Jack Black,Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie.

The building blocks are there,but this movie cash-in is chaotic and uneven

A Minecraft Movie,a live-action adaptation of the biggest video game ever,grafts a stock fantasy quest onto a landscape where plot was never the point.

  • Jake Wilson

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Mussolini:Son of the Century.

The parallels between Mussolini and Trump are obvious in this furious Italian drama

Director Joe Wright’s audacious portrait of the dictator is a nightmarish study of opportunity and a nation’s seduction.

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Lara Pulver as Bella Harrigan in Mobland.

Meet the ‘sociopathic’ women of Guy Ritchie’s testosterone-packed new show

Starring Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan,MobLand is about tough-talking geezers who shoot first and ask questions later. But is there anything for the women to do?

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Inside the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale

After nine years and two Trump presidencies,the darkest show on television is coming to an end. Everyone on set is painfully aware of the series’ relevance.

  • Jacqueline Cutler
Laura Dern in Enlightened,the HBO show she made with Mike White.

Can’t get enough White Lotus? Watch this underrated cult hit from its creator

It may have been “problematic” for HBO at the time,but this series from Mike White and Laura Dern is well worth revisiting.

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The White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger in Sydney this week.

‘Pivotal moment’:Patrick Schwarzenegger on The White Lotus scene that had everyone talking

Patrick Schwarzenegger’s character,Saxon,left us shocked – but during a whirlwind visit Down Under,he promised that things are about to change.

  • Louise Rugendyke
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Lynne McGranger has decided that after 33 years it’s time to step back from Home and Away.

‘A real level up’:The confronting encounter that gave Lynne McGranger an insight about on-screen survival

As she prepares to say goodnight,Irene,the Home and Away stalwart,has marked up a rare TV achievement. Just don’t call her a celebrity.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Jason Statham just wants to leave his past behind in A Working Man - sadly it catches up with him.

Jason Statham past his peak slaughtering unimpressive foes in ultraviolent action film

Co-written by Sylvester Stallone,A Working Man follows a familiar pattern reaching back to Stallone’s 1980s action hero heyday.

  • Jake Wilson
Virginia Triloi interviews Mad Max director George Miller where the film was set,outside Broken Hill.

‘They’re sick of doing the interview’:How Virginia Trioli gets famous faces to open up

The ABC journalist dives into the “wild minds” of George Miller,Kate Ceberano and Tim Minchin for season two of her Creative Types series.

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Michelle Williams (right) as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki in the comedy Dying for Sex.

What to stream this week:Dying for Sex and five more shows to add to your list

This week’s picks include Michelle William’s five-star comedy,the return of Wolf Hall and the final season of an underrated police procedural.

  • Craig Mathieson