
Mara Reinstein
Writer at Freelance
Film critic, Us Weekly & SiriusXM Volume. Clips: NYT, Parade, The Ringer, AD, THR, Vulture, WSJ, Emmy. Stumped the Booey on @SternShow. Detroit + Mizzou Tigers
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23 hours ago |
rd.com | Mara Reinstein
Oh, that Wednesday Addams. She’s creepy and she’s kooky, mysterious and spooky. Alas, she also hasn’t been seen in new episodes of her smash series since November 2022. The good news? There will be dancing again (very) soon at the Nevermore Academy with a new season of Wednesday. Netflix has confirmed that Part 1 of the much-anticipated Season 2 will debut later this summer—well before Halloween season!—followed by Part 2 a few weeks later.
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3 days ago |
rd.com | Mara Reinstein
Josh Gad is a Tony-nominated actor who’s delighted audiences of all ages for the past 20 years—from his hilariously irreverent role in The Book of Mormon to his memorable performance as Olaf, everyone’s favorite snowman, in Disney’s Frozen. But in an alternative universe, he’d earn his keep by literally switching gears. “I am Clark Griswold,” he says, referencing the Chevy Chase character in the iconic National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise. “I love family vacations.
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4 days ago |
rd.com | Mara Reinstein
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away—OK, fine, cineplexes across the country circa the summer of 1987—a comedy movie called Spaceballs made audiences of all ages laugh themselves silly. Co-writer and director Mel Brooks, who had already parodied Westerns in Blazing Saddles and horror in the comedy classic Young Frankenstein, took aim at the earnest Star Wars saga and gave us a memorable array of sidesplitting Spaceballs quotes that still hold up. The plot?
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5 days ago |
televisionacademy.com | Paul Reubens |Mara Reinstein
At the start of Pee-wee as Himself, Paul Reubens looks directly into the camera and says, "It turns out you’re not really supposed to control your own documentary. As the subject, you don’t have ... what’s the word I’m looking for?" A voice behind the camera provides the answer: perspective. Four years after filming that moment, director Matt Wolf is still gaining some for himself: "People don’t realize how collaborative the process of making a documentary is.
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televisionacademy.com | Mara Reinstein |Phil Rosenthal |Norman Lear
It happens a few times a day, at least. Phil Rosenthal will be walking on a street and a nice stranger inevitably stops him to gush or ask for a photo. “I always say it’s very strange to wake up at this age and find yourself being Taylor Swift,” he says. Well, that’s what happens when you embark on a prolonged and popular world tour.
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Watched the #Survivor premiere in my tiny apt in 2000 Five years later, I was on location as a press member and landed in the hospital with a bacterial infection. I swore I’d never go back. I did… 15 times Happy anniversary to the show that changed my life & my intestines!

25 years ago today- the original marooning- a turning point in pop culture history. Forever changing the landscape of television and ushering in the genre of reality tv. #Survivor #SurvivorBorneo https://t.co/ujaYgk2dk3

RT @TheKevinDalton: In honor of the legendary George Wendt, here is every time Norm Peterson walks into Cheers https://t.co/5qkPUNgFRU

This is nice — and not long enough!

Happy #MothersDay to all of the moms, motherly figures, the ones present and the ones lost. Thank you for everything. 💛 https://t.co/fVrd90Tozl