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The BBC first announced it was making six-part comedy thriller Black Ops back in June 2021 – and boy is it worth the wait. Created by Famalam’s BAFTA-winning duo of Gbemisola Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, it follows two inexperienced Community Support Officers – Ikumelo plays Dom alongside The Wheel of Time’s Hammed Animashaun as Kay

This Yellowjackets review contains spoilers. Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 7 “Burial” is a big moment for Yellowjackets. We see the present-day gang reunite for the first time to buzz around Charlotte’s wellness center hive and get to know themselves and each other a little better. It’s the most centralized, cohesive episode we’ve seen thus far,

If you enjoyed Netflix’s docudrama Queen Cleopatra, you might be in the mood for a fully fictionalised dramatization of Cleopatra’s story, or for something else set around the same time period and following some of the same people. If so, we have got you covered! We’ve given each of these series an “accuracy rating” to

Part of the fun of fandom is becoming obsessed with background characters that have nothing to do with the main narrative. Star Trek fans still aren’t over the Klingon Chef from Deep Space Nine and Dune readers imagine the further adventures of minor Sardaukar warriors after the defeat on Arrakis. But no franchise has catered

Shared universes are all the rage at the moment. Between the MCU, the revamped DCU, the slowly building Tolkien Cinematic Universe, and the ever-rolling behemoth that is the Star Wars universe, viewers barely have enough time to watch all these streaming shows, movies, and other random assorted bits of content if they want to keep

This article contains spoilers for the Ghosts season 2 finale.  Ghosts on CBS has wrapped its second season with an unexpected cliffhanger for the ghostly residents of Woodstone Mansion. Fans will once again have more questions than answers leading into season 3. Throughout Ghosts season 2, Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) and Sam (Rose McIver) have dealt

Does your child use phrases like “surgeon-cels seething,” “I’m totally Han-pilled right now,” or even, God forbid, “the virgin surgeon vs. the chad doctor?” If so, then they might have been exposed to the horrors of the internet. Allow us to explain. Every now and then Millennial and Gen-Z social media users see something that

This article contains spoilers for all eight episodes of Rabbit Hole. Rabbit Hole, airing on Paramount+, is an exciting addition to the streaming service, especially if you’re looking for something that isn’t written or created by Taylor Sheridan under the Paramount umbrella. Kiefer Sutherland plays John Weir, a private contractor adept at corporate espionage, who

The following contains major spoilers for The Diplomat. Netflix’s buzzy political drama The Diplomat almost feels like it came out of nowhere, rocketing to dominate the streamer’s Top Ten list within days of its April premiere. But, if you’ve seen the show, it’s easy to understand its appeal, a welcome throwback to the fast, quick-witted

As the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) strike enters its second week, more and more TV shows and films are seeing their production delayed. One of those is the Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, whose writers room will be closed for the duration of the strike. This

This article contains spoilers through Succession season 4 episode 7. The folks behind Succession are an intelligent, well-educated bunch. For evidence look no further than the scripts’ crackling dialogue, star Jeremy Strong’s correct use of the word “dramaturgically,” and creator Jesse Armstrong’s frequent invocation of Shakespeare. The best evidence of the show’s literary bona fides,

This article contains spoilers for House of the Dragon season 1. Adapting a book for television always involves making some changes to the source material, and even a multi-season TV show does not always have time for every character and subplot from a long book. But sometimes, the cutting of a character takes away something

After the surprising rise and appallingly steady excellence of The Simpsons’ first decade, many long-time supporters felt the show would have gone out on top if it ended around 2001-2002. The late 1990s era was hit with a traumatic loss with the death of comic genius Phil Hartman. After a pay dispute, voice actress Maggie

Yellowstone, co-created by the rogue cowboy of television, Taylor Sheridan, and second-generation mega producer, John Linson, has become one of the biggest properties for Paramount in just five short years. It has spawned prequels, spinoffs, and given Sheridan a seemingly endless street of green lights when it comes to getting his television concepts into production.

There has been a whirlwind of breakout shonen anime during the past year and Yuji Kaku’s bold, bloody survivalist series, Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, finally has a gorgeous anime adaptation courtesy of MAPPA and it’s truly hit the ground running when it comes to its blade-wielding, demon-slaying, immortality-seeking mayhem. Hell’s Paradise kicks off with an explosive

While the cultural phenomenon known as the Hunger Games franchise may seem like a thing of the past to some, the popularity of the movies during their brief time on Netflix this year begs to differ. Even though all four Hunger Games movies were only on Netflix for the month of March, the first two

There’s never been a better time to be a Star Wars fan in terms of quantity. There’s more Star Wars on screen and on the page now than ever before in the franchise’s history. From Disney+ series to video games to The High Republic books and Marvel comics, you can experience new adventures in the

As distasteful as it might feel to admit, infamous killers often receive multiple lives in pop culture. This is particularly true in the streaming era, where a need for countless hours of programming can lead streamers to mine true crime stories from the past to enthrall and disturb new generations of viewers. That’s how 1970s

This article contains some potential spoiler details from the novel Tom Jones and its TV adaptation. Tom Jones, Masterpiece PBS’s latest period drama miniseries team-up with historical storytelling powerhouse Mammoth Screen and U.K. network ITVX, is a romantic comedy blended in with sharp commentary on class and morality in mid-18th century Britain. The show is

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a Bridgerton spinoff series that shows us how life was in the Ton during the early days of Queen Charlotte and King George’s marriage. We get to see how they meet and fall in love, how her reign leads to social change in the Ton, and how she became

As Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary approaches it’s important to see this as a time of renewal and yes, regeneration for the show, not just an opportunity to bask in nostalgia and past glories. Doctor Who has to intrigue and excite its core audience of children for the franchise to remain healthy. Yes, Russell T Davies

Looks aren’t everything (or so our mums tell us) but when there’s a brand new Doctor in the TARDIS, they become pretty important. Tradition tells us that each Doctor has their own signature style – from Tom Baker’s iconic stripey scarf to Peter Davison’s cricket-and-celery combo, and Matt Smith’s “cool” bowtie – giving us clues

This article contains spoilers through Succession season 4 episode 6. Most of the brilliance of HBO’s Succession lies in the density of the dialogue between the characters and the Shakespearean themes of loyalty, betrayal, and toxic familial relationships that twist and turn on a whim. As the show starts to come to a close, though,

This article contains details from real life events that will likely spoil upcoming episodes of HBO’s White House Plumbers. Having learned most of what I know about the Watergate scandal from MAD magazine, it took me a while to realize White House Plumbers is a satire. The five-part HBO series telling the true story of

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Blue Lights (obviously!) It’s been wonderful to see Blue Lights capture the hearts of the nation – it deserves every bit of its enthusiastic praise. This compelling, Northern Ireland-set crime drama about three rookie cops has been packed full to bursting with a gripping plot, lovable characters and impressive

With its list of new releases for May 2023, Amazon Prime Video is increasing its global reach. The streamer’s biggest original offering this month is a German series. Hohlbeins’ – The Gryphon, based on the works of Wolfgang Holhlbein, will present a sprawling fantasy tale about three teens discovering a fantastical world called The Black