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.
Beyond Paradise
When Robert Thorogood's British–French crime drama Death in Paradise debuted in 2011, Ben Miller, best known for Primeval, starred as the primary detective Detective Inspector Richard Poole. Poole arrived on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie to investigate the murder of a British police officer and
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Now that Downton Abbey: A New Era has been in theaters for a month and reached streaming, most fans know that the film's ending is, well, rather final. Even though the series sets up the possibility of other stories, the "New Era" of the title also
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Between the ongoing success of Downton Abbey at the box office and the resurgence of Agatha Christie (and Christie-inspired) mysteries in popular culture, it was only a matter of time before someone adapted Anthony Quinn's famous Curtain Call. Subheded "A Stylish Crime Romp," Quinn'
My Policeman
Despite the rush of romance to streaming in the wake of Bridgerton, real-life LGBTQ+ love stories are still few and far between in the mainstream. Besides shows like Gentleman Jack on HBO, most are content to stick with fictionalized series like Heartstopper or Love, Victor. But Amazon is going
Endeavour
The second episode of Endeavour Season 8 starts jauntily. The wisteria is blooming; women are wearing short skirts in loud, groovy patterns. Model Lynn Parry (Lottie Tolhurst) hits on Bright during his art class, and cute girl Patty Grady (Kirsty Oswald) gets winked at by cabbies. The Applebys, Allison, and
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Even before Paddington 2 accidentally became the best-reviewed film of all time after an ancient negative review of Citizen Kane was unearthed in 2021, the film franchise was a covert Hollywood insider reference. Ostensibly aimed at little kids, these adorable live-action, animation-blended movies are quietly brilliant. The
One Day
Netflix U.K.'s newest series will take on David Nicholl's hit novel, One Day. The 2009 romance, in which each chapter covers the same date in consecutive years over a twenty-year span, traces the romance between Dexter and Emma, who first hooked up in 1988.
Trigger Point
Peacock initially debuted in 2020, boasting a slate of British imported originals, including the David Schwimmer-starring Intelligence and the bold thriller The Capture, playing up its Downton Abbey connections. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, its bench wasn't very deep, and even though The Capture Season 2 was
The Bay
ITV's crime drama, The Bay, initially premiered in 2019, centered around Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie), a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) in the fictional West Lancashire Police Service. The six-part miniseries wasn't a massive hit, but the numbers were respectable enough that ITV eventually
Downton Abbey
PBS' biggest hit of the last decade, Downton Abbey, arrived in 2010, three years before Netflix streamed its first original, and ended in 2015, two years before Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, and Apple all jumped in with their own services. Its journey on streaming has been a microcosm of how
Endeavour
Even as the opening flashes of the Endeavour premiere set up Season 8's larger mystery, the overarching theme is Morse and his drinking problem. The new season opens with Thursday confronting a couple of rough types in an alley alone, needing backup, while Morse drinks and Strange listens
Bridgerton
The Bridgerton universe began as a TV show adapted by an American producer, Shonda Rhimes, from a series of novels by an American writer, Julia Quinn. But the result was as British as teatime, thanks to some brilliant casting. It also made one more smart alteration, adding in royal couple