Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes appears in the following:

'Vida' Brings Two Sisters Back To Their Old Neighborhood

Monday, May 07, 2018

The new Starz half-hour drama tells the story of two young women who learn a lot about their mother when they go home to deal with the consequences of her death.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'A Quiet Place'

Friday, May 04, 2018

The shush-iest film to become a hit in quite some time gets some overdue attention from the panel on this episode.

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'Being Serena' Is A Sweet, If Incomplete, Picture Of Greatness

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

You won't find anything terribly surprising in HBO's series about the private side of Serena Williams, at least at first. But what you will find is a willfully pleasing self-portrait.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Talking 'Hamilton' And 'Failing Up' With Leslie Odom Jr.

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Broadway's original Aaron Burr sits down to talk about his new book, how it feels to hear ugly things about your career, and what he wants to do now that he couldn't before.

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A Crane Kick Of Nostalgia Right To The Throat: 'Cobra Kai'

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Johnny and Daniel are still at it in Cobra Kai, a surprisingly interesting look at what happens later to people who peak — or crash — in high school.

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John Mulaney Returns With 'Kid Gorgeous'

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Netflix is churning out comedy specials almost as fast as you can watch them — maybe faster. In the latest, John Mulaney tries to wrap his head around the state of the world.

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On One Hand, And On The Other Hand, Too: 'Wild Wild Country'

Monday, April 30, 2018

The Netflix documentary series about the Oregon Rajneeshi community that clashed with local and state government suggests there's no real answer to who was right that's entirely satisfactory.

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Fear, But Forever, As 'The Handmaid's Tale' Returns

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The second season of Hulu's Emmy-winning series returns on Wednesday, more consumed than ever with the effects of not only living with violence, but anticipating it unendingly.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Summer Movie Preview

Friday, April 20, 2018

Every year at this time, we make wild predictions about what will make money and what will not. But more importantly, we share the films we're looking forward to the most — big and small.

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The 'Scandal' Finale: Last Shocks, Loose Ends And Lots Of Lust

Friday, April 20, 2018

After seven seasons, Shonda Rhimes' roller-coaster of a drama screeches to a final halt as Olivia and the team try to get out of one last scrape and Olivia tries to make it to Vermont.

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Wyatt Cenac Wants To Talk About Policing

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Cenac's new HBO show, Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, is a 10-part comedy-documentary focused on American policing and its considerable challenges.

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Beauty And A Bump On The Head In 'I Feel Pretty'

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Amy Schumer stars in the new comedy about a woman whose freak accident fills her with confidence in what she believes to be her magically altered appearance.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Cultural Dichotomies

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

We return to a conversation we had in 2014 about cultural dichotomies, from Beatles/Stones to Trek/Wars to creamy/crunchy.

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'New Girl' Comes Back To Put A Coda On A Successful Run

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

After six full seasons, New Girl returns for an eight-episode run that will lead to the series finale. It's a structure that might suit a lot of character-driven comedies.

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'The Simpsons' To 'The Problem With Apu': Drop Dead

Monday, April 09, 2018

The Simpsons addressed complaints about its caricature of an Indian convenience store owner by making clear that it ... doesn't really care.

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Hayley Atwell Shines In A New Adaptation Of 'Howards End'

Monday, April 09, 2018

An adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel relies on a clever central performance from Hayley Atwell, who decodes a sometimes puzzling central character.

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'Unforgotten' Is The Detective Show You Didn't Know You Needed

Saturday, April 07, 2018

Unforgotten, a new series on PBS that comes from the UK, is a satisfying mystery about secrets. And while it has some things in common with American prestige television, it also stands alone.

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Perfectly Preserved And Wallpapered With Nostalgia, 'Trading Spaces' Returns

Friday, April 06, 2018

TLC's room-renovation show returns this weekend, almost unchanged after a decade off the air.

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'Jesus Christ Superstar' Brings Strong Voices To A Familiar Story

Monday, April 02, 2018

NBC put on a "live concert" performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar Sunday night, which soared on the voices of John Legend and Broadway's Brandon Victor Dixon.

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'Roseanne' Returns For A New Conversation

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Roseanne returns to ABC on Tuesday after more than 20 years away. And yes, they've come back to talk about politics.

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