Category Archives: Catscallion

CAT OF THE DAY 035: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

CAT OF THE DAY 035: TONARI NO TOTORO (aka MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO) (1988) The cat bus. I am posting these pictures in the hope that an automobile engineer will see them and use them as blueprints. Please note the tail-lights … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 034: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON

CAT OF THE DAY 034: THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972) Because, sometimes, a fight to the death between the World’s Greatest Kung-Fu Star and the six-times Professional Middleweight Karate Champion of the World, in one of the most famous … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 033: LA DOLCE VITA

CAT OF THE DAY 033: LA DOLCE VITA (1960) Rome after dark. Visiting movie star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) puts a kitten on her head. As you do. But removes it before climbing into the Trevi Fountain. Related articles Marcello Mastroianni: … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 032: THE PRESTIGE

CAT OF THE DAY 032: THE PRESTIGE (2006) Celebrated stage magician Robert “The Great Danton” Angier (Hugh Jackson) is visiting eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla (David Bowie) in Colorado in a quest for a teleportation device that will enable him to … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL

CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL (1977) If there’s one thing worse than being disturbed by neighbour noise, it’s being disturbed by neighbour noise and then being told you don’t have any neighbours. Cristina Raines plays a supermodel who … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 024: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

CAT OF THE DAY 024: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (1962) The black cat in Saul Bass‘s credit sequence for Edward Dmytryk’s film is one of the most famous cats in the movies, and rightly so. The puss emerges from … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 022: THE ITALIAN JOB

CAT OF THE DAY 022: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) and Camp Freddie (Tony Beckley) need to enlist computer expert Professor Peach (Benny Hill) if they are to pull off their cunning plan to nick a consignment … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 018: TALES OF TERROR

CAT OF THE DAY 018: TALES OF TERROR (1962) A trilogy of Edgar Allan Poe stories adapted for the screen by Richard Matheson and directed by Roger Corman. Vincent Price, who stars in all three segments, is 1) stalked by … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 017: LA PEAU DOUCE

CAT OF THE DAY 017: LA PEAU DOUCE (aka THE SOFT SKIN) (1964) Jean Desailly plays Pierre, a married man of letters who embarks on a furtive affair with Nicole, an air hostess (played by Françoise Dorléac, sister of Catherine … Continue reading

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CAT OF THE DAY 008: GO

CAT OF THE DAY 008: GO (1999) Three loosely linked stories featuring drugs, young grocery store clerks behaving badly and William Fichtner acting weird. In Ronna’s Story, Mannie (Nathan Bexton) swallows a couple of pills without really knowing what they … Continue reading

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