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
ITV announced in early 2024 that Season 14 of the long-running mystery series Vera would be the final installment of the popular U.K. whodunit. Starring Brenda Blethyn as the titular DCI Vera Stanhope, the series is an adaptation of Ann Cleeves' mystery novels of the same name, conceived
FX
Patrick Radden Keefe’s critically adored true crime/nonfiction book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland has been one of the most revelatory deep dives into the 1970s history of “The Troubles.” However, some readers were concerned when it was first announced that FX
Movies
One of the significant problems that the Academy Awards continues to struggle with is that most years, they're awarding films no one has seen. This is due to a variety of factors, from Art House movies being traditionally challenging to market to those in the movie industry who
Apple TV
Most PBS viewers know sister companies Walter Presents and Eagle Eye Drama from popular series like Professor T and Hotel Portofino. Eagle Eye and Walter Presents executive producer Jo McGrath told Telly Visions the company started re-adapting the shows from Walter Presents because she and co-producers Walter Iuzzolino and Jason
Movies
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist was first announced in September 2020, just as the pandemic settled in for the long haul, with the optimistic filming schedule listed as beginning in January 2021, which, as most of us know, did not happen, as Lockdown 2 was declared in the U.
PBS
Moonflower Murders wrapped up the second mystery in the Susan Ryeland series on PBS, but that doesn't mean the editor-turned-mystery sleuth, played by Lesley Manville, has solved her last case. Much like Magpie Murders, which introduced Ryeland, her author Alan Conway (Conleth Hill), and his mystery novels that
PBS
As our finale recap for Season 4 noted, Van der Valk left its ending wide open at the end of Season 4, dropping large circular hints about Piet and Katlie's history and promising more cases in store for Henrick, at least for the time being. Thus far, it
Music
The long-awaited adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals has finally made it to the small screen, as sexy fare like Regency-set Bridgerton and time-traveling Outlander suddenly have the 1980s-era Bonkbuster coming up behind them. Disney+ went all in on the adaptation, landing superstar David Tennant (Doctor Who) as the
Paramount+
New Year's Day 2023 was a momentous moment in Sherlock Homes history, as the 1990s-era Disney-backed rule forced copyright from 75 to 99 years finally expired for the rest of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate after a nearly 30-year gap. The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries was one of
Netflix
Oh dear, it's Caramel Week on The Great British Baking Show, and that's always a sticky situation, ready to shatter at a moment's notice or, worse, melt into goo. The last time we saw Caramel Week was Season 12 (Collection 9), when it turned
Viaplay
Since the BBC picked up the new adaptation of the mystery series Rebus from producer Viaplay, we have been keeping an eye on it. Hailing from Sweden, Viaplay is a highly niche streaming service focusing on Nordic Noir offerings; its programming often runs parallel to the stuff we cover at
Tubi
The first decade of the streaming wars was predicated on the idea that the only way to succeed without really trying was to create a Netflix clone: monthly charges, no commercials, and all episodes as a binge. However, at this point, despite its unwillingness to admit that the binge model