Original sinner
BOARDWALK Empire is an epic tale of crime as the American way of life.
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New world disorder
WITH his glazed stare and mysterious background (part-Swiss, part-Russian), Yul Brynner was a Hollywood enigma.
Viewers not as keen on Kevin’s kitchen
AUSTRALIANS are less interested in Kevin Rudd’s cooking skills than Tony Abbott’s.
4K TVs become more affordable
NEW 4K or ultra high definition TVs are becoming more affordable with LG locally releasing models costing not much more than HD.
Viewers vote 1 for ABC election shows
ELECTION programming with a twist saw the ABC turn in one of its best ratings performances this year.
Seven’s factual line-up flexes muscles
THE Seven Network won a weak night’s television viewing as some Tuesday night interlopers pulled solid audiences.
Masterchef finale falls flat with viewers
THE once mighty Masterchef Australia is cooked with the announcement of its winner barely averaging one million metro viewers last night.
Eastwood’s grand vision
THE latter years of writer-director Clint Eastwood’s career have seen a string of fine films, some surely destined for greatness.
Explosive laughs
LARRY David has given us a movie-length dose of his lacerating humour.
A cut above
MOST director’s cuts are marketing exercises and include material dropped from a film’s original release print. The result isn’t always an improvement.
Magic at Seven but Nine breaks spell
SEVEN benefited from another piece of magic on Thursday night as Dynamo: Magician Impossible was the evening’s top entertainment program.
Wonder wears off Ten drama
TEN’S new drama Wonderland turned in less-than-wonderful ratings for its second episode, attracting 769,000 viewers.
Samsung releases curved OLED TV
SAMSUNG has released a curved TV in Australia which lets two people watch two programs on the same screen at the same time.
Seven takes another ratings trick
MAGICIANS are the new chefs, it appears, with Seven casting a spell over audiences with another magic special.
Auteur sees himself as a meth maker
VINCE Gilligan’s Breaking Bad creation may be the darkest character on TV.
James reflects on a life nearing its end
CLIVE James knows he will never return to Australia, although our greatest living expatriate dreams of dipping a fishing line in Sydney Harbour.
Edge of reason
A FILM about a high-wire walker is perfectly poised between fact and fiction.
Classic underworld thriller
THERE’S nothing like a good crime thriller to get the blood moving and recalibrate one’s moral compass.
Return to the wild west
A PAIR of very different westerns of recent vintage – a rarity, to be sure – are on offer this week and worth discovering or revisiting.
Binge viewing kills the TV cliffhanger
AS the gunshots rang out and JR Ewing fell to the floor, audiences held their collective breath – and released it only when Dallas next aired eight months later.
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