Ani Bundel has been blogging professionally since 2010. This is her second major independent site launch. A DC native and Keyboard Khaleesi, she spends all her non-writing time photographing her cats. Regular bylines also found on MSNOW.
Royals
BritBox US has become more of an originals player in the past couple of years; however, the streaming service was initially conceived in 2016 as a way to provide legal British content directly to consumers who were already VPNing ITV and iPlayer in the states. It has always carried simulcasts
Drama
Call The Midwife Season 11 has only just finished airing here in the states, but across the pond, Neal Street Productions already has the team back, hard at work for Season 12. There's a lot to celebrate with that news, including a first look at the first upcoming
Drama
Since the end of Season 2, there have been rumors that Bridgerton would start pulling away in earnest from the book's source material in the next two installments. This was probably inevitable, considering how much the show changed up from the second book in Julia Quinn's
Movies
The Western World still holds up World War II as the last "good" war, making it endless fodder for television and movies. The era that launched modern technology endlessly fascinates us, from mainstream mega-hits like Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List to PBS dramas like World
Drama
Paramount+ has been working overtime in moving into international series. The streaming service's stated plan is to have 50 series or films in production by year's end. We're not even halfway through 2022, and already the U.K. slate has grown to include Jessica
Drama
Bridgerton came in with a grand plan: To adapt a series of eight novels (nine if you include the book of epilogues), produced to the level one might see a drama about dragons and death. So far, the show has been a hit, but it's not without its
Culture
The Queen's Jubilee doesn't officially take place until the weekend of June 2, 2022, the 70th anniversary of her coronation. But that hasn't stopped the U.K. from celebrating ever since Feb. 6 hit, the day Elizabeth II ascended the throne. It's
Mystery
Some spy-thrillers run forever, like the James Bond film series, which has just finished with leading man Daniel Craig and is now actively looking to cast the seventh official iteration of the character. (If you count non-official ones, it's number nine.) Bond has been able to do that
Royals
Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee marking 70 years on the throne technically happened on Feb. 6, 2022, but like her April birthday, the national celebration is held in June. The official "Platinum Jubilee Weekend" officially runs from June 2-5 and will start with her usual birthday parade
Music
Eurovision week arrives once a year in the second week of May, come hell or high water, and in some cases, war. The music competition, which is supposed to represent a peaceful Europe where the only nationalist conflict is who sang best, is being held for the first time while
Sci-Fi
After the BBC turned new Doctor Who casting announcements into media circuses in the past decade, Bad Wolf is making its new tenure felt right away. On Sunday, May 8, with little fanfare and no prior warning, the BBC Twitter account revealed showrunner Russell T. Davies chose Sex Education'
Movies
It's a couple of weeks until the Cannes Film Festival, and the pre-event market that runs side-by-side with it is in full swing. The annual Cannes Film Market is one of the major points in the calendar year where indie movies, especially those looking to be awards bait