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Wenlei MaTV and film critic

Wenlei Ma is the TV and film critic for news.com.au where she writes reviews, features and news about movies and streaming. A Rotten Tomatoes-approved Top Critic, she is a weekly contributor on RN Breakfast, a regular on ABC Nightlife and her film reviews are syndicated in The Sunday Telegraph. Wenlei has been a journalist for more than a decade, has been published in Empire, AdNews and was featured on ABC TV’s China Tonight.

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Lucy Boynton as Marie Antoinette in Chevalier

Music icon erased by history

He was a musical superstar beloved by royalty and admired by an American president. But you almost certainly have never heard of him.

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Driving Madeleine a Picture: Pathe/Hirondelle/TF1/Artemis

Movie city we both love and hate

Paris has a special place in many people’s hearts but its soul is like that of any modern person – it has its ups and downs.

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Other People's Children Picture: Palace Films

Urgent question new movie asks

It’s a question that plagues many women and men approaching their 40s – can your life still have meaning if you don’t have kids?

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PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 23: Lea Seydoux attends the Paris Premiere of 'Journal D'Une Femme De Chambre' At MK2 Bibliotheque on March 23, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Star: ‘Bond director was a bit angry with me’

French superstar Lea Seydoux revealed Bond director Cary Fukunaga was “a bit angry with me” over a final act scene.

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MEET MY MOM -- In Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” go-with-the-flow guy Wade (Mamoudou Athie) introduces fiery young woman Ember (voice of Leah Lewis) to his mom, Brook (voice of Catherine O’Hara). Ember is decidedly out of her element, but quickly warms up to his family. Directed by Peter Sohn (“The Good Dinosaur,” “Party Cloudy” short) and produced by Denise Ream (“The Good Dinosaur,” “Cars 2”), Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” releases on June 16, 2023. © 2023 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

Personal tragedy fueled fiery new movie

Filmmaker Peter Sohn’s parents both died during the production of Elemental, which very much informed the movie he made.

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The Defenders Picture: Amazon Prime Video

Extraordinary story spotlighted in new movie

The Save Hakeem story has everything – the interplay between money, politics and sport, and a young man at the centre of the maelstrom.

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JLaw’s surprisingly good new movie

It might a gross-out comedy but No Hard Feelings is stealthily emotional and answers the question of what is Jennifer Lawrence doing here.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 09: Eva Longoria attends the Los Angeles Special Screening Of Searchlight Pictures "Flamin' Hot" at Hollywood Post 43 - American Legion on June 09, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)

Longoria: ‘Everyone needs to know this story’

When Eva Longoria read the script for her feature directorial debut, she was confused as to why she hadn’t heard the story before.

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Madeleine Sami as Eddie Redcliffe, Kate Box as Dulcie Collins and Nina Oyama as Abby Matsuda

Murder and farce in cracking comedy

Known for their beloved sketch comedy, the Kates wanted to do something totally different for their next project.

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Extraction 2. Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake in Extraction 2. Cr. Jasin Boland/Netflix © 2023

Hemsworth confirms massive Netflix sequel

Chris Hemsworth confirmed a third Extraction movie is in the works, as he described his work on the films as “exhausting” and “exhilarating”.

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