Linda Holmes appears in the following:
The Bun Also Rises: Why We Love 'The Great British Baking Show'
Friday, July 01, 2016
The rare competitive reality show with a gentle heart and a sense of nuance returns to American television Friday night on PBS.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Finding Dory' And Great Voice Acting
Friday, June 24, 2016
This week's show finds us swimming around in Pixar's latest, and then we talk about the finer points of the voice acting we love the most. Plus: what's making us happy this week.
Bill Simmons Brings Angry Ben Affleck To His Big Night On HBO
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Bill Simmons debuted his new HBO show Any Given Wednesday with a few very strong feelings from Ben Affleck about Tom Brady.
HBO's 'Suited' And The Search For The Perfect Fit
Monday, June 20, 2016
A new documentary follows the clients of a custom suiting shop that works with clients who are transgender or gender-nonconforming.
Lifetime's TV Movie Remake Is One Bad 'Mother May I Sleep With Danger'
Friday, June 17, 2016
In which we answer the question posed in the title of this self-consciously weird remake of a 1996 TV movie with a question of our own: why?
Remake Or Not, 'Uncle Buck' Is Your Usual Goofy TV Relative
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
ABC continues its single-camera family comedy brand with a remake of the 1989 comedy that starred John Candy.
'O.J.: Made In America' Is About America, Not O.J.
Thursday, June 09, 2016
The five-part, 7 1/2-hour documentary series O.J.: Made in America presents an expansive, meticulously constructed examination of the O.J. Simpson trial as an enduring, vexing cultural milestone.
Pop Culture Happy Hour, Small Batch Edition: Slate's Black Film Canon
Tuesday, June 07, 2016
We talk to Slate's Aisha Harris, the co-author of the publication's Black Film Canon. She tells us some of her favorites on the list, why make a canon at all, and including genre films with high art.
'Angie Tribeca,' Comedy Backscratcher, Returns For New Adventures
Monday, June 06, 2016
The TBS slapstick cop comedy is back for a second season, and it's just as ridiculous and fast-paced as it's been all along.
How John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' Is Using Stunts To Tell Stories
Monday, June 06, 2016
HBO's Last Week Tonight ended with a surprising display of how, as they put it, "any idiot" can buy and sell other people's debts.
'UnREAL' Returns With Three Little Words And No Apologies
Monday, June 06, 2016
Lifetime's UnREAL brings its fictional reality-show producers back for another season of take-no-prisoners television.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'X-Men' And Supervillains
Friday, June 03, 2016
This week's show takes us back to a franchise we've neglected and into the heart of villainy. And as always, we tell you what's making us happy this week.
'Maya And Marty': NBC Tries A Lukewarm Summer 'SNL' In Prime Time
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
What could have been a true variety show collapsed into a halfhearted version of late-night comedy where the bright spots only accentuated the weak ones.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Live At The Vulture Festival
Friday, May 27, 2016
Audie Cornish joins us this week for a chat about the things we pick over endlessly and the sometimes unsatisfying intersection of politics and pop culture.
'The Dreaded Schwa' And Other Reasons To Love The Bee
Thursday, May 26, 2016
One of our favorite events is on again: the Scripps National Spelling Bee. From the tense smart kids to the cheering adults, it's all pretty great.
Parade Of Goofballs 2016: Can JoJo Find A Prince In A Haystack?
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
It's that time again. A fresh bachelorette has to make her way through 26 men, hoping to find a good one, and we have some thoughts.
From 'Apprentice' To 'MacGyver,' TV Raids Old Shows To Excite Advertisers
Sunday, May 22, 2016
The TV networks recently tried to sell their new shows to advertisers at the 2016 upfronts. But most of the shows being sold are things you've already seen.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Movie Stars And Eurovision
Friday, May 20, 2016
We do spend some time with movie stars this week, but let's face it: You're all here to talk about the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Captain America' And The Russo Brothers
Friday, May 13, 2016
We're going all-Cap for this episode, in which a panel discussion about Captain America: Civil War is followed by an excerpt from Linda Holmes' talk with the film's directors.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Comics, More Comics, Free Comics And Keanu
Friday, May 06, 2016
This week's show takes us on a tour of what's on offer for Free Comic Book Day and also finds us watching Key & Peele's kitten-driven action comedy.