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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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Why old women tell Mean Girls star sex stories

She’s best known for playing Janis Ian in Mean Girls but Lizzy Caplan regularly has old women approaching her with their bedroom tales.

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Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marco Graf as Pepe, and Daniela Demesa as Sofi in Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Image by Alfonso Cuarón.

Roma is easily the best movie Netflix has made

Netflix has a sketchy history with its original movies — some are good, some are terrible. This one is in a league of its own.

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Netflix’s Tidelands is an embarrassing mess

We’ve waited a long time for this, the first original series Netflix has made in Australia. We should’ve kept waiting.

New Movies

Peter Parker as Spider-Man (Jake Johnson) in Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.

New Spider-Man movie is best one yet

You’d be forgiven if you’ve lost count of how many Spider-Man movies they have been. But this one is the best so far.

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What’s on TV: Strange Angel, Das Boot and more

It’s exciting when a streaming service launches, but 10’s new offering was slim. Now we’ve found something worth signing up for.

Upcoming Movies

Avengers 4 finally releases first trailer

Fans have been feverishly waiting eight months for some hint of what’s next after the epic Avengers: Infinity War. Now, the first trailer is finally here.

Netflix cancels Daredevil

Fans were shocked by Netflix’s decision to axe one of its earliest TV shows. But there is more to this story than just ratings alone.

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Succession: Deliciously venomous binge TV

We’ve waited six months for the TV series the Americans were gushing over. You’re definitely going to lose your week to this.

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Marvelous Mrs Maisel is pure euphoria

There are some TV shows that are so joyful and fun, you can actually feel the endorphin rush. Get into it.

New to streaming in December

Be honest, do you really want to battle those shopping centre carparks to buy presents? How about streaming some new stuff instead?

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