Anthony Morris

Anthony Morris is a freelance film and television writer. He’s been a regular contributor to The Big Issue, Empire Magazine, Junkee, Broadsheet, The Wheeler Centre and Forte Magazine, where he’s currently the film editor. Other publications he’s contributed to include Vice, The Vine, Kill Your Darlings (where he was their online film columnist), The Lifted Brow, Urban Walkabout and Spook Magazine. He’s the co-author of hit romantic comedy novel The Hot Guy, and he’s also written some short stories he’d rather you didn’t mention. You can follow him on Twitter @morrbeat and read some of his reviews on the blog It’s Better in the Dark.

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Riptide review: a solidly entertaining Australian murder mystery

Riptide is a four-part series that uses its Victorian location to tell a story that feels international in its approach…

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Queen of Oz on ABC review: irate Tate heads a show that's not great

Britain's hapless Princess Georgiana has been sent abroad to become Australia’s new head of state in this BBC production.

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The Betoota Advocate Presents review: irreverent explainers surprise and delight

The Betoota Advocate's pivot to TV may not be bringing the laughs like its news headlines do, but that doesn't…

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Year Of on Stan review: teenage pleasure-seeking and grief

Year Of covers a lot of ground: relationships, youth suicide, living rough, a parent who shows her liposuction scars to…

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The Kingdom on SBS review: a peek at Pentecostalism

The Kingdom is insightful and informative, but those expecting a gritty expose of 'Fennell’s shocking Pentecostal past' will probably be…

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Utopia season 5 review: an ABC winner returns

Season 5 brings plenty of laughs while reminding us our system of government never improves and, if anything, it’s getting…

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ABC's In Limbo offers a spirited look at male friendship

The broadcaster's new sitcom suggests that sometimes our best friends are the dead ones.

Vin Diesel in Fast X. Image: Universal Pictures. Streaming on Paramount+. Streaming December 2024.
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Fast X review: the franchise only has a few good miles left in 'er

Fast X, the latest of the Fast and Furious franchise, sputters through a few entertaining action sequences but ultimately falls…

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Review: Safe Home on SBS

Safe Home is a deftly handled drama about the family violence system in Victoria, told through the eyes of the…

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Totally Completely Fine on Stan: living on the edge

Dark themes mean the drama outweighs the comedy in this new dramedy with Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie.

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