Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes appears in the following:

The New '90210'

Friday, August 09, 2019

'90s teen TV soap Beverly Hills, 90210 is back. Only it's not exactly a reboot. The cast plays themselves as aging former TV stars in a behind-the-scenes meta look at a 90210 reboot.

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The Old Gang Is Back Together In 'BH90210,' Sort Of

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

There's certainly no need to revisit the characters from Beverly Hills, 90210. So to fill what they hope is an appetite for nostalgia, the stars are playing themselves in a showbiz story.

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'Four Weddings And A Funeral' On TV Can't Live Up To A Classic Romcom

Saturday, August 03, 2019

Four Weddings And A Funeral, a new Hulu series inspired by the film and co-created by Mindy Kaling, squanders an appealing central performance on a series of bad ideas.

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'Jane The Virgin' Ends On A High Note

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

It's hard to end a show as beloved as Jane The Virgin, but the Wednesday night finale was funny, sad, silly and ultimately hopeful.

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'Secret Obsession': Six Unforgettable Lessons From Netflix's Imperiled Amnesiac

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Brenda Song stars in Netflix's version of the Woman In Danger thriller, in which she is sent home with a stranger by the worst hospital in the world.

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What Made The 'Muppet Movie' Stand Out From The Pack?

Friday, July 26, 2019

"The Muppet Movie" is 40 years old. It was one of the highlights of childhood for many members of Generation X, but it may not have been given all the attention it deserved.

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Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And 'The Muppet Movie' Soundtrack At 40

Thursday, July 25, 2019

The Muppet Movie is an unusually silly and unusually profound musical. At 40 years old, the music still astounds, provokes and entertains.

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The Crowd Fundeth, And The Crowd Taketh Away: The 'Veronica Mars' Problem

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

A 2013 crowdfunding campaign brought the beloved detective series back from the dead for a movie. But it also boxed in the show, and the fourth season shows some of the risks of fan-driven work.

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'Rigoletto' In Vegas And The Pleasures Of The Metropolitan Opera

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

A recent Pop Culture Happy Hour trip to New York took the team to see Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera. A jester in a rat pack? We saw it.

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'Evvie Drake Starts Over'

Monday, June 24, 2019

Linda Holmes on her new novel. 

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'Project Runway' Proves Change Can Be Healthy

Friday, June 14, 2019

Fans were worried when longtime host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn left the franchise. But Project Runway thrived in its 17th season, particularly because of new mentor Christian Siriano.

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'Late Night' Doesn't Quite Dazzle, But It Digs In

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson star in the story of a young comedy writer and the legendary host she idolizes.

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'Hadestown' Finds Bliss At The Tony Awards

Monday, June 10, 2019

Anaïs Mitchell's long-developing musical won eight awards, including best musical, while The Ferryman won best play.

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Love Finds Ali Wong And Randall Park In 'Always Be My Maybe'

Friday, May 31, 2019

Randall Park and Ali Wong star in a Netflix romantic comedy about two young friends who grow up and grow apart, only to find each other again as adults. Also, there's Keanu Reeves.

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'What/If' You Were In Just The Right Mood For Some Good Bad Television?

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Netflix's ridiculous and over-the-top What/If features Renee Zellweger as a dangerous rich woman with terrible secrets. It's a little bit terrible and a little bit perfect.

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'Booksmart' Is A Wise And Warm Summer Comedy

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Director Olivia Wilde and leads Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever do wonderful work in a film about two high-school best friends who have one night to reverse course.

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NPR's Summer Movie Guide: 27 Films Coming Soon To Theaters

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Superhero capes and cartoons headline this year's batch of summer flicks, but there's plenty of smaller and weirder stuff, too. Here are the movies we're looking forward to this season.

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'Catch-22' May Not Be By The Book, But It Understands Brutality

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Hulu's adaptation of Catch-22 may not be Catch-22 as you know it, but it stands as an often-effective anti-war drama.

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Friendship And Grief Drive The Strong And Surprising 'Dead To Me'

Saturday, May 04, 2019

The new Netflix series starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini begins as an encounter in grief counseling and goes ... well, all over the place after that.

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The Record-Breaking Box Office Of 'Avengers: Endgame,' By The (Huge) Numbers

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Nobody is surprised that Avengers: Endgame is a hit, but even by superhero standards, it's had an enormous debut weekend, both in the U.S. and internationally.

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