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…
ICYMI: Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 Meryl Streep Films: Out of Africa & The Devil Wears Prada
Here’s a trivia question for you: Who has been nominated for more Oscars, man or woman, than anyone else in the history of the Academy…
The Autopen Is Mightier Than The Scorned?
The pardon pen is mightier than the conviction. Or the potential for conviction. Unless that pen in question is something called an autopen, or so…
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…
A Lisa Johnson Mandell / Tandy Culpepper TV Review: Masters of the Air &Baby Reindeer
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Tandy Culpepper welcomes Critics Choice Association member Lisa Johnson Mandell to begin a regular series of TV reviews….
Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Look at Two Films Rooted in Fact: The Apprentice , a Mesmerizing Biopic of a Young Donald Trump and September 5, A Riveting Thriller at The 1972 Summer Olympics
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Reba and Tandy look at two films that have nothing in common other than that they both skirt…
Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Offer Their Take on the Films I’m Still Here and The Substance
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…
Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper’s Take on the Films A Real Pain and Sing Sing
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…