Death Becomes Her (1992)

Sorry Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis but taste trumps talent in Death Becomes Her - bad taste that is. The comedy is SO not funny and the story is SO not, even in its fantastical elements, interesting to watch. The special effects are good and the ladies might have had a fun time making the film because of it but, that alone doesn't mean this one is worth the time it took to finish.

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...Shampoo (1975)

Many think it a comedy but Shampoo is, in reality, a morose reflection of Hollywood that didn't make me laugh but was completely absorbing nonetheless. The six lead actors are phenomenal especially Oscar-winning Lee Grant and Goldie Hawn. Warren Beatty, Robert Towne and Hal Ashby have fashioned an absorbing time capsule - one that still rings true in a different time.

The Banger Sisters (2002)

The Banger Sisters boasts winning performances (especially by its leads Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush), fun circumstances and an amiable, if not award-winning, script. Although parts of the film are too pat, the Turning Point-esque story of two groupies from the sixties coming to terms with their present lives charmed me through and through. Written and directed by Bob Dolman (of SCTV fame), the film poses an important question: what happens to us as we grow up? and answers it with not too much Sturm und Drang.