What to watch
Hugo Weaving rarely does TV. He made an exception for Slow Horses
The Australian actor steps into season four of the British spy thriller, playing the American leader of a mercenary group.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Why can’t I quit The Block?
Despite its structural failings and ludicrous storytelling, 20 seasons in there’s still something about this top-rating home renovation show that is irresistible.
- by Craig Mathieson
This juicy Nicole Kidman murder-mystery proves trash can be treasured
As a young woman develops doubts about the family she’s marrying into, The Perfect Couple delivers a wildly escalating plot with a knowing wink.
- by Craig Mathieson
Speak No Evil star says film is ‘social more than conventional horror’
For someone who has played a super soldier in Terminator: Dark Fate and a replicant in Blade Runner 2049, Mackenzie Davis has never been more human than in her new film.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Yes it’s another British crime drama, but it’s not your usual suspect
The Jetty flips gender archetypes, but Detective Constable Manning is more than a standard antihero police detective.
- by Craig Mathieson
Luke McGregor had to do a ‘sexy dance’ on The Amazing Race – with his mum
As if dancing the tango wasn’t difficult enough, the comedian overcame health anxieties and missing his wife to compete on the reality travel show with his mum, Julie.
- by Bridget McManus
Colin Farrell’s Penguin is more Godfather than feathered fiend
Light on leotards, this series paints a grim picture of mob warfare in Gotham City’s underworld.
- by Michael Idato
‘It rewrote the rule book’: Revisiting one TV’s greatest series
Three decades after The Sopranos’ was first pitched, filmmaker Alex Gibney puts the show’s creators, writers and stars under the spotlight.
- by Michael Idato
★★★½
Review
In neo-noir Babylon Berlin, the heroes are never black and white
The Weimar Republic detective has dead bodies, political heat and a rail wagon full of Russian gold to deal with - and then there are his personal problems.
- by Ben Pobjie
Bullying, backstabbing and betrayal: Is Industry the new Succession?
Adding the star power from Kit Harington, the media giant is getting behind the urban jungle that is fictional investment bank Pierpoint & Co.
- by Debi Enker
The dark role that takes actor from knockabout bloke to leading man
The master of playing regular guys, Stephen Peacocke takes on a darker star-making turn role in Human Error.
- by Debi Enker