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Film Critic

19 pro reviews

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Deceit (TV Miniseries) (2021)
Publish Date: August 31, 2024
"Niahm Algar is magnificent"

Sydney Morning Herald
Power Book IV: Force (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: August 30, 2023
"[1st Season Review]: Power fans will love it (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Suspect (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: October 29, 2022
"This supposed psychological thriller series is painfully grating from the outset, mainly because no character behaves like a real person"

Sydney Morning Herald
Ridley (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: October 25, 2022
"This series of feature-length mysteries would be better if it wasn’t stiffly designed to showcase the musical abilities of Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar."

Sydney Morning Herald
Killing It (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: August 14, 2022
"Unfortunately, [it] is no 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'. It doesn’t have the snap, crackle and pop in the dialogue, the density of gags, the brilliantly drawn characters or the magic casting (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Lazarus Project (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: July 6, 2022
"This intelligent, imaginative sci-fi thriller series sets itself apart with complex, believable characters and dashes of incidental low-key humour that emerge organically from them"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Midwich Cuckoos (TV Miniseries) (2022)
Publish Date: June 15, 2022
"David Farr and his roster of directors do the creepy stuff well, although seven episodes does feel a bit long for the story (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: June 14, 2022
"[1st Season Review]: It's well written and distinctly tender in places, with the extra dimension of also being a coming-of-new-age story for the mums. Nice (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Halo: The Series (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: March 24, 2022
"[1st Season Review]: The premise is familiar but the effects and creature designs are great"

Sydney Morning Herald
Suspicion (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: February 1, 2022
"With genre veteran Chris Long (...) directing this week’s first pair of episodes, the pace remains quick but the action remains coherent (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Murderville (TV Series) (2022)
Publish Date: February 1, 2022
"[It provides] some decent chuckles, but this improv-based police-procedural spoof doesn’t give its guests enough space to get on a real roll (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Hating Peter Tatchell (2021)
Publish Date: October 6, 2021
"This affecting documentary provides a compelling chronology and human portrait while giving some of Tatchell's critics opportunity to air their criticisms and Tatchell the chance to address them"

Sydney Morning Herald
Ghost Wars (TV Series) (2017)
Publish Date: May 25, 2021
"It’s solid stuff with good writing, decent horror and a cast that includes the septuagenarian Meat Loaf as an ageing bully."

Sydney Morning Herald
The Flood (2020)
Publish Date: May 25, 2021
"Bloody new movie has its flaws but it’s worth having a look (...) there are some gorgeous shots of the cast and the landscape, as well as some fine performances (...) Rating: ***½ (out of 4)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) (2005)
Publish Date: March 2, 2021
"[18th Season Review]: The brand-new season is here, and 'Grey's' is still packing in the drama and romance like so many metres of surgical gauze"

Sydney Morning Herald
Rocco Schiavone (TV Series) (2016)
Publish Date: February 17, 2021
"Giallini makes a charismatic rogue, and the alpine scenery is spectacular."

Sydney Morning Herald
The Witch of Kings Cross (2020)
Publish Date: February 17, 2021
Norton’s own writings and new interviews with friends and art experts illuminate different facets of an extraordinary dark gem. A must-see (...) Rating: **** (out of 4)"

Sydney Morning Herald
My Mad Fat Diary (TV Series) (2013)
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"Engrossing, affecting but never saccharine, this drama follows troubled 16-year-old Rae Earl...as she tries to deal with her mental health and body image problems while growing up in '90s Britain."

Sydney Morning Herald
Flowers (TV Series) (2016)
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"A small but perfectly formed emotional freight train of a tar-black British comedy."

Sydney Morning Herald

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