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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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Oscars

Tim Blake Nelson is Buster Scruggs in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a film by Joel and Ethan Coen.

Most surprising winner of Oscar nods

Oscar nominations always manage to shock us. But the biggest winner out of today is something thought impossible only two years ago.

TV Shows

What’s on TV: Broad City, Kimmy Schmidt

With a mega producer and charming cast, it was a shining jewel among Netflix’s first wave of original content. Its end signals a shift.

TV Shows

The Punisher is doomed for cancellation

Netflix is dropping one of its flagship shows tonight — but don’t be surprised if it gets cancelled within the month.

New Movies

Scene from MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, a Focus Features release.Credit: John Mathieson / Focus Features.

Mary Queen Of Scots isn’t the movie you think

If you believed the marketing for Margot Robbie’s new movie, you’re in a for a surprise. It’s not what you think it is.

New Movies

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and Charlayne Woodard in a scene from M. Night Shyamalan's

Was Glass worth waiting 19 years for?

It’s taken 19 years for this superhero movie sequel to come out. That’s some hefty expectations to live up to. Did it?

New Movies

*** First look Storm Boy images. Not for use before Sunday November 25 (digital from midnight) *** Jai Courtney ( Hideaway Tom) with a pelican, filmed at Port Elliot. Picture: Matt Nettheim.

The problem with Storm Boy remake

Taking a beloved Aussie story and remaking it is always fraught with problems. This childhood favourite ran into a few.

Movies

A scene from the movie Venom (2018). Sony Pictures.

Venom creator on Spider-Man face-off

Venom made more than $1 billion at the box office, and that’s without his traditional foe, Spider-Man. Could the two ever face-off again?

TV Shows

What’s on TV: Sex Education, Star Trek Discovery and more

It only dropped on the Netflix server five days ago but everyone is already talking about it. Make it your first priority to watch this week.

TV Shows

***EMBARGOED FOR SUN JAN 06 TV GUIDE USE ONLY***Mahershala Ali stars in season three of US drama series, True Detective, airing on Foxtel.

True Detecive returns after long break

It made a massive splash when it first premiered almost five years ago and then its second season didn’t fire. Can it stage a come back?

New Movies

Viggo Mortensen (Tony Lip) and Mahershala Ali (Dr Don Shirley) star in GREEN BOOK, directed by Peter Farrelly. In cinemas January 24, 2019. An Entertainment One Films release.

Green Book hit by two new scandals

He won two Golden Globes this week but the director of There’s Something About Mary and Green Book is a self-confessed serial flasher.

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