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.
Acorn TV
Despite technically referring to two completely different languages, the word "Gaelic" is one that's fraught with emotional baggage in the U.K., as the last century saw the Irish variant become the language of rebellion and terrorists in the most recent major bout of "The
Acorn TV
It's no secret that AMC Networks, the parent company that owns AMC+, BBC America, Shudder, Sundance Now, Acorn TV, and several others, is not performing well in the current phase of the streaming wars. The only owner of multiple streaming services not to roll up all its offerings
BritBox
BritBox is chugging along in 2025, full steam ahead, no holds barred, cozy crime caper after cozy crime caper, with a few A-list British actors starring in horrifying thrillers in between and the occasional reality series. April highlighted all of those aspects with Ludwig, the David Mitchell-starring, “case-of-the-week mystery-crime-comedy-drama.” Now
HBO & HBO Max
It’s no secret that The Gilded Age on HBO has not come close to replicating the success of Downton Abbey (the series that inspired it) once was on PBS. It’s not the fault of series creator Julian Fellowes (the creative force behind both shows); the landscape of TV
FX
There are two sports in the U.K. that the average American doesn't understand. The best-known is cricket, a not-exactly baseball variant offshoot that includes sticky wickets and cow corners. (No, I don't know what those mean either.) The other is football — not American football with
Tubi
HBO and Max are betting big on a certain family-oriented franchise about a poor kid whose life is magically changed for the better when he gets an invite to go away to an exclusive boarding school where the residents are used to a very different, far more rarified lifestyle. However,
Acorn TV
When Murdoch Mysteries was announced for Season 18, every press release made note that the new season would bring the series to a landmark milestone when it reached Episode 10, “The Men Who Sold the World”: 300 episodes. That may not sound so impressive in a world of streaming insanity,
HBO & HBO Max
There was a time, about a decade ago, before I joined Telly Visions, when I launched a Harry Potter/Wizarding World website. I say this to be upfront about how long and how dedicated a Potter fan I was, without getting into things that are better left locked away on
Netflix
Millie Bobby Brown has had a less-than-ideal early 2025, with the latest Netflix-produced Russo Brothers movie she stars in, The Electric State, doing exactly as well with critics as everything else they've made since the 2018-2019 Avengers double whammy. Moreover, after a decade in the business, she'
Acorn TV
So far in 2025, BritBox has been on a tear, with enough British hits from ITV and the BBC in the first four months to be considered genuine competition to PBS and Masterpiece. It's been an interesting turn of events, especially compared to Acorn TV, which has been
Netflix
Netflix does not have the best track record for Jane Austen adaptations. So far, the streaming service has only produced one (1) Jane Austen adaptation, 2022's Persuasion, but it so fundamentally misunderstood the spirit of Austen's best novel that it instantly became an entire track record.
Movies
Thierry Frémaux, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, unveiled the line-up for 2025, its 78th edition, with an Official Selection that was surprisingly heavy on American offerings, considering the festival broke the record for submissions with a record 2,909 features submitted. As always, the entire roster made motions