Stephen King’s Carrie has been revisited on screen numerous times, but Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode television adaptation has something those earlier incarnations never truly had: time. Time to understand Carrie White before the blood falls. Time to explore Margaret White beyond the religious fanaticism that has traditionally defined her. And time to consider the small acts…
Catherine Zeta-Jones being hunted across Europe by seven of the world’s deadliest assassins is already a fairly irresistible proposition. Give her a wicked sense of humour, a violent criminal history and permission to beat the living hell out of anyone standing in her way, and Kill Jackie has all the ingredients of a gleefully unhinged…
Of all the romantic choices Friends made across ten seasons, few have been treated with as much contempt as Joey and Rachel. Their brief attempt at becoming a couple is regularly dismissed as a late-series mistake, a storyline born from writers running out of ways to keep Ross and Rachel apart before inevitably putting them…
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s Mayday may wear the familiar uniform of an old-school 1980s buddy movie, but beneath the action, comedy and Cold War absurdity is a surprisingly tender story about two men questioning the lives they were taught to want. Ryan Reynolds stars as Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly, a hotshot U.S. Navy…
It was almost inevitable that Frances Neagley would earn her own series. From the moment Maria Sten first appeared opposite Alan Ritchson’s human brick wall in Reacher, she proved one of the few characters capable of matching his intimidating competence without feeling like she had been engineered purely to keep up with him. She was…
Frances Neagley has never needed much introduction. Across Reacher, Maria Sten’s fiercely self-sufficient private investigator proved such a commanding presence that giving the character her own spotlight felt less like a gamble and more like an inevitability. But Neagley isn’t interested in simply replicating the formula of its parent series. Instead, it takes a character…
There’s an inherent challenge in spinning a supporting character off from a series as successful as Reacher. Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) has already proven herself a fan favourite, but the qualities that make a character compelling in concentrated doses don’t necessarily translate to carrying an entire series. For creator and showrunner Nick Wootton, the answer…
Frances Neagley may be the name above the door, but Neagley quickly expands its world beyond the formidable private investigator audiences came to know through Reacher. As a suspicious death from her past pulls Neagley (Maria Sten) into an increasingly dangerous investigation, she crosses paths with Keno (Jasper Jones) and Renee Birdwhistle (Adeline Rudolph), two…
For several seasons of Slow Horses, Sid Baker has existed almost like a ghost. Shot in the head during the first season and subsequently presumed dead, the capable MI5 agent disappeared from Slough House, leaving River Cartwright – and audiences – without any real sense of closure. But Sid wasn’t dead. She was simply living…
John Steinbeck’s sprawling American classic is receiving a new interpretation, with Florence Pugh stepping into one of literature’s most formidable roles in Netflix’s upcoming limited series East of Eden. Premiering October 1st, the new adaptation turns its attention towards Cathy Ames (Pugh), the unforgettable antihero at the centre of Steinbeck’s multigenerational story of family, love,…
Apple TV’s Dark Matter has always used its high-concept science fiction to ask deeply human questions. Its multiverse may offer infinite realities and innumerable versions of the lives we could have lived, but beneath the physics, the Box and the alternate worlds is something far more intimate: if you could see every path you didn’t…
For Connor Finch, the key to understanding Jack in Bookish has always been deceptively simple: he’s a working-class kid who learned to survive because nobody gave him much of an alternative. Created by and starring Mark Gatiss, the richly atmospheric detective drama returns to post-war London, where eccentric bookseller Gabriel Book once again puts his…
Australian queer drama Invisible Boys is heading stateside, with the acclaimed Stan Original finding a new home on Hulu in the United States. The Disney-owned streaming service has acquired the Australian series through Banijay Rights, which handles its international distribution, giving the homegrown drama access to a significant new audience following its Australian debut on…
Australian medical drama The F Ward is officially going global, with the locally produced series securing licensing deals across 100 key international territories and becoming the fastest-selling Australian drama ever pre-launch. Commissioned by Stan and co-produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond and CBS Studios, the six-part series launched in Australia last month, introducing audiences to the…
For Liv Hewson, a good detective story isn’t really about the crime. It’s about the people trying to make sense of what has been left behind. That philosophy sits at the heart of Treasure & Dirt, a distinctly Australian murder mystery set in the scorched, dust-choked opal mining town of Nullah, where the brutal beheading…
