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.
Apple TV
It is a truth universally acknowledged (around this website anyway) that casting British actors immediately makes your project more respectable. It's why so many films at Cannes and other International Film Festivals feature casts that are studded with British talent; it's why HBO and Game of
AMC/AMC+
It's been nearly two years since Black Bear Pictures initially announced the horror film Whistle. The film, based on the short story of the same name by author Owen Egerton, was part of the small group of films that were announced for production in October 2023, months into
BritBox
When people look back at the 2020s, chances are they will consider the moment CODA won the Oscar for Apple TV+ as the watershed moment for deaf representation. (The title CODA is taken from the deaf community acronym for "[Hearing] Children of Deaf Adults.") However, Deaf representation has
BritBox
Fictional detectives always have odd names, from Arthur Conan Doyle's famous Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie's funny little Belgian, Poirot, who was given the first name "Hercule." Fictional TV detectives also have unusual names, such as Columbo and Matlock. The latter is what Only
ITV
ITV first announced it was greenlighting Frauds for the upcoming 2025/2026 television season back in January. The six-part miniseries hails from TeamAkers, Suranne Jones' production company, whose inaugural series, MaryLand, aired on PBS stations in 2024. Like the company's first series, Jones headlines the project alongside
PBS
It's renewal season in TV land as networks roll out their plans for the 2025-2026 television season. In America, the scene has been somewhat grim, as more scripted series are canceled than renewed on broadcast networks, with some networks going down to just four or five shows for
Disney/Hulu
Such Brave Girls is bravely releasing the first images from Season 2 of the series, and the big headline, at least for a particular subsection of the viewership, is that Billie is now in possession of a tabby cat. Based on series creator and star Kat Sadler's own
PBS
Much like the Ben Miller version of Professor T, PBS' new series Patience arrives next month with a semi-built-in audience. Based on the super popular French crime drama Astrid, about an autistic researcher who helps her police precinct solve crimes, the new show is an English language remake of
Netflix
I have gone on record as doubtful that Bridgerton would run eight seasons on Netflix, despite the series being one of the streaming service's most successful to date, and the assurances of series creator Shonda Rhimes that she came into this project prepared to see it through to
Movies
Filming on Lesley Manville's next major motion picture, Winter of the Crow, has officially wrapped. The project was first announced in January 2024, when HanWay Films boarded the production, which was already filming in Warsaw. One of the current crop of low-key successful indie film distributors that tends
BritBox
I would start this post with the classic "It is a truth universally acknowledged," except we're about five years out from being able to say anything about streaming being universally acknowledged. Instead, let us merely say the news that BritBox is boarding the BBC's
Exclusive
The story of Antonin Carême as the world’s first celebrity chef is well-timed, as Carême on Apple TV+ hits its halfway point, as it’s a nice rejoinder to the just-concluded Marie Antoinette on PBS. Both series are set in France, and both are set in the same revolutionary