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CATS ON FILM – THE BOOK!
What is a Catguffin? Which type of cat would be more likely to rip your throat out in a movie – a Catzilla or a Pussilla? What is the difference between a Catagonist and a Heropuss? And what exactly was … Continue reading
Posted in A Major Cat Movie, Catagonist, Cataphor, Catguffin, Catpanion, Catperson, Catrifice, Catscallion, Catshock, Catzilla, Heropuss, White Cat of Evil
Tagged Alien, CATS, cats on film, cinema, films, Jones, movies, The Third Man, White Cat of Evil
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CAT OF THE DAY 110: CLOUD ATLAS
CAT OF THE DAY 110: CLOUD ATLAS (2012) This uneven but always fascinating adaptation of David Mitchell’s bestseller consists of six different stories from six different genres set in six different time periods and featuring six different sets of characters. … Continue reading
Posted in Catpanion, Catscallion, Catshock, Catzilla, Tabby Cat, Uncategorized
Tagged Cloud Atlas, modesty cat, tabby, Timothy Cavendish, Tom Tykwer
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CAT OF THE DAY 109: NYMPHOMANIAC: VOL. I
CAT OF THE DAY 109: NYMPHOMANIAC: VOL. I (2013) If you only have to watch one Lars von Trier film with “nymphomaniac” in the title, make it the first part of his episodic diptych in which a woman called Joe … Continue reading
Posted in Catscallion, Tabby Cat
Tagged cat, catscallion, Lars von Trier, Nymphomaniac
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CAT OF THE DAY 108: NIGHT OF THE EAGLE
CAT OF THE DAY 108: NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (1962) The premise of Fritz Leiber’s terrific supernatural thriller Conjure Wife (1943) is one to rank alongside William Burrough’s iffier assertions about women being “the principal reservoir of the alien virus … Continue reading
Posted in Black Cat
Tagged Black Cat, Burn Witch Burn, Charles Beaumont, Conjure Wife, familiar, Night of the Eagle, Sidney Hayers, witch
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CAT OF THE DAY 107: THE HEAT
CAT OF THE DAY 107: THE HEAT (2013) There are more movies in which male cops are partnered by dogs than there are female buddy cop movies, which makes Paul Feig’s comedy a very rare bird indeed. Sandra Bullock plays … Continue reading
Posted in Catpanion, Ginger Puss, Tabby Cat
Tagged female buddy cop movie, gingerpuss, Melissa McCarthy, Pumpkin, Sanda Bullock, tabby, The Heat
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CAT OF THE DAY 105: PROOF
CAT OF THE DAY 105: PROOF (1991) “Hello Ugly!” The first dialogue in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s writing-directing debut, a well-reviewed film in the Australian post-New Wave, is addressed (affectionately) to a stray tabby cat. The speaker is Andy, an easy-going kitchen hand … Continue reading
Posted in Tabby Cat
Tagged catguffin, catrifice, Hugo Weaving, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Proof, Russell Crowe, tabby
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CAT OF THE DAY 104: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
CAT OF THE DAY 104: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014) In Moonrise Kingdom, writer-director Wes Anderson killed off a dog, but mercifully let the young heroine’s kitten survive to cathood. Will he be equally indulgent towards Jeff Goldblum’s Persian cat … Continue reading
Posted in Catrifice, Persian Cat
Tagged Deputy Kovacs, Jeff Goldblum, Jopling, Persian Cat, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe
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CAT OF THE DAY 103: LA RAGAZZA CHE SAPEVA TROPPO
CAT OF THE DAY 103: LA RAGAZZA CHE SAPEVA TROPPO (AKA THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH) (1963) Mario Bava’s last film in black and white is often cited as the first giallo, though it’s probably more of a giallo … Continue reading
Posted in Catguffin, Catpanion
Tagged giallo, La ragazza che sapevo troppo, Mario Bava, The Girl Who Knew Too Much
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CAT OF THE DAY 102: THE LEGO MOVIE
CAT OF THE DAY 102: THE LEGO MOVIE (2014) Everything is awesome, and there is a perceptible feline thread running through this superior slice of product placement masquerading as jolly family animation, manufactured almost entirely out of Lego™ bricks. As … Continue reading
Posted in Animation or Anime, Cartoon Cat, Cataphor, Catpanion, Ginger Puss, Kitten, Multicat
Tagged cat poster, Princess Unikitty, Sherry Scratchen-Post, The Lego Movie
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