Brad Newsome
Brad Newsome is the streaming and pay TV critic for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
★★★½
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Are you ready to see the Doctor in the seriously spooky Devil’s Hour?
Peter Capaldi get all Hannibal Lecter (sort of) as scary man with a dark secret in this new British chiller-thriller.
- by Brad Newsome
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★★★★
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You can be serious: McEnroe is a sensitive soul in this captivating movie
The tennis legend sits down for frank interviews in this documentary about his life and times.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★
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Hollywood is a cesspit of awfulness in this lurid mini-binge
The six-part Swimming with Sharks reimagines the 1994 film about a put-upon assistant at an exploitative movie studio.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★½
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Alleged Hammer horrors were not confined to Armie, doco series claims
The as-yet-unproven allegations of sexual misconduct against Armie Hammer are not the first time his well-connected family has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
What to watch
‘Catnip for fans’: how Andor sets itself apart from other Star Wars shows
This is a thoughtful, noir-tinged fleshing out of a suddenly prominent backwater of the Star Wars canon.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
Streaming
Fans of spiky Sharon Horgan comedies should give Hullraisers a try
Way up in Yorkshire, a bunch of women old enough to know better are behaving badly in this earthy, warm-hearted comedy.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★½
Streaming
New American Gigolo cruises by on Jon Bernthal’s brooding magnetism
When we meet Julian Kaye in this updating of Paul Schrader’s film, he’s not at the peak of his career; he’s just served a 15-year jail sentence for a murder he didn’t commit.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
Streaming
‘Enthralling TV’: The intense Serpent Queen plays like a muffled scream
This blackly humorous historical romp about the rise of Catherine de’ Medici keeps its feet pretty firmly in the muck.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
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Buzzy kitchen drama The Bear is a chef’s special with real artistry
This oddball, noisy series centres around a celebrated chef who inherits a greasy sandwich shop, and a bunch of misfits who are disinclined to change.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
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AFLW doco is an engrossing inside look at heartbreak and hard knocks
Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW gives you a wonderful sense of camaraderie – not to mention some big characters having a lot of fun along the way.
- by Brad Newsome
★★★★
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Heist caper has the goods as dim-witted criminals meet the real deal
Imagine an old-fashioned British crime caper – or a Guy Ritchie one – in which most of the characters are an order of magnitude dumber. Welcome to The Curse.
- by Brad Newsome
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