‘Class Action Park’: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Class Action Park, debuting today on HBO Max, documents a legendarily dangerous New Jersey amusement park, Action Park, that closed for good in 1986. Johnny Knoxville of…
Dim Bulb
Tesla is a bit of a mess, but at least it’s not another plodding biopic. That honor, in electrical-inventor history, belongs to The Current War, which even…
‘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…
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…
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….