How a first-time Aussie director ended up in charge of Beverly Hills Cop

How a first-time Aussie director ended up in charge of Beverly Hills Cop

Mark Molloy had never directed a film in his life. Then he found himself sitting on a couch with Eddie Murphy in Hollywood,pitching a Beverly Hills Cop sequel.

  • byThomas Mitchell

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Welcome to Netflixland:the streamer’s plan to dominate Disney

Welcome to Netflixland:the streamer’s plan to dominate Disney

Don’t think of it like Disneyland,says the Netflix boss,but it does look like the first step to a full-scale challenge

  • byStephen Armstrong
Long before streaming,video stores offered happiness for hire

Long before streaming,video stores offered happiness for hire

Youth groups were too holy,malls too expensive and skate parks too unpredictable when I was growing up. Thank goodness I had somewhere else to get my dopamine hit.

  • bySimmone Howell
Hamish Blake off the list for gold as ABC scoops Logie nominations

Hamish Blake off the list for gold as ABC scoops Logie nominations

This year’s gold nominees include Blake’s long-time comedy partner,Andy Lee,as well as the ABC’s Tony Armstrong.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
Your Olympics warm-up:You name the sport,we name the movie

Your Olympics warm-up:You name the sport,we name the movie

With the Olympics just over a month away,it’s time to improve your sporting knowledge with our Olympic-themed film and TV festival. We’ve (almost) found a movie,TV series or documentary to match all 28 events.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
The controversial lawsuits that could end reality TV as we know it

The controversial lawsuits that could end reality TV as we know it

Chaos has always been what drives reality TV but it could also be the reason the genre,as we know it,might be over.

  • byNell Geraets
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What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards

What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards

The one thing we’ve learned over decades of watching actors arrive on the world stage and be labelled heartthrobs is that the burden of attractiveness rests much more easily on men than it does women.

  • byZoya Patel
This under-the-radar Netflix show is ‘like Monkey on steroids’

This under-the-radar Netflix show is ‘like Monkey on steroids’

Critics have likened this humble detective turned judge to a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. If you liked a certain vintage 1980s series as a kid,this is for you.

  • byStephen Brook
Netflix made us wait a month for more Bridgerton. Was it worth it?

Netflix made us wait a month for more Bridgerton. Was it worth it?

The first half of season three reached all sorts of heights. But with the same old secret and a resoundingly boring man now at the centre of the story,how can it continue pleasing us?

  • byNell Geraets
Fifty years after Jaws we finally have a shark movie that’s almost as good

Fifty years after Jaws we finally have a shark movie that’s almost as good

A shark in Paris’ Seine? A stubborn mayor who refuses to acknowledge the problem? Sign me up.

  • byNell Geraets
At 30,this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30 million books

At 30,this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30 million books

Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two,but she says her painful youth still haunts her.

  • byJohanna Thomas-Corr