A writer since her childhood introduction to Shel Silverstein, Marni adores film, cats, Brits, and the Oxford comma. She studied screenwriting and has written movie, TV, and pop culture reviews. Find her on Instagram and BlueSky.
Movies
Imagine you are a historian. You dedicate your life to understanding, uncovering, and preserving events of the present and past. You are a stalwart of accuracy, yet flexible of mind. Evidence is paramount. Your work is meaningful and important. Now, imagine a bulldozer driven by Ridley Scott comes through and
Apple TV
Based on Edith Wharton’s final unfinished novel, the Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers wants to be a feel-good feminist fantasy period piece that appeals to every generation, but its anachronistic liberties only detract from what could have been a great series. Amidst the swirling visuals, which are not as
Netflix
Adapted from the DC Vertigo comic of the same name by Si Spencer, the new Netflix limited series Bodies is a smart, fascinating crime and conspiracy tale told in four separate time periods in London. Initially announced in early 2022 and put into production later that year, the series has
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The luscious Hotel Portofino is both charming and heartfelt and has an opulent setting, a robust and talented cast, and quiet but compelling stories. As Eagle Eye Drama’s first original English-language drama, it had a lot resting on its gentle shoulders and managed to garner a respectable audience. Centered
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The most popular of the Walter Presents English-language remakes, Professor T, ends its second season run on PBS on October 8, 2023. This season has been more fun and gripping than the first, with series co-writer Matt Baker allowing the audience to dig into the main character, Professor Jasper Tempest,
Netflix
The relationship thriller Fair Play originally debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it was gleefully scooped up by Netflix as one of its next big “gets” for awards season. The film desperately wants to have deep and meaningful conversations about gender roles, expectations, and the concept of the
PBS
The British remake of Professor T (the fourth version of the 2015 Belgian show of the same name having already been remade in German, French, and Czech) stars Ben Miller as the titular Professor Jasper Tempest, a brilliant criminology professor who becomes a regular consultant for the Cambridge police. Although
Netflix
Season 2 of Netflix’s Heartstopper, the sweet and charming show about two high-school-aged British boys falling in love, is just as heartfelt, genuine, and poignant as its premiere season. Based on the webcomic by Alice Oseman, the story picks up the day after the first season ended, following Nick
Miracle Workers
The TBS comedy series Miracle Workers has been uneven since its initial debut in 2019, and, especially in Seasons 2 and 3, painfully unfunny. Initially billed as a heaven-set comedy, it quickly became an anthology series with a self-contained story starring the same ensemble cast each season, similar to shows
PBS Passport
Walter Presents, the Channel 4 anthology series from the U.K. that debuted on PBS Passport just months before the pandemic, isn’t marketed that heavily to Americans as part of their membership. However, there have been a few breakout hits, including the French police procedural Astrid (originally Astrid et
PBS
At first, it appears that the British version of Before We Die, a sometimes grim police procedural, is aiming to be a shot-for-shot remake of the original Swedish version of the same name. But instead of being a copy or even an homage, the two-season series ends up as a
PBS
Marriage is what brings us together today. But this series, streaming now on PBS Passport, is not a blessed arrangement. The show feels long for only four one-hour episodes, aiming for a slow-burn slice-of-life portrait of long-term married couple Ian (Sean Bean) and Emma (Nicola Walker). However, it drowns the