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‘The Crown’ chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from 1947 into the 21st century. Season 4 revolves around the Queen’s relationship with former Prime Minister of the U.K., Margaret Thatcher, and Lady Diana’s role in the royal family. This season also covers Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s relationship, the royal tours such as the Australia and New Zealand tour of 1983, and Princess Diana’s solo trip to New York in 1989....

There are few things in life as palpable as a twisted tale of true crime. The recent surge in the genre reveals its great market potential. The first one to latch on to this, was of course, Netflix with its ‘Conversations with a Killer‘. The success of the series led to the resurgence of interest in true crime, especially in the mainstream, and since then, every streaming giant has been investing considerably in the genre....

The residents of New Orleans in Louisiana witnessed a shocking incident in August 2019 when 43-year-old Lakeview resident Jessica Easterly Durning went missing from her house. While a friend of Jessica’s mentioned that she was planning on leaving her husband, Justin Durning, shortly before the disappearance, authorities recovered her body just days after the incident, sparking a homicide investigation. Tenderfoot TV and Resonate Recordings’ podcast ‘Undetermined,’ takes the viewer through the strange death and chronicles how the police tried their best to get to the bottom of Jessica Easterly Durning’s death....

‘The Great British Baking Show,’ AKA ‘The Great British Bake Off,’ is a British baking series that gives amateur cooks the opportunity to show the world what they can do in the kitchen. In each episode, the competitors must face three different challenges in order to claim the title of Star Baker and avoid elimination. Apart from its regular installments, the cooking show also releases special episodes for the Holidays under the title ‘The Great British Baking Show: Holidays....

When the Spanish series ‘Money Heist’ first became available to the global audience through Netflix, it almost instantaneously garnered tens of millions of fans all over the world due to its gripping and action-filled narrative, spectacular characterizations, and perfect casting. As the series creator Álex Pina and his team intended, the show and its characters are quintessentially Spanish, giving the international audience a much-needed break from the countless heist shows and films Hollywood has produced....

Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’ is a tale about payback and revenge that proves why one should dig two graves before embarking on such a quest. Drea and Eleanor form a friendship of convenience when they realize that they could use each other to exact revenge on their respective enemies. However, as things move forward, nothing turns out to be what it had seemed in the beginning. By the time the credits start to roll, the girls go through a thorough education on the topic of revenge and how it never leads to anything good....

Peacock TV’s ‘I Hate You, You Love Me’ is a thought-provoking docuseries that explores the beginnings and effects of Barney, the popular children’s TV character. Sheryl Leach first created the purple dinosaur in the mid-80s to entertain her 2-year-old son, Patrick. Later, she teamed up with Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer, to conceptualize ‘Barney & Friends,’ a TV series tailor-made for preschoolers. While the Barney franchise garnered a lot of accolades and fame for the cast and crew, it suddenly was hit by an unexpected wave of violent threats and mockery from the public....

Netflix’s ‘Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi’ follows the investigation into the disappearance of the 15-year-old girl who left her house to attend music class but never returned home. The 1983 case has taken several twists and turns over the years. While all sorts of theories have developed about what might have happened to her, the Vatican remains at the center of every one of them. In the documentary, a woman named Sabrina Minardi comes forward with several details about the case....

In ‘The 2nd’, director Brian Skiba (‘Rottentail’) brings together two of the biggest superstars of the 90s, Ryan Phillippe and Casper Van Dien. The film revolves around Major Vic Davis (Phillippe), a Green Beret, who must find a way to keep his son and the daughter of a Supreme Court Justice safe while battling a group of highly-trained antagonists. When the film came out, it garnered mixed reviews, although Phillippe and Van Dien received considerable praise for their performances....

Prime Video’s ‘The Peripheral’ spins the story of two different worlds set in the future. While one takes place just a decade later than our timeline, the other part is set in the twenty-second century. These jumps in time allow the show to explore many fictional aspects of science. Instead of going into the details of everything, it gives us a passing knowledge of these things, just enough to keep us in the loop of what’s happening in the story and how it could affect the futures of the characters....

