ITV
Dominic Cooper & Romola Garai to Commit ‘Adultery’ on ITV
To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question.
ITV
Romola Garai to Co-Star with Shaun Evans in 'Betrayal'
Shaun Evans actually had a career before Endeavour; however, a decade is a long time to play one role on TV, and it will easily overshadow anything that came before with the general public. That's perhaps why Evans' first choice for a follow-up series was playing
Feature
Royals Behaving Badly: 'Scoop' vs 'A Very Royal Scandal'
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, gave a damning interview to the BBC’s Emily Maitlis about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the spring of 2024, Netflix gave us Scoop, a feature-length
Movies
Ian McKellen's Ferocious Performance Makes 'The Critic' Worth Watching
Certain performers are so good at their craft that it would be enjoyable to watch them do pretty much anything, including reading the phone book, as the old saying goes. A bit of cultural translation for the youth among us: Once, not so very long ago, we literally printed everyone&
Classics Revisited
Classics Revisited: 'Daniel Deronda'
After the success of their 1994 production of Middlemarch, director Tom Hooper collaborated with Andrew Davies on George Eliot’s last book, Daniel Deronda. Set in her present day, when it just happened that Britain had a flamboyantly Jewish prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, it was initially published as a magazine
Actors and Actresses
In Memoriam: Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon, born into a working-class family in Cabra, a suburb of Dublin, did not seem destined for an acting career. He left school at 15 to become an apprentice with an engineering company. His first contact with the theater was when his father, a communist sympathizer, told him
Peacock
The First Images From 'Vigil' Season 2 See Suranne Jones Turn to the Skies
Vigil is probably the most popular thriller you've actually never seen. The BBC drama, which followed the investigation of a murder on board a nuclear-powered British submarine submarine, boasted an unusual premise and a stellar cast, led by Surrane Jones (Gentleman Jack) and Rose Leslie (The Time
Movies
Toronto Film Festival to Premiere UK Productions 'One Life' & 'Alice & Jack'
As of this writing, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are ongoing, but awards season is still on, with hopes that by the time the red carpets roll out in January 2024, there will be stars to walk them. The unofficial kick-off of awards season begins with the back-
Classics Revisited
Classics Revisited: The Best 'Emma' Is One That Allows Its Heroine to Be Awful
As part of our "Classics Revisited" series, we're looking back at some of our favorite series and movies from years ago. Next up: The 2009 BBC adaptation of Emma starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller, a take on Jane Austen's classic that isn&
Peacock
Suranne Jones Thriller 'Vigil' Adds Romola Garai and Eight More to Season 2 Cast
Nearly a year after its Season 2 renewal was announced, production is finally beginning to get underway on the highly-anticipated new season of Vigil. Vigil stars Suranne Jones as Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva, who, during the series's first season, was sent onboard a nuclear-powered British
Movies
Ian McKellen Leads All-Star Cast for Period Thriller 'The Critic'
Between the ongoing success of Downton Abbey at the box office and the resurgence of Agatha Christie (and Christie-inspired) mysteries in popular culture, it was only a matter of time before someone adapted Anthony Quinn's famous Curtain Call. Subheded "A Stylish Crime Romp," Quinn'
Becoming Elizabeth
'Becoming Elizabeth' Puts a New Spin on a Familiar Tudor Tale
As we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the second English queen named Elizabeth, it's worth asking ourselves why, nearly 500 years after her reign began, we as a culture are still so fascinated by the first. Perhaps it's because Elizabeth Tudor represents so much that we