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.
BritBox
With the financial backing of the BBC and Robert Schildhouse as its new CEO, BritBox has a new lease on life for 2025. The U.K.-centric streamer, initially a joint project between the BBC and ITV to prevent international piracy of iPlayer and ITV's streaming service, was
Drama
The streaming wars have frustrated many consumers, creating too many streaming services that cost too much, and cratering longstanding production studios who didn’t move savvily enough when the time to shift came. However, there are real tangible benefits to overturning the status quo, and the diversification of voices given
BritBox
David Mitchell’s latest project, Ludwig, is a genre mashup series that technically falls under the category of a police procedural but is more a little bit of everything, considering that the lead is a well-known comedian. Referred to by the BBC as a “case-of-the-week mystery-crime-comedy-drama,” the series’ first season
PBS
PBS introduced Funny Woman to the American public a year ago, in January 2024. The somewhat awkwardly titled series (based on the Nick Hornby book Funny Girl, necessitating alterations) stars Gemma Arterton (The Critic) as Barabra Parker, 1960s Blackpool Beauty Queen, who has plans to take her success on the
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It's January 2025, which means the third decade of the 21st century is officially halfway over. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the platform launch that arguably kicked off the streaming revolution: YouTube. Yes, YouTube; the streaming platform was the initial way pirating TV series commercial-free became
BritBox
As it has since 1996, Silent Witness will return to the BBC along with the brand new year. (Though the series has shifted around the calendar over the three decades since it launched, it tends to favor debuts in January/February, with the bulk of the seasons debuting in the
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As 2025 rolls in and the 21st century settles down for the long haul of making it through the next 75 years, the entertainment landscape is also settling after a long period of upheaval that arguably began 20 years ago with the launch of YouTube in February 2005. We'
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We're ringing in the new year as 2024 finally sees itself out. We're halfway through the future's take on the Roaring 20s and a quarter of the way through the 21st century, making 2025 feel like a year of deep import. Whether the new
ITV
Martin Clunes will forever be defined by his titular role in Doc Martin as the nebbish, nervous wreck of a doctor who relocates to a small country village after developing a phobia about blood. While he's tried to redefine himself in travelogues like Martin Clunes Islands of the
PBS
The holidays are nearly over, and the new year looms large on the calendar, even as emails are still bouncing back and half the people you need to talk to are on vacation. However, the end of the year also means it’s pledge drive time in the world of
PBS
Christmas comes but once a year, and as soon as it's over, the entire Western world suddenly drops everything and rushes pell-mell over the cliff into the new year. Sure, the two holidays are a single week apart, and for many, this week is the one that doesn&
Movies
The American Sundance Film Festival is young compared to other "Big Five" International Film Festivals, aka the events where production studios debut their best bets for awards love. The original Big Three, the Venice Film Festival in Italy, The Cannes Film Festival in France, and The Berlin International