We’ve been taken by surprise this week at the response to Anthony Morris’ Australian Gangster review. The two-part miniseries is airing on Seven and inspired by real-life events, though it apparently needs to skirt around a lot of the actual details. But even though Anthony thinks it suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, it’s obvious that we can’t get enough of the idea of true-crime drama that happened on our own (relatively) sleepy streets. Good thing Underbelly is coming back!
Elsewhere on the site, we take another look at the question we’re all fascinated with – the battle between linear TV and streaming services, and how the global pandemic has thrown even more booby traps into that battleground by pushing theatrical release into homes. David breaks down some new global data to see what the latest story is.
