The Mother Kitty’s Blog
The Mother Kitty’s blog is a historical repository of Melissa’s Kitties blog, which published consistently from 2006 to 2022. (May 2026: The blog may be revived and continued in the near future.)
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Johnny Kitties Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #59. City of Lies (2021)
As Det. Russell Poole, Johnny hunts for the truth to the murder of Biggie Smalls and realizes he’s trapped in a City of Lies.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #58. Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
In Waiting for the Barbarians, Johnny lays down the law using fear and torture with a golden hammer, but everyone is ill-prepared for the consequences of his barbaric strategies.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #57. The Professor (2018)
After a grim diagnosis, Johnny makes the most of whatever time he has left.
Johnny Kitties Revisited: Cry-Baby
The Kitties and I revisit Cry-Baby, the John Waters classic, with an updated tribute.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #56. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Johnny crashes the Wizarding World in this prequel series of the Harry Potter universe.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #55. Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Sherlock is on the case when all the local gnomes in London disappear in this fun sequel to 2011's Gnomeo & Juliet.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #54. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Johnny should watch out among this wonderful ensemble cast in this remake of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #53. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
The past catches up to Captain Jack and company, as they uncover well-kept secrets, fight off vengeful ghosts, and aim to end all the curses that haunt them.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #52. Yoga Hosers (2016)
Catch up with the Colleens from Tusk as they treasure their phones and team up with Guy LaPointe to fight off Brazis in this crazy Kevin Smith comedy.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #51. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
The Mad Hatter's in trouble and only Alice can save him and his family in this time-traveling adventure in Wonderland.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #50. Black Mass (2015)
Whitey Bulger, the biggest gangster in South Boston, becomes an FBI informant to help take down a Italian mafia family.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #49. Mortdecai (2015)
Charlie Mortdecai, an aristocratic art dealer, is thrown into a caper involving a stolen painting and Nazi gold. Will it turn out all right in the end?
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #48. Into the Woods (2014)
Follow your favorite fairytale characters on a new adventure in this film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical. But beware the Big Bad Wolf!
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #47 — Tusk (2014)
When a podcaster in search of a good story visits a stranger with one to tell, he finds himself trapped with a madman who wants to turn his new friend into a walrus.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #46 – Transcendence (2014)
An artificial intelligence pioneer becomes a cog in his own machine when he uploads his mind into a super computer and things get out of control.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #45 – The Lone Ranger (2013)
Tonto tells the story of his friend John Reid and how the legend of The Lone Ranger came to be.
Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #44–Dark Shadows (2012)
Tim Burton's tribute to the 1960s campy soap opera is a comedy about a scorned servant girl who turns her lover into a vampire and traps him in a coffin for 200 years. When he escapes, he finds himself in the 1970s and introduces himself to his descendants.