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Matthew MacFadyen & Dan Stevens Team Up for 'Legacy of Spies'
The BBC confirms MGM+ will be the streaming home of the new 'Legacy of Spies' TV series, based on the works of John Le Carré.
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'Mr. Loverman' Paints an LGBTQ+ Love Story in Vivid Colors
When Mr. Loverman debuted on the BBC in October 2024, the critical reviews were laudatory, praising the work of stars Lennie James as Barrington "Barry" Walker, the titular Loverman of the title, Sharon D Clarke as his wife Carmel, and Ariyon Bakare as Morris, Barry's BFF
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BritBox to Bring 'Mr. Loverman' to the U.S. After Multi-BAFTA Win
The last decade has been a whiplash between sudden spates of progressive change, creating more equitable conditions for Black and LGBTQ+ artists to produce films and TV series about their lived experience or the lived experience of their culture, pockmarked with sudden extremist backlash from politicians and voters, whether it
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'Doctor Who' Season 2 (15/41) Reveals Episode Titles & New Trailer
Whether you’re calling it Season 2, Season 15, or Season 41, a new season of Doctor Who by any numbering system would be just as eagerly anticipated. Tidbits about the upcoming season have been trickling out since Season 1 ended in June 2024. The rechristened Season 1 was an
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BBC's 'Black Ops' Heads to Hulu with Season 2 on the Way
There's been a spate of worrying across the pond about the state of the TV comedy. There's a sense among those at the BBC that critics haven't given sitcoms their propers in quite a while, with fears that comedy could become an endangered form
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: "Æsahættr"
In last week's recap, I mentioned that the original plan for His Dark Materials Season 2 was to do eight episodes, the last of which was still unfinished as of the premiere date due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the series' Comic Con at Home panel over
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: "Malice"
His Dark Materials Season 2 was initially ordered at eight episodes, the same as Season 1. The BBC put in this order in early fall of 2019, sending the cast and crew back to work early. Of those eight episodes, seven were completed before the end of the year. The
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: "The Scholar"
As His Dark Materials reaches the back half of the second season, the main plot thread continues to focus on Will and Lyra as they plan out a high stakes heist to get the alethiometer back from Boreal. This week's A-plot is all about the two of them
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: "Tower of Angels"
When His Dark Materials introduced Lyra's Earth in Season 1, it did so directly and straightforwardly. One might even say (and I did, several times) that it was so matter-of-fact in its delivery, it drained the magic out of a mirror universe to our own, which was filled
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: "Theft"
This week's His Dark Materials begins with Lyra taking a chance that she can get away with infiltrating Will's Earth twice without getting caught. Even without Pan sounding the alarm, audiences can guess that the second round won't go nearly as smoothly as the
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: "The Cave"
His Dark Materials landed in Cittàgazze for the premiere episode, introducing a third world between Land Will-Earth and Lyra-Counter-Earth, sort of an "Earth Mark 3," in which Dust is a malevolent force. This week, Will and Lyra take their leave of the city of children (after a bit
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'His Dark Materials' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: "The City of Magpies"
The His Dark Materials trilogy is made up of three very segmented novels. Book one, known either as The Golden Compass or The Northern Lights, depending on which side of the pond you're on, exists utterly in Lyra's world. It's a mirror universe where