Reviews
NCIS: Sydney Season 2 review: polished, professional, pretty good
NCIS: Sydney is back for Season 2, bringing polish and glamour (without being painful to watch as an Australian).
Apple Cider Vinegar review: excellent cast, one bitter truth
Apple Cider Vinegar, based on the infamous Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, covers the rise and fall of a social…
Carnage for Christmas review: sleigh queens and bloody screams
You don't need a festive excuse to get into Alice Maio Mackay's Carnage for Christmas.
Companion review: an entertaining Valentines revenge thriller
Can artificially-intelligent sex androids truly love their creepy incel 'boyfriends'? Companion finds out.
Madam review: New Zealand sex work comedy drama is racy and pacy
Madam, starring Rachel Griffiths, is based on the true story of a first-time brothel owner in small-town New Zealand.
Grand Tour review: a dreamy trip through an out-of-time Asia
Grand Tour is a Portugese film that takes viewers on an atemporal travelogue through Asia.
The Newsreader Season 3 review: a winning finale
The third and final season of The Newsreader inches towards the 1990s, with all the elements that have made the…
Optics, ABC review: strong comic chops and social media spin
Optics feels like two warring comedy concepts doing battle, at the occasional expense of laughter.
A Complete Unknown review: blowing in the wind
A complete unknown? Monica Barbaro easily steals the limelight from Chalamet in this so-so, frustratingly incurious biopic.
Babygirl review: the stakes are high but the orgasms seem worth it
Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman, may open some frank conversations about female sexual desire.