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Temuera Morrison as King Kahekili in Chief of War.

‘We’re the same people’: How a Kiwi legend and Hollywood superstar bonded over history

He once was a warrior, now Temuera Morrison is the King in Jason Momoa’s bloody Hawaiian epic, Chief of War.

  • Craig Mathieson

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Emma Thompson in 1995’s Sense and Sensibility. If there’s a bonnet in it, I’m watching.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that I’m suddenly addicted to period dramas

Persuasion? I don’t need it. If there’s a bonnet in it, I’m watching.

  • Richard Glover
Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) takes on big-money corporate golf in Happy Gilmore 2.

Happy Gilmore 2 is here. But has Adam Sandler shanked it or scored a hole in one?

The celebrity-filled sequel honours the original with some amusing callbacks, but it could have done with more chaos.

  • Craig Mathieson
Sarah Jessica Parker in And Just Like That S03E09

And Just Like That recap: This is the moment we’ve been waiting for

The final moments of this week’s episode almost make all the pain and cringe worth it. Are we back?!

  • Brodie Lancaster
Julie (Keeley Hawes) in The Assassin.

Keeley Hawes’ complicated assassin is a bit hit (and miss) in manic thriller

The creators of outback caper The Tourist, brothers Jack and Harry Williams, offer another romp through picturesque locations, but it’s a bit of a slog at times.

  • Karl Quinn
They’re off and running … Comic-Con gets under way in San Diego.

Riding a superhero high, Hollywood’s marketing machine roars back to life

Welcome to San Diego’s Comic-Con, a wild crossroads of capes, crowds and commerce.

  • Michael Idato
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Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans in the British crime drama Patience. 

Neurodivergent TV characters used to be rare. Now they take the lead

In shows such as Patience, Austin and Heartbreak High, being neurodivergent is seen as more of an attribute than an affliction.

  • Debi Enker
Tom Walker is the new co-host on The Great Australian Bake-Off.

‘Let’s try a freak’: How this chaotic comedian landed TV’s most wholesome show

Tom Walker is the strangest pick for the Bake Off shed to date – but history proves the show is right to do it.

  • Meg Watson
What to stream this week (clockwise from bottom left) : Sold! Who Broke the Australian Dream?; Somebody Feed Phil; Billy Joel: And So it Goes; The Hunting Wives; Riff Raff; and Outrageous.

What to stream this week: The Mitford sisters and five more picks

You couldn’t make the story of the Mitford sisters up if you tried. Also, the piano man himself, Billy Joel, opens up in a candid documentary.

  • Craig Mathieson
Filippa Coster-Waldau as Smilla in the TV adaptation of the best-selling book Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow.

It was a groundbreaking crime book – and this TV adaptation is even stranger

Smilla’s Sense of Snow brings Peter Hoeg’s 1992 literary thriller firmly into the future with an energy crisis twist.

  • Craig Mathieson

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