The Disney+ fantasy adventure series ‘Willow’ is based on and the sequel to the 1988 film of the same name, starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer. Davis reprises his role as the titular Newlyn sorcerer in the Disney+ show. Several years have passed since Willow, mercenary Madmartigan (Kilmer), and warrior Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) defeated the Demon Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh). But as evil is prophesied to return to the world and with the chosen one, Elora Danan, hidden away for her own safety, it becomes imperative for the forces of good to find an alternate path....

Based on actual events, Peacock’s ‘A Friend of the Family’ is a biographical crime drama series created by Nick Antosca that dramatizes the true story of the Broberg family, previously covered in the 2017 documentary titled ‘Abducted in Plain Sight’ by Skye Borgman. Set in the 1970s, the narrative follows Robert Berchtold, a charming and obsessed close family friend of the Brobergs. He kidnaps their eldest daughter, Jan, several times over the years....

Created by Jeff Hodsden and Tim Pollock, Apple TV+’s ‘Life by Ella’ is a comedy-drama series that follows the life of a young middle-school girl named Ella McCaffrey. After going through a life-changing experience, the 13-year-old girl’s perspective regarding life changes significantly as she strives to seize each day. Even though the world around her is unfair sometimes, she is determined to appreciate each moment and not take it for granted....

Mark Harmon’s NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the driving force of CBS’ thriller series ‘NCIS,’ specifically until its nineteenth season. After solving several high-profile cases and witnessing those cases’ impact on his family, Gibbs departs from NCIS in season 19 upon deciding to stay in Alaska. Gibbs’ decision open a gateway for Mark Harmon to leave the show almost after two decades. As the show’s twentieth season progresses without Harmon’s character, the admirers of the actor have been trying to figure out what happened to him....

Netflix’s ‘Piñata Masters!’ is a Mexican reality game show that pits several participating teams of talented artisans and creators who compete against each other to become the ultimate piñata masters and take home the grand cash prize of one million pesos. However, they must be super-creative in making their piñatas and impress a tough panel of judges consisting of a group of picky kids. The unique format of the competition series is made all the more entertaining by the host, Comedian Daniel Sosa, along with the kids who pose as judges....

Netflix’s ‘7 Women and a Murder’ (originally titled ‘7 Donne e un Mistero’) is an Italian murder mystery comedy movie helmed by Alessandro Genovesi. It is loosely based on the 2002 French movie titled ‘8 Women’ directed by François Ozon (adapted from Robert Thomas’ 1958 play ‘Huit femmes’). The story revolves around seven women inside a luxurious mansion as their family patriarch is found stabbed to death in his room. Given the fact that each has her own ulterior motives for committing the heinous crime, they cannot afford to trust one another....

Written and directed by Berkun Oya, Netflix’s ‘Cici’ is a Turkish drama movie that revolves around a family that moves out of their hometown and migrates to the city after suffering from a tragic loss. Fast forward to 30 years later, the estranged family reunites in their native place. Soon, several deep-seated emotions and painful secrets come to light, either breaking them apart for good or bringing them closer than ever before....

With the advent of social media making it easier to follow others’ lives, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that stalking has become the new smoking. The troubling activity has become so commonplace that Netflix’s ‘You’ finds itself to be cashing in on the relatability of its stalker protagonist in order to rake in high levels of viewership. Either way, that is not the only production about a stalking character. Lifetime’s ‘Obsession: Escaping My Ex’ is another thrilling example....

Another film in the genre that seems to be Liam Neeson’s field of expertise, ‘Honest Thief’ is an action thriller directed by Mark Williams. The story is set in Boston, where Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) is a reputed criminal, known as the “In and Out Bandit.” He meticulously robs banks without violence and has collected a little over nine million dollars. His life takes a 360 degree turn when he meets Annie Sumpter (Kate Walsh) and falls in love with her....

‘NCIS: Los Angeles‘ serves as the spin-off to the extremely popular police procedural, ‘NCIS.’ The former was conceptualized after a two-part special in the sixth season of ‘NCIS.’ The show follows an elite unit of the Naval Crime Investigative Service (NCIS) known as the Office of Special Projects (OSP) and based in Los Angeles, California. Special Agent, G. Callen heads a team of OSP officers as they handle various domestic and overseas threats....