by Mark Murton Italian Title: L’inferno dei Morti Viventi Also Known As: Virus; Night of the Zombies Director: Bruno Mattei Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film. Synopsis: After an experiment has gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea while a female […]
Original Air Date: October 14, 1967 Directed by: Norman Abbott Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) finds he must hold a seance to contact a deceased witness. Kitty Cameo: In the opening segment, Max is meeting with a woman named Ann Ferris (Ina […]
Directed by: Joe Napolitano Synopsis: An outbreak of cholera has medical professionals scrambling to prevent an epidemic in this made-for-TV movie. Purr Blurs: In one scene a limousine carrying a drug kingpin and his underlings is driving down a rural road. A brown tabby cat and a tuxedo cat are walking along the side of […]
Original Title: Den goda viljan Directed by: Bille August Synopsis: Written by Ingmar Bergman, this film tells the story of his parents Henrik (Samuel Fröler) and Anna (Pernilla August). Purr Blur: In one scene the family gathers for a photo. One of the women has a tabby cat on her lap. Final Mewsings: Cats are […]
Original Air Date: November 8, 2001 Directed by: Pamela Fryman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Finch (David Spade) and Elliot (Enrico Colantoni) both try to outdo one another to win the love of Amy (Tiffani Thiessen). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Finch manages to become Amy’s assistant […]
Directed by: Steven Spielberg Synopsis: A reimagined version of the musical finds love blooming amidst fierce gang rivalry. Purr Blurs: During a morning establishing shot three cats are seen hanging out in an alley. Final Mewsings: Cats are loyal to their own gangs. Relevant Links: To discuss this film and other cats in movies and […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of a cat hotel in Holyport, Berkshire, England. Reality Cats: Two little girls carry a large brown tabby cat to the hotel. The narrator explains the home, run by Mrs. Mollie Turney, is a place where people leave their pet cats when they go away for a short time, and […]
Directed by: Burt Reynolds Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sonny Lawson (Burt Reynolds) finds out he has a rare blood disease and is going to die, causing him to contemplate suicide. Cat Cattle Call: Sonny is married but is seeing a girl named Mary Ellen […]
Directed by: Raja Gosnell Synopsis: A boy named Alex (Alex D. Linz) fights off international spies searching his neighborhood for a top-secret microchip. Kitty Cameos: Alex spies on the neighbors with a telescope. At one point he lets his pet rat Doris have a look through the lens. She sees a large ginger tabby cat […]
Original Air Date: March 1, 1970 Directed by: Gerald Mayer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The team set out to stop a noted assassin before his next murder by getting his identity from the man’s only known contact. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): That contact is named […]