BritBox
All four episodes of Captivated, the psychological thriller miniseries about single mom Rachel (Kara Tointon) and her son Liam (Charlie Hodson-Prior), dropped on BritBox at once last week; with four installments all told, we've split our recap into two parts. The first half of the series saw the
PBS
Call The Midwife Season 14 kicked off with a double-helping over the holidays, as the series debuted its first-ever two-part holiday special. As always, the Cristmas Day premiere of the series (which in this case was followed by Part 2 on Boxing Day), is quickly joined on the BBC by
Sky
It's been a decade since Chris O'Dowd's coming-of-age story Moone Boy hit our screens, chronicling the story of a 12-year-old kid in early '90s Ireland and the imaginary friend that helps him survive life in a houseful of sisters. Based on its creator&
Paramount+
Everyone should consider the Sherlock Holmes pantheon of remakes and adaptations as a Baskin-Robins of choice. We'd all be happier; there are enough retellings to pick their favorite flavor. Don't judge someone if they prefer mint chocolate chip (or say Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular detective)
PBS
Welcome back, possibly for the last time, to Vienna Blood. If this season finale pulls double-duty as a series finale, it will complete a nice little set of bookends for our favorite intercultural, pre-Great War crime-fighting odd couple (while leaving the door tantalizingly open for several more chapters of The
PBS
The third episode of All Creatures Great and Small’s fifth season is titled “Homecoming,” and with good reason. In addition to bringing back a beloved character, this episode finally achieves the right mix of clever pacing, tenderness, and humor that is All Creatures at its very best. The war
PBS
Miss Scarlet Season 5 reaches the halfway point with the "The Thames Reaper," an hour that's far and away the best installment of this revamped new era of the show. The episode is well-balanced regarding characters and plots, and the case of the week is fascinating
BritBox
It’s time for another entry into the canon of psychological thrillers about single mothers with young sons (it’s a more common trope than you’d think). The latest take on the genre is Captivated, a four-part miniseries starring Kara Tointon (Mr. Selfridge) as Rachel, a young mother scraping
Disney/Hulu
The extremely dark and funny Am I Being Unreasonable? is one of those comedies that people forget when discussing the sitcom as an endangered species. A slightly deranged comedy from the team of Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli (This Country), the series embodies the new type of comedy that&
BBC America
David Attenborough’s new series, Planet Earth: Asia (simply titled Asia in the U.K.), is a thrilling, gorgeous paean to the earth’s largest continent. Four years in the making, Asia explores the continent in depth for the first time, including its thousands of miles of coastline, three oceans,
Movies
The fact that one of genre cinema’s most invasive and empathetic filmmakers makes his films outside of Hollywood is telling. One of David Cronenberg’s greatest impacts was inspiring many Toronto New Wave directors in the 80s and 90s not to leave their native Canada to make films – nearly
Starz
We're back for another installment of the Starz couple-swapping show, better known as The Couple Next Door. To the show's credit, the overabundance of storylines introduced in the pilot episode are already starting to connect, tidying up the show's messy plot. To the show&