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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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New Movies

Melissa McCarthy with Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me? - picture supplied

Masterful performance from Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy gives a powerhouse performance in a film with a very unlikely lead character. It’s one you can’t miss.

New Movies

Sorry to Bother You: Darkly funny and revolutionary

Hilarious and unapologetically audacious in its conceit, this small movie has a mighty punch. And it’s a chilling wake-up call.

New Movies

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 05: Actor Tessa Thompson attends 2015 National Board of Review Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Why everyone wants Tessa Thompson in their movie

If you’ve been seeing her face everywhere in the past few years, it’s no coincidence. Hers is a name you should know.

New Movies

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Creed II: Family, legacy and the ultimate grudge match

There are grudge matches and then there are grudge matches. And movie fans have waited a long time for this one — 35 years to be precise

TV Shows

Shaun Micallef on our political circus

Another week in Australian politics and it’s another round of farce. But there’s one lot who’s doing just fine out of the circus.

TV Shows

FOR SUNDAYS ONLYCandice Bergen as Murphy brown in the return season of Murphy Brown on Channel 10

What’s on TV: Murphy Brown, Room 104

Some TV revivals and reboots have come out better than others. This is not one of them and will only damage its legacy.

New Movies

Emma Thompson in a scene from The Children Act

The Children Act: A showcase for Emma Thompson

Across a career spanning decades and roles that are silly and serious, this is one of Emma Thompson’s best performances. So that’s saying something.

World Markets

Montreal, Canada - 28 February 2018: Stacked cryptocurrency coins (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoins) istock image

Dirty secret revealed in new Bitcoin crash

It was looking pretty good for a while, an odd period of stability. And then Bitcoin crashed — a crash that hides a much darker secret.

New Movies

SHFG. Keira Knightley is the Sugar Plum Fairy and Mackenzie Foy is Clara in Disneyâ€™s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS.

Disney’s twist on The Nutcracker

For many people, The Nutcracker is a Christmas tradition. Disney’s vision isn’t what you’d expect it to be.

New Movies

Widows: Steve McQueen proves he’s a master storyteller

You don’t often get a movie that is both thrilling and wildly entertaining and a serious Oscar contender. This one is.

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