The Beat Goes On
There’s a key moment early in “The Go-Go’s” when baby-faced L.A. punks Jane Wiedlin and Belinda Carlisle take a road trip to San Francisco to…
I have some bad news about ‘The Notebook’
(CNN) For many of us, nostalgia has become a steady part of our entertainment diet during these stressful months as the Covid-19 pandemic wears on…
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ review: Heavy-handed, but Johnny Depp sure is scary
There are a handful of novels said to be fundamentally unfilmable, “A Confederacy of Dunces,” “Lolita” and “Dune” among them. Many of them have, of…
Big-city dwellers ask: Should I rent or buy a car?
(CNN) — With no end in sight to pandemic lockdowns, an increasing number of cooped-up, big-city dwellers are feeling the lure of the open road. After…
Is Zac Efron’s Netflix travel series ‘Down to Earth’ worth watching?
(CNN) — Binge-watching Netflix’s “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” is sort of like watching Bill and Ted discover climate change. During eight, approximately 40-minute-long episodes, the…
‘The Rental’ doesn’t quite check out
An Airbnb rental is a pretty solid horror setup. Over the years, we’ve seen countless real-life nightmares play out in the news. Also, stranded-in-a-cabin tropes tend to be a…
See Nashville’s new Dolly Parton-themed rooftop bar
(CNN) — “What would Dolly Parton’s rooftop have looked like in 1980?”That’s the question White Limozeen, the vintage-glam bar and restaurant atop Nashville’s Graduate Hotel, aims to…
Long Live Charlize Theron
“I used to be worshipped as a god,” says Charlize Theron’s character, Andy, in Netflix’s The Old Guard.
You Can Handle ‘The Truth’
I love intimate French dramas where people, particularly relatives, tell each other unpleasant truths. The French are, to generalize wildly, so very good at this….
‘Clueless’ is 25! Everything you didn’t know about the iconic film
Twenty-five years ago this July, the film world was forever changed by two little words: As if!