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.
Mystery
This week's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries cold open is the most gruesome yet, featuring a female factory worker thrown into a machine. It's horrible enough to upset the unflappable Dr. Mac, who turns up at Phryne's house first thing the next morning,
Culture
March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb, and its new streaming offerings are every type of animal in between. From Netflix to PBS Passport, there are several new series arriving just in time for the flowers that bloom in the spring. What's coming to
Sci-Fi
When Doctor Who's penultimate episode ended last week, fans had more questions than ever. How was the Boundary connected to Gallifrey? Who or what was the Timeless Child, how were Yaz and Graham going to survive being trapped on a Cyber war carrier, and what was that weird
Mystery
This week's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries cold open gets straight to the point, as the body of a young girl washes up on the beach in the dark. She's one of the disadvantaged girls Phryne is teaching social graces to, along with Jane and
Sci-Fi
There are a lot of assumptions fans make about Doctor Who. The Doctor always has a plan, and when put into practice, people get saved. The companion, or companions, survive every episode, enclosed in plot armor as thick as the Doctor's. If a companion or the Doctor leaves,
Mystery
Last week, Vienna Blood left the mystery as background noise to the lives Max Liebermann and Oskar Reinhardt are living in the final years of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. This week continues that trend, opening with Max at the hospital, where he's openly growing weary of Professor Gruner and
Mystery
The Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' cold open begins with a lady dunking her paintbrushes in water as she finishes work for the day. She starts up a music box to keep her bird company as she gets ready to leave. But the bird dies, and then she
Sci-Fi
It was a dark and stormy night in Lake Geneva, 1816. Known as "The Year without a Summer" after Mount Tambora's eruption screwed with the global climate, this was the summer that inspired Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Lili Miller) to write Frankenstein. So perhaps it should not
Mystery
The final mystery of Vienna Blood starts with a cold open of a young man in a military uniform, running through a forest. It's short-lived, as the series cuts back to the Liebermann household, who have gathered to celebrate patriarch Mendel's birthday. Max is there, sans
Mystery
In its seventh episode, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries abandons the seemingly-unrelated cold open for a round at the pub with Bert. He's drinking it up with his war vet pals Thommo (Chris Davis) and Ronnie Cliff (Ben Prendergast). But tragedy strikes when Thommo is deliberately hit
Sci-Fi
This week's Doctor Who begins in 1380, Aleppo, and Tahira (Aruhan Galieva) is rushing home. But the hospital where she lives it beset by alien creatures. She's tried to warn Maryam (Sirine Saba), but no one believes her, until its too late. Meanwhile, the Doctor has
Mystery
Last week's Vienna Blood ended on the revelation that Reinhardt and Max are chasing a serial killer. They have some clues as to who it is already. He's a soldier, a nationalist, who is either part of or inspired by the Brotherhood of Primal Fire. His