Netflix
Sometimes, in the world of entertainment, TV series and films are made as a reaction to a significant cultural event. Consider, for example, the Irish-backed film The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan in the title role, which digs into the education of a particular former American president in the middle of
Movies
Netflix has set a November release date for Joy, its accidentally timely forthcoming period film about the historical origins of in vitro fertilization. For those who aren't aware, IVF was pioneered in Britain, and Louise Joy Brown, the world's first "test-tube" baby, was born
Netflix
Anthony Boyle’s breakout year continues. The actor, who first made a name for himself as Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, has been just about everywhere, co-starring in Masters of the Air, Manhunt, and Shardlake in the first half of 2024 alone. He’s also filmed
Movies
Nowhere Special has clearly fallen through the cracks of international distribution. It premiered three and a half years ago, in September 2020, at the same reduced-programming Venice Film Festival as Nomadland, which would go on to win Best Picture two years before Nowhere Special reached (in a limited release) American
BritBox
Awards season may have ended for film, but for live theater and television, the season is hitting the main event, as those disciplines still function on seasons that begin in the summer and end in the spring. While the Emmys will wait until the fall to hand out statues, late
BBC
Filming is officially underway on King & Conqueror the BBC's sprawling historical epic that digs into the lives of several of the medieval period's most fascinating and influential figures. The eight part series will follow the lives of two men who will ultimately face off in
Netflix
Sometimes even miracles need a little help. That's the basic premise of Joy, a Netflix film that chronicles the story of three people who worked together to bring one about: The birth of the first child conceived via the process that would become known as in vitro fertilization.
ITV
J.P. Delaney’s The Girl Before may have gone mainly unnoticed on HBO Max due to a criminal lack of marketing, but it was a decent-sized hit for BBC One when it was released in December 2021. It was perfect for streaming television, a four-episode/four-lead domestic thriller series
Drama
Grantchester alum James Norton is set to star opposite Game of Thrones favorite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the forthcoming historical drama King and Conqueror, a period piece set in the 11th century and focused on the lives of the two men destined to meet in a battle that will shape the
Happy Valley
If you think about it, Happy Valley has sort of been like Heat, just more Northern and less neon. Stay with me here: they’re both dramas about the exhaustive effects of pursuit, how justice and crime become so ingrained they harm all your relationships, and have a hero and
Happy Valley
Where do we stand with Happy Valley with one episode left in Season 3, not to mention the series? The main themes and conflicts have been refined down to sharp points. The chess pieces have been shuffled for the climactic finale. Although none of the developments seem improper or inappropriate,
Acorn TV
After last week’s action-packed climax, things cool down slightly for Sergeant Catherine Cawood, just so they can ramp up again in the season’s most explosive moment yet. Before we got to Tommy Lee Royce’s dramatic escape from Leeds’ high court, the heat was dialed up on several