BINGE has unveiled a first look at its upcoming original series Apocalypse, while also confirming longtime Australian television presenter Jonathan LaPaglia as the show’s narrator. Best known for hosting Australian Survivor and Top Gear Australia, LaPaglia will guide viewers through the eight-part reality series, which poses a simple but daunting question: Could you survive the…
When Ted Lasso concluded its third season, it felt less like a television finale than a heartfelt farewell. It was the kind of ending that seemed content to leave AFC Richmond exactly where audiences hoped it would: bruised, wiser and full of possibility. So the announcement of a fourth season inevitably raised the question every…
Some summer romances promise forever. The Last Sunrise asks what happens when time itself becomes the greatest obstacle. The first trailer for director Carlson Young‘s upcoming romantic drama has arrived, teasing an emotional story that blends sun-drenched escapism with the realities of chronic illness, first love and long-buried family truths. Set against the breathtaking backdrop…
There’s a certain comfort in knowing exactly what you’re getting from a killer shark movie. A group of attractive twenty-somethings, a spectacular location, increasingly questionable decisions, and a predator waiting patiently for everyone to separate one by one. The Devil’s Mouth doesn’t pretend to be anything more ambitious than that, and while it never quite…
Few Stephen King stories have left a mark on popular culture quite like Carrie. Nearly fifty years after Brian De Palma’s iconic adaptation turned a shy teenage outcast into one of horror’s most enduring figures, Mike Flanagan is preparing to reintroduce Carrie White to a new generation. And if the first footage is any indication,…
For many audiences, Australian actress Lily Sullivan is about to feel like an overnight discovery. When SOULM8TE, the erotic sci-fi thriller set within the expanding M3GAN universe, premieres digitally on August 1st, Sullivan steps into her biggest international leading role yet, playing an advanced android companion purchased by a grieving widower. It’s the kind of…
Serial killer thrillers are comfort food for television. We know the rhythm by now: a brilliant investigator, a methodical killer, a trail of bodies, a race against time. Furious begins by inviting us into exactly that kind of story, only to reveal that it has something far more confronting on its mind. Created by Elizabeth…
On paper, Furious sounds like a familiar crime thriller. Emmy Rossum plays FBI agent Alice Black, a former NYPD detective hunting Catherine (Lola Petticrew), a calculating serial killer who targets powerful men. But creator Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout, Dying for Sex) is far less interested in asking who committed the crimes than why these women…
Few television series are as fearless as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Across its first three seasons, the Paramount+ Original has redefined what modern Star Trek can be, embracing everything from courtroom drama and sweeping romance to a full-blown musical, all while never losing sight of the optimism and humanity that have defined the franchise…
One of the greatest strengths of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the way it honours the franchise’s legacy while finding new depths in characters fans thought they already knew. Some, like Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, arrive with decades of expectation attached to their name. Others, like Dr. Joseph M’Benga, have been transformed from little more…
After conquering the competition in RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season 4, Lazy Susan is back in the Werk Room – but this time, she’s sitting beside Michelle Visage and Rhys Nicholson on the judging panel for Drag Race Down Under vs The World. Premiering July 24th on Stan, the new series brings together eleven…
Netflix has unveiled Queenstown, its first locally commissioned New Zealand series, with production now underway in the South Island’s famous alpine resort. Created by Chloe Stearns (Wolf Like Me, The Falling Girls), the eight-part drama is set against the backdrop of Queenstown’s luxury ski scene, where wealth, power and family collide beneath the town’s postcard-perfect…
Just days after unveiling its Off Campus collection, Funko is continuing its streak of bringing BookTok favourites to collectors’ shelves, this time turning its attention to the hit LGBTQ+ romance series Heated Rivalry. The pop culture collectibles company has announced its first-ever POP! figures inspired by the television adaptation, celebrating the fan-favourite relationship between professional…
For four seasons, Rhys Nicholson has watched queens sashay, lip-sync and occasionally self-destruct from the Drag Race Down Under judging panel. But with Drag Race Down Under vs The World, the competition gets even fiercer, bringing together eleven queens from across the global Drag Race franchise for the first international showdown filmed on Australasian soil….
When lives are on the line, there’s little room for hesitation. Stan’s new Australian drama The F Ward throws audiences into the chaotic reality of Sydney’s underfunded Pines Hospital, where a group of failed medical interns are handed one final opportunity to prove they deserve to become doctors. Battling impossible workloads, life-or-death emergencies and the…
