes her Uncle Willie (James Gleason) has been reincarnated into a racehorse named October. Featured Feline: Uncle Willie owns an unnamed long-haired tabby cat which he often carries with […]
Original Air Date: October 5, 1974 Directed by: Dave Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Carol is joined for sketches and songs by guest stars Michele Lee and Jack Weston. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The final sketch of the show is about a drunken character named […]
English Title: Fireworks Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Synopsis: Police detective Yoshitaka Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) leaves the force to care for his terminally ill wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) after a series of life-shattering events. Kitty Cameos: Nishi and his wife visit a temple late in the film. One shot shows several temple cats sitting together. Later a […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage highlights Pet Day in Toronto, Canada, with a parade of animals and their owners. Reality Cats: Dogs are the focus of much of the newsreel segment, but a tabby cat dressed in knitted baby clothes apparently won first prize in the Toronto Humane Society Pet Parade. There is a […]
Directed by: Valerie LaPointe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bo Peep (voiced by Annie Potts) fills Woody in on what has happened to her and her sheep since they last saw him. Cartoon Cats: Several quick scenarios are shown of the odd places where Bo […]
Starring: Esmeralda HuffhinesDirected by: Scott Perry This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Egyptian cat goddess Keshra demands suicide of all local cats who are then transformed into young, beautiful naked women charged with seducing and exterminating human men. Featured Feline: […]
English Title: The Crimes of the Black CatDirected by: Sergio Pastore This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A blind pianist / composer named Peter Oliver (Anthony Steffen) gets caught up in sleuthing when he thinks he may have overheard […]