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We Live in Time, a throwback blend of awards-friendly sentimentality with bursts of 90s-era Richard Curtis comedy has likeability on its mind. It stars two British actors, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, who never fail to exude charm and selective enough in their projects that a new one is more
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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.
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American Anglophiles will have multiple reasons to head to New York next spring, as yet another recent smash hit from London’s West End is making its way Stateside. Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat is already set for a U.S. transfer next spring. Another recent critically acclaimed production will
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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
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As Halloween approaches, the time-bending psychological thriller The Devil’s Hour Season 2 has the right amount of creepiness for your TV. The new season’s horror-tinged gore and jumpscares make it an atmospheric match for dark autumn evenings, but good luck wading through the overly complex plot. The first
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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
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Our reintroduction to the world of Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) in Moonflower Murders, the follow-up to Magpie Murders, brings brand new characters into the mix, and perhaps none is more memorable than Madeline Cain, played to perky perfection by Pippa Bennett-Warner. In the story within a story, Miss Cain inhabits
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It's been a hard road on Van der Valk this season trying to get Hendrik to go to a doctor and get an official medical test to confirm his cancer diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan. Fighting with a friend when you know they are being
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We’ve reached the finale of Moonflower Murders and its labyrinthine plots. Throughout the show, I kept asking: What is the significance of Natasha, the maid, going specifically to Cecily after she finds Parris dead? And does the fact that Parris occupied a room that was booked for another guest
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Last week’s episode of Ridley started with the murder of Oliver Grant, heir to the directorship of the family property development business; however, it's now expanded to incorporate a drug-dealing enterprise operated from a go-kart track in Manchester. Worse, Carol’s son Jack is implicated in both
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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
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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