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Callina Liang in Bad Genius.

Bad Genius is smart but fails to fulfil its early promise

This Hollywood remake of a 2017 Thai hit tracks a brainy high-schooler who has to break the rules to achieve her dreams.

  • Jake Wilson

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Rami Malek plays a nerdy CIA analyst out for revenge in The Amateur.

Rami Malek is no action hero – and that’s the point in The Amateur

When a nerdy CIA cryptographer, played by Malek, determines to avenge the death of his wife, ingenuity is his most potent weapon.

  • Sandra Hall
Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo Evans in The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

‘A teenage dream come true’: The email from a cinematic hero that brought Jacob Elordi home

The 27-year-old Brisbane-born actor is hot property right now, but he found his first leading role in The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

  • Louise Rugendyke
The Secret DNA of Us hosts (from left) Brad Argent, Marc Fennell and Rae Johnston.

‘You may discover family’: The SBS show asking entire towns to hand over their DNA

The creators of Who Do You Think You Are? have swapped celebrities for ordinary people from regional Victoria, NSW and Sydney.

  • Bridget McManus
Jerry (Matt Bomer), Bunny (Nathan Lane) and Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) reunite at the funeral of their longtime friend George in Mid-Century Modern.

With a nod to the Golden Girls, Mid-Century Modern embraces an old style for new laughs

The sitcom is an intentional throwback from the writers of Will & Grace, but it comes with more edge.

  • Craig Mathieson
Jacob Elordi as young doctor Dorrigo Evans in The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

From Snowtown to Narrow Road, Justin Kurzel has found his way home

A personal connection spurred the Australian director to tackle Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
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Greg Davies plays Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, a cleaner of crime scenes, in The Cleaner.

This British crime comedy knows how to pull the bloodstained rug out from under you

Season two of The Cleaner, starring Taskmaster’s Greg Davies, has a new level of self-examination and mordant revelation.

  • Craig Mathieson
Uzo Aduba (front), as detective Cordelia Cupp, with other cast members in The Residence.

Streaming promised to change TV forever. So why do these new shows feel so old?

Ads are back. Binge drops are increasingly rare. And every second show is about cops, docs, private eyes and legal eagles. What’s going on?

  • Debi Enker
A peaceful train ride on the season six opener of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Seven questions we want answered after The Handmaid’s Tale big return

Are you trauma-bonded to this show after eight years of horror? Let’s see it through to the end.

  • Meg Watson
Kaitlyn Dever as Abby in season two of The Last of Us.

‘We love the idea of a villain’: How The Last of Us channelled The Empire Strikes Back

The creator of the hit HBO series about a zombie apocalypse drew on the heroes and villains of Star Wars for the show’s heavy second season.

  • Louise Rugendyke

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