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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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The Super Mario Bros Movie Picture: Universal

Mario movie is a ‘deranged mishmash’

If you thought Chris Pratt’s voice performance was going to be the weak link, you might be surprised to discover there’s a lot of competition.

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Air production still Picture: Warner Bros

A-lister’s first movie role in seven years

Once a superstar in movies such as Rush Hour, Friday and The Fifth Element, Chris Tucker hasn’t been on screen in seven years.

Streaming

(FILES) In this undated photo courtesy of Netflix shows Joseph

Massive departure from Netflix

The executive behind a string of Netflix hits including Making a Murderer and Tiger King has exited.

Movie Reviews

Murder Mystery 2. (L-R) Kuhoo Verma as Saira, Jennifer Aniston as Audrey Spitz and Adam Sandler as Nick Spitz and Melanie Laurent as Claudette Joubert in Murder Mystery 2. Cr. Scott Yamano/Netflix Â© 2023.

Sandler, Aniston’s chaotic Netflix movie

It may be called Murder Mystery 2 but the most surprising thing about this whodunit is you’re not going to care who did it.

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Chris Pine plays Edgin and Michelle Rodriguez plays Holga in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves from Paramount Pictures and eOne.

Fun new movie you want right now

Whether we’ve been naughty or nice, we always deserve Chris Pine and his megawatt charisma.

Streaming

Brutal TV pushes everyone to the limit

We’ve seen plenty of TV shows where contestants are pushed to their physical limit, but this series is mentally the toughest it can be.

New Movies

Massive change in John Wick movies

The powers-that-be were pretty adamant that the current John Wick would be the very last one. Never say never.

Streaming

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: Celeste Barber attends a special screening of Netflix's new series WELLMANIA at at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction on March 28, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images for Netflix)

Celeste returns to ‘first and foremost love’

Wellmania is giving Celeste Barber a chance to return to her first and foremost love.

Upcoming Movies

09/06/2008 WIRE: US actor Liv Tyler at the premiere of the film 'The Incredible Hulk' in Universal City, California 08/06/2008.

A-lister returns to Marvel after 15 years away

Many fans forget Liv Tyler was once part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She’s due to make her comeback.

Streaming

Incredible show’s devastating scene

We’ve all overpaid for something – maybe it was jeans or maybe it was a house. But at least we weren’t dealing with billions.

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