Netflix
Millie Bobby Brown has had a less-than-ideal early 2025, with the latest Netflix-produced Russo Brothers movie she stars in, The Electric State, doing exactly as well with critics as everything else they've made since the 2018-2019 Avengers double whammy. Moreover, after a decade in the business, she'
Acorn TV
So far in 2025, BritBox has been on a tear, with enough British hits from ITV and the BBC in the first four months to be considered genuine competition to PBS and Masterpiece. It's been an interesting turn of events, especially compared to Acorn TV, which has been
BritBox
How do you solve an unsolvable puzzle? That’s the case Ludwig is trying to crack in Season 1’s penultimate episode. Ludwig and Carter are called to investigate the apparent suicide of a private school headmaster, Mr. Durose (Christopher Parramore). The case resonates with Ludwig because it’s where
Netflix
Netflix does not have the best track record for Jane Austen adaptations. So far, the streaming service has only produced one (1) Jane Austen adaptation, 2022's Persuasion, but it so fundamentally misunderstood the spirit of Austen's best novel that it instantly became an entire track record.
Movies
Thierry Frémaux, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, unveiled the line-up for 2025, its 78th edition, with an Official Selection that was surprisingly heavy on American offerings, considering the festival broke the record for submissions with a record 2,909 features submitted. As always, the entire roster made motions
PBS
Walking with Dinosaurs was an ambitious series when it premiered on the BBC in 1999; at the time, Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) was still a new technology, and creating lifelike dinosaurs was the province of big-budget blockbusters like Jurassic Park, not public television. However, the show took the U.K.
BBC
We've been covering the Welsh language and culture resurgence in the last few months as the Cymraeg 2050 project has started altering the U.K. TV landscape. But we would be remiss if we did not also note another surprising bilingualism that's been recently embraced by
Theater
If you've ever watched an interview with Good Omens star Michael Sheen, you've heard the actor talk about his Welsh heritage. It's something he's incredibly proud of, and he's dedicated much of his personal time, energy, and wealth to promoting
PBS
Wolf Hall’s spectacular settings are one of the joys of the series, both in the 2015 original and in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. However, viewers may wonder if every historic building used in the series is correct to the 1530s. The answer is no, that wouldn’
Netflix
C'mon y'all, say it with me: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that..." ...when a TV series is a hit, renewal is in the cards. This has become far more of a given since the streaming wars began, and anything that was a known
BBC
Lately, there's been a trend of new series lacking American distributors when commissioned, spanning a much larger-than-usual amount of announcements. That's not some freak occurrence; since January 2025, the instability around the U.S. leadership has made European TV bosses hesitant to co-produce with American networks.
Theater
Britain's National Theatre not only consistently produces some of the best live theater in the world, but it's also one of the most accessible. Not just in terms of its physical home at London's Southbank Theatre but also to global audiences. Its National Theatre