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
Just under a year ago, the New Zealand-set detective series A Remarkable Place to Die was launched at the 2024 London Screenings, alerting most TV executives to its existence. The four feature-length-episode limited series, made by Screentime New Zealand with Real Film Berlin, was already destined for
Exclusive
It's the depths of winter across the Northern Hemisphere, with cold and snow blanketing most of the U.S. and the U.K. What better way to keep warm than to snuggle up on the couch with your favorite people (and/or animals) and spend an hour a
Sundance Now
For all that Sundance Now and the little federation of small-time streaming services it dwells among with its AMC Nertwork's brethren, it is a valuable platform, as is Acorn TV, which is why it is so irritating that both streaming services are consistently undermarketed. BritBox, after all,
Acorn TV
We are a full quarter of the way into the 21st century. However, not everyone is quick to embrace the future, not even in television, even though most would assume those who work with filming tech would be the first to adopt any new technology bandwagon. Murdoch Mysteries is a
Netflix
When Netflix transitioned to streaming originals in 2013, it made the move to " disrupt" the entertainment industry. It's certainly done that: destroying cable, sending multiple successful production studios into bankruptcy, and changing how the average person consumes television. But it's also been forced to
Disney/Hulu
It is not actually the case that Steven Knight has at least one dark'n'gritty historical drama streaming somewhere in the TV landscape at any given time; it just feels like it. The TV writer/producer rose to prominence with his Peaky Blinders series in 2013, which
MGM+
Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders have been two of PBS Masterpiece's most successful mystery series in ages. Penned by Anthony Horowitz, the man who created Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War, among others, both seasons of the Lesley Manville-led meta-mystery tour have been the highlights
Apple TV
The 2023 Dual Writers and Actors Guild strikes in Hollywood were ultimately won by the writers and actors, who secured significant protections and pay restructuring to reflect the rise of streaming. The strikes also gave studios cover to (in business terms) "right-size" their current crop of shows
Peacock
They say that America and Britain are two cultures separated by a common language; the same is true for the TV the two countries broadcast. Channels like ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 are littered with American TV series, most of which never hit the heights of popularity they receive
Movies
Certain filmmakers tend to set themselves a filming and production schedule that centers the Cannes Film Festival as the main release of their movies. These filmmakers are usually the sort of artists who make esoteric fare, stuff that would never draw a Marvel-sized audience, and whose film successes are
Minotaur
Sphere-Abacus, the now combined TV indie powerhouse producer, has announced its next series will be Minotaur, a Welsh-French series that's set in Paris and Northern Wales and will star French actor Assaad Bouab (Bad Sisters) and British actor Natalie Dormer (White Lies). The series hailed from
Disney/Hulu
Big Boys, the smash hit Channel 4 series that initially debuted in 2022 but didn’t manage to cross the pond until Season 2 won BAFTAs, will sadly draw to a close with Season 3. The 2010s-set sitcom began in Season 1 as “a silly, sweet comedy about two