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Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America.

There’s a new Captain America, but Marvel is starting to feel like old news

Starring Anthony Mackie, Brave New World is closer to a TV procedural, especially when we’re following Sam and his sidekick.

  • Jake Wilson

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Oliver Grayson, voiced by Christian Convery, and Debbie Grayson, voiced by Sandra Oh, in Invincible. 

Sandra Oh loves complicated women. This might be her most complicated character yet

The Killing Eve star plays Debbie Grayson in the dark superhero animation Invincible.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Carrie Preston plays the eccentric detective Elsbeth Tascioni in the eponymous series created by Good Wife and Good Fight producers Robert and Michelle King.

This quirky Good Wife spinoff is a joyful antidote to all the slick legal thrillers

Starring Carrie Preston, Elsbeth is a modern crime series that follows the Columbo template of delightful detectives.

  • Ben Pobjie
Lawson on set of St. Denis Medical.

Twenty years after arriving in LA, this Aussie actor is now a regular on primetime TV

Josh Lawson, a NIDA graduate who starred in Home and Away and Sea Patrol, moved to Los Angeles in 2008.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Gonçalo Waddington plays a man running away from his fiancee in Grand Tour.

Acclaimed Grand Tour is weirdly compelling yet totally disorienting

Miguel Gomes won the Best Director Award at Cannes last year for this mash-up of Asian travelogue, colonial satire and an ill-begotten love story.

  • Sandra Hall
Bridget Jones has moved onto a younger man. She’s not alone.

‘Romance addict’ Bridget Jones returns with new dilemma

She may be older, but the rom-com darling doesn’t seem to be wiser in this fourth outing of the beloved franchise.

  • Sandra Hall
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Stills from Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros.

Yes, Chef: This epic doco shows what fine dining really looks like

Fancy a four-hour sitting at one of the best restaurants in the world? This new documentary is the closest you’ll get to the real thing.

  • Tom Ryan
What to watch this week: (clockwise from left) Celebrity Bear Hunt, Abbott Elementary, the BAFTA awards; NCIS: Sydney, The White Lotus and Invisible Boys.

What to stream this week: Six TV shows (and an awards ceremony) to add to your list

This week’s picks include the return of the White Lotus on Monday, Bear Grylls chasing celebrities through the jungle and a top new Australian drama.

  • Craig Mathieson
Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook star in new Stan original Good Cop/Bad Cop.

Twin Peaks on the Gold Coast? This unlikely show could catapult an Aussie to stardom

Actor Luke Cook spent 18 years trying to make it in LA. Then he got his first lead TV role – on the Gold Coast, alongside a star from Gossip Girl.

  • Meg Watson
Joseph Zada as Charlie Roth with Joe Klocek as Matt Jones in Invisible Boys.

‘I still had fire in my blood’: The anger that fuels this excellent Aussie drama

Nicholas Verso is one of this country’s best filmmakers for young adults, but his new series Invisible Boys is all grown up.

  • Karl Quinn

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