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What critics are saying about ABC’s prequel series Mystery Road: Origin
Mark Coles Smith is getting rapturous reviews for his performance as a pre-grizzled Detective Jay Swan.


What critics are saying about ABC’s prequel series Mystery Road: Origin
Mark Coles Smith is getting rapturous reviews for his performance as a pre-grizzled Detective Jay Swan.


Trailer and release date for Thai cave rescue drama Thirteen Lives
Ron Howard directed this adaptation of true events on Australia’s own Gold Coast.


The solid but unexceptional True Colours looks at art fraud through an outback noir lens
Aspects of this four-part crime series are authentic and unforced, but it’s never as compelling as it should be.


8 movies arriving in cinemas this July that we’re excited about
It’s hammer time in July as everyone’s favourite Norse God brings the noise!


Meet the key players in Foxtel’s must-see courtroom drama The Twelve
Your guide to the fascinating figures in Foxtel’s courtroom: national acting treasures facing a huge moral dilemma.


Acclaimed artist Del Kathryn Barton on her visually astonishing debut feature Blaze
Del Kathryn Barton’s debut film is an astounding drama full of jaw-dropping creations.


How to watch Asghar Farhadi’s latest moral dilemma A Hero in Australia
The Iranian drama sees a convict on leave becoming a local hero, after returning a bag of gold to its owner.


God save the stream: when will The Crown season 5 be released in Australia?
It’s Imelda Staunton’s turn to take over as QE2, in the newest season of Netflix’s prestige period drama.


Trailer and release date for ABC prequel series Mystery Road: Origin
Every mystery starts somewhere, and this is where Detective Jay Swan begins his life of searching for answers.


How to Please a Woman finds comedy and drama in cleaning with benefits
Sally Phillips is subtly devastating as a wife on a journey of sexual and entrepreneurial self-discovery.


Australian trailer and release date for Adam Sandler’s inspirational basketball story Hustle
The Sandman finds a diamond in the rough, a phenomenal street ball player who might be his ticket back to the big leagues.


Mark Wahlberg seeks repentance in the passionless religious drama Father Stu
Lacking serious inquiry, fervour and passion, this religious drama preaches to the converted.


The 50 best movies on Stan
Want to know the best films to watch on Stan? Here’s the mother of all guides.


The couple in The Time Traveler’s Wife spend more time complaining about time travel than falling in love
Never have time travelling characters been more whiny.


The warm up is over: Australian trailer and release date for Physical season 2
Rose Byrne is back as Sheila, the ruthless fitness mogul set on “annihilation” in 80s San Diego.


How to watch St Mark Wahlberg as Father Stu in Australia
The Funky Bunch leader is an unlikely boxer-turned-priest in this biopic of Catholic father Stuart Long.


Where can I watch Under the Banner of Heaven in Australia?
Andrew Garfield’s faith is getting tested yet again in this miniseries adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s essential true crime book.


Like its namesake, Australian migrant drama Little Tornadoes is empty in the middle
There’s a lot to admire here moment by moment, but altogether this kitchen-sink story is too timid.


The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a vital and provocative Australian western
The Wentworth actress is the undeniable centre of this stoic western, adding to the conversation of Australia’s past.


Pure imagination: how to watch Roald Dahl biopic To Olivia in Australia
The true, tearjerking story of Dahl and Oscar-winning wife Patricia Neal’s grief over losing their daughter Olivia.


Leah Purcell on the long journey of The Drover’s Wife – and the political power of the western
From bedtime story to stage to page to screen, Purcell has yearned to tell her Western tale “in a blackfella way”.
