Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper review Hulu’s New Gay-Themed Sitcom Mid-Century Modern
The streaming service Hulu has dropped a new sitcom, Mid-Century Modern, that more than one pundit has compared to The Golden Girls. The show starred…
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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.
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…
Lisa Johnson Mandell and Tandy Culpepper Offer Their Take On 2 Limited Series: Disclaimer and Adolescence
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat’s Take on TV, Lisa and Tandy offer their takes on two drama limited series that push the envelope…
Lisa Johnson Mandell And Tandy Culpepper Review Award-winning TV Comedies Ted Lasso and Hacks
The modern comedy series has become very much a hybrid half-hour of television – at least in the case of two streaming programs equal parts…
Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Review the Films You’re Cordially Invited and Holland
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…
Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Talk To Journalist Maggie Downs About Her Memoir Braver Than You Think
Maggie Downs was a thirtysomething newspaper journalist who found herself at an emotional crossroads when a thought struck her: Was she telling other people’s stories…
Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 Netflix Thrillers: Interceptor & Leave the World Behind
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…
Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Review Percival Everett’s New Novel James, Winner of the National Book Award For Fiction
Starting with this episode of The Hollywood Beat, I’m beginning an ongoing series of book reviews interspersed with author interviews with Dallas, Texas, librarian Pamela…
Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review TV: The Good Fight & The Gilded Age & An Actress Named Baranski
When it comes to capturing the attention of television audiences — whether they’re bingeing a certain corseted costume drama or two long-running corporate legal sizzlers…
A Reba Merrill / Tandy Culpepper Movie Review: Dune Part 2 & Gladiator II
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…