DreamWorks Animation’s latest offering Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken seemed prime for success, given its prime June release date and legions of kids at home for summer break. Surprisingly, the film flamed out, earning $43 million worldwide, barely half of its…
Released in 2018, Book Club centers on four female friends who find their lives turned upside down while their book club reads the infamous “50 Shades of Grey.” Featuring an all-star cast, including Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and…
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…
Released in 1963, Sunday in New York is the kind of lukewarm sex comedy–pre-sexual revolution–only that era could produce. Eileen, played by a young Jane Fonda, is a virgin from Albany annoyed by the fact that all her suitors end…
“It’s easy to manipulate men,” Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond) tells her psychiatrist. A high class call girl and an aspiring actress, she feels a sense of pride in satisfying a client–whether it’s a man in the city…
I’ve been a fan of both Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin for as long as I can remember. 9 to 5, the 1980 film they co-starred in, alongside Dolly Parton, remains a personal favorite. So naturally, I had high hopes…
A satirical treatment of the western drama, Cat Ballou was a hit with critics and moviegoers alike, upon its release in 1965. Lee Marvin won a Best Actor Oscar for his dual role as gunfighter Tim Strawn and the boozing…
An unconventional Hollywood blockbuster, On Golden Pond is a character driven drama that explores aging, mortality, and reconciliation. Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond finally earned legendary actor Henry Fonda a Best Actor Academy Award in…
Otto Preminger directed over 35 films in a film career that spanned more than five decades. Throughout his career, Preminger wasn’t afraid to attract controversy dealing with taboo topics of the era such as drug addiction (The Man with the…
So bad it’s good…almost. An adaptation of Jean-Claude Forest’s popular series of adult science fiction comics, Barbarella (subtitled Queen of the Galaxy) isn’t so much a movie, as it is an experience. The opening scene sets the tone: Barbarella, played…