Having impressed with her directorial debut The Edge of Seventeen, Kelly Fremon Craig returns to the director’s chair for Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret an adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel. Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) is a…
Chiefly responsible for “launching surfing into mainstream America,” 1959’s Gidget also help jumpstart American International Pictures’ (AIP’s) Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Never considered high art, the three Gidget theatrical films and the subsequent TV movie…
Premiering on NBC in 1986, ALF (Alien Life Form) became a bonafide hit for the network, reaching tenth place in the Nielsen ratings during the series second season. However, by the fourth season ratings plummeted and the season cliffhanger “Consider…
Based on the hard-hitting novel of the same name by James A. Michener, The Bridges at Toko-Ri is set in 1952, during the Korean War. Rear Admiral George Tarrant (Fredric March) commands Task Force 77 aboard a Naval aircraft carrier….
Another of the disaster flicks that seemed to dominate the 1970’s, Juggernaut takes place aboard a massive luxury cruise ship called the The Britannic. With twelve hundred passengers aboard, the latest voyage appears typical. No one, least of all Captain…
Released in 1985, Secret Admirer was an attempt to combine elements of the popular sex comedies of the era with the humor and intelligence of a John Hughes film. while not a classic by any means, its still a decent…
A realistic, sometimes harrowing drama, Georgia is about the relationship between two siblings: the elder sister Georgia Flood (Mare Winningham) has found success in both her professional and personal life. A folk singer in the mold of Judy Collins, she…
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin established their onscreen chemistry with 1980’s 9 to 5. Since then, they appeared together on the critically acclaimed Netflix series Grace and Frankie. This year has seen them reunite for two films, 80 for Brady…
Based on the novel “Dog Soldiers” by Robert Stone, every frame of 1978’s Who’ll Stop the Rain is heavy with the disenchantment surrounding the Vietnam War. Soldiers who had gone to war as innocent young men, came back hardened, having…
In late 1967, B-movie mogul Roger Corman approached budding filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich with a proposal to make a film. The catch? The cast must include Boris Karloff, who owed Corman two days of work and the film must include footage…