David Thewlis to star as Sherlock Holmes in new crime series
From Basil Rathbone to Benedict Cumberbatch, we’ve had plenty of film and televisual incarnations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective, Sherlock Holmes, down the years. Now we have another, but in...
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REVIEW: True Detective: Night Country (S4 E6/6)
A series that has teetered on the edge of greatness had a real chance to cross threshold in this finale. With a bit of a buzz about his instalment of the True Detective, and despite its explicit...
View ArticleTrue Detective recommissioned for a fifth season
We’ve just finished True Detective: Night Country, the fourth instalment of the anthology that began in 2014. This most recent series was viewed by some as a return to form, with new showrunner Issa...
View ArticleAmanda Seyfried confirmed for lead role in Long Bright River adaptation
Liz Moore’s 2020 novel Long Bright River was an outstanding crime novel set in the opioid crisis in Philadelphia’s Kensington district. It’s getting a deserved TV adaptation by Peacock in the US...
View ArticleApple TV+ reveals first trailer for Colin Farrell detective series
Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for its new Colin Farrell-led drama Sugar, which will premiere on the streaming service on 5th April. Starring and executive produced by Farrell, Sugar is a...
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SERIES REVIEW: Death And Other Details (S1)
Rian Johnson, you have a lot to answer for. The American writer and director has, it seems, refreshed that venerable evergreen, the locked-room whodunit. What began with Christie almost a century ago...
View ArticleUS transmission date set for Under The Bridge
One crime we’re really looking forward to is Under The Bridge, the US crime drama based on a real case. Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone stars in the eight-parter. Under The Bridge is based on acclaimed...
View ArticleClaire Danes announced for Netflix crime series
Claire Danes will star in a new series for Netflix, The Beast In Me. Fresh from her role in True Detective, Jodie Foster will executive produce. It tells the story of acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs...
View ArticleApple TV+ announces new Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington thriller
Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington have been announced as the leads in Apple TV+’s adaptation of Araminta Hal’s novel, Imperfect Women. Described as “an unconventional psychological thriller”, it...
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SERIES REVIEW: Ripley
This is surely one of the most anticipated crime dramas of the year. Why? It’s based on a famous, iconic Patricia Highsmith novel from 1955 (she in her own right is pretty iconic and beloved), it’s...
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