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Tag: Reba Merrill

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review <i>The Accountant 2</i> & <i>The Ballad Of Wallis Island</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Accountant 2 & The Ballad Of Wallis Island

FilmJune 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island By Tandy Culpepper and Reba Merrill Written by and starring Tim Key and Tom Basden, The Ballad of…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films <i>Smile 2</i> & <i>Summer Of 69</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films Smile 2 & Summer Of 69

FilmJune 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: Smile 2 Written and Directed by Parker Finn Reviewed by Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Following the runaway success of 2022’s Smile, which…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Wildly Different Films About Female Friendships: The Madcap Comedy<i> One of Them Days</i> And The Elegiac Drama <i>The Room Next Door</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Wildly Different Films About Female Friendships: The Madcap Comedy One of Them Days And The Elegiac Drama The Room Next Door

FilmJune 7, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Friendships between women have been said to be qualitatively different from friendships between men. This episode of The Hollywood Beat looks at female friendships in…

<b> Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper’s Take On Two Wildly Different Films: One, A Bullet-Riddled Thriller, <i>Havoc,</i> the Other A Charm-Infused Whodunnit, <i>Thelma:</i> Think Agatha Christie On A Scooter.</b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper’s Take On Two Wildly Different Films: One, A Bullet-Riddled Thriller, Havoc, the Other A Charm-Infused Whodunnit, Thelma: Think Agatha Christie On A Scooter.

FilmMay 10, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper talk movies again, and these two offerings have nothing in common other than the fact that both films’ casts are…

<b>Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Review the Films <i>You’re Cordially Invited</i> and <i>Holland</i></b>

Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Review the Films You’re Cordially Invited and Holland

FilmApril 13, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Reba and Tandy tackle two films with actors who have demonstrated themselves to be durable stars both on…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 Netflix Thrillers: <i>Interceptor</i> & <i>Leave the World Behind</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 Netflix Thrillers: Interceptor & Leave the World Behind

FilmMarch 26, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode, Reba and Tandy review two Netflix films that both touch on matters of national security. The first, Interceptor, iswas produced from an…

<b>A Reba Merrill / Tandy Culpepper Movie Review: <Di>Dune Part 2</i> & <i>Gladiator II</i></b>

A Reba Merrill / Tandy Culpepper Movie Review: Dune Part 2 & Gladiator II

FilmMarch 4, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Reba and Tandy discuss two films that both are sequels: Dune Part Two and Gladiator II. But of…

<b>Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Offer Their Take on the Films <i>I’m Still Here</i> and <i>The Substance</i></b>

Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Offer Their Take on the Films I’m Still Here and The Substance

FilmFebruary 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode, Reba and Tandy discuss two films starring two much-lauded actresses. One film makes a strong statement about the way society objectifies women…

<B>Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper’s Take on the Films <i>A Real Pain</i> and <i>Sing Sing</i></B>

Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper’s Take on the Films A Real Pain and Sing Sing

FilmFebruary 6, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Tandy and Reba look at two low-budget, indy films – one set entirely in a prison, the other…

<b>Tandy and Reba Look at the Films <i>The Brutalist</i> and <i>Anora</i>

Tandy and Reba Look at the Films The Brutalist and Anora

FilmFebruary 3, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Tandy and Reba look at two films — one, the stark, dramatic story of a Polish immigrant who…

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  • Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Accountant 2 & The Ballad Of Wallis Island June 22, 2025
  • Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films Smile 2 & Summer Of 69 June 21, 2025
  • Tandy Culpepper & Lisa Johnson Mandell Review Two Divergent TV Shows In Severance & The White Lotus June 10, 2025