Are you ready to see the Doctor in the seriously spooky Devil’s Hour?
★★★½
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Are you ready to see the Doctor in the seriously spooky Devil’s Hour?

Peter Capaldi get all Hannibal Lecter (sort of) as scary man with a dark secret in this new British chiller-thriller.

  • byBrad Newsome

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You can be serious:McEnroe is a sensitive soul in this captivating movie
★★★★
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You can be serious:McEnroe is a sensitive soul in this captivating movie

The tennis legend sits down for frank interviews in this documentary about his life and times.

  • byBrad Newsome
Hollywood is a cesspit of awfulness in this lurid mini-binge
★★★
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Hollywood is a cesspit of awfulness in this lurid mini-binge

The six-part Swimming with Sharks reimagines the 1994 film about a put-upon assistant at an exploitative movie studio.

  • byBrad Newsome
Alleged Hammer horrors were not confined to Armie,doco series claims
★★★½
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Alleged Hammer horrors were not confined to Armie,doco series claims

The as-yet-unproven allegations of sexual misconduct against Armie Hammer are not the first time his well-connected family has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.

  • byBrad Newsome
‘Catnip for fans’:how Andor sets itself apart from other Star Wars shows
★★★★
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‘Catnip for fans’:how Andor sets itself apart from other Star Wars shows

This is a thoughtful,noir-tinged fleshing out of a suddenly prominent backwater of the Star Wars canon.

  • byBrad Newsome
Fans of spiky Sharon Horgan comedies should give Hullraisers a try
★★★★
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Fans of spiky Sharon Horgan comedies should give Hullraisers a try

Way up in Yorkshire,a bunch of women old enough to know better are behaving badly in this earthy,warm-hearted comedy.

  • byBrad Newsome
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New American Gigolo cruises by on Jon Bernthal’s brooding magnetism
★★★½
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New American Gigolo cruises by on Jon Bernthal’s brooding magnetism

When we meet Julian Kaye in this updating of Paul Schrader’s film,he’s not at the peak of his career;he’s just served a 15-year jail sentence for a murder he didn’t commit.

  • byBrad Newsome
‘Enthralling TV’:The intense Serpent Queen plays like a muffled scream
★★★★
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‘Enthralling TV’:The intense Serpent Queen plays like a muffled scream

This blackly humorous historical romp about the rise of Catherine de’ Medici keeps its feet pretty firmly in the muck.

  • byBrad Newsome
Buzzy kitchen drama The Bear is a chef’s special with real artistry
★★★★
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Buzzy kitchen drama The Bear is a chef’s special with real artistry

This oddball,noisy series centres around a celebrated chef who inherits a greasy sandwich shop,and a bunch of misfits who are disinclined to change.

  • byBrad Newsome
AFLW doco is an engrossing inside look at heartbreak and hard knocks
★★★★
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AFLW doco is an engrossing inside look at heartbreak and hard knocks

Fearless:The Inside Story of the AFLW gives you a wonderful sense of camaraderie – not to mention some big characters having a lot of fun along the way.

  • byBrad Newsome
Heist caper has the goods as dim-witted criminals meet the real deal
★★★★
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Heist caper has the goods as dim-witted criminals meet the real deal

Imagine an old-fashioned British crime caper – or a Guy Ritchie one – in which most of the characters are an order of magnitude dumber. Welcome to The Curse.

  • byBrad Newsome