Seduced by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woozy Amy Winehouse biopic and kicked into tomorrow by Dev Patel’s Monkey Man, we replay six fantastic months of film
May 2024
Wendy Ide's film of the week
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – renegade warrior Anya Taylor-Joy ignites thunderous action prequel
George Miller’s world-building spectacle is an assault on the senses that’s given a human heart by its remarkable star
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes
Taylor-Joy makes a fantastic action heroine, facing down a hilariously evil Chris Hemsworth in signature high-speed fights
Celebrities turn out for Met Gala in high fashion – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can see a gallery of the highlights here and read our coverage of a nearby protest calling for a Gaza ceasefire here
March 2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga set to premiere at Cannes
George Miller’s follow-up to Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, will make world premiere at May festival
June 2023
Feel Chris Hemsworth’s sweat: has Netflix made the strangest billboard ever?
For action sequel Extraction 2, the streamer has created a giant poster which allows people the opportunity to touch the A-lister’s sweaty face
Extraction 2 review – Chris Hemsworth action sequel most interested in extracting cash
Seemingly dead at the end of the previous movie, Hemsworth returns as the tough guy mercenary with a heart of gold on a mission to save someone from something
Chris Hemsworth thinks Thor has become ‘too silly’ – if superheroes are turning on Marvel, is endgame nigh?
Stuart Heritage
Hemsworth and Elizabeth Olsen are among the MCU stars – a group of people who once lived in mortal fear of the Marvel brass – to break rank and criticise their latest films
March 2023
The healthspan revolution: how to live a long, strong and happy life
Dr Peter Attia is an expert on longevity and preventative medicine. He explains how sleep, weight training and other incremental changes can make us much more resilient
December 2022
Australian arts in focus
Aacta awards 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Mystery Road and Heartbreak High win big
Mandy Walker became the first female to win best cinematographer for Elvis, which beat out the Drover’s Wife and the Stranger in most film categories
November 2022
Australian arts in focus
Chris Hemsworth to take ‘time off’ from acting after discovering Alzheimer’s risk
The seven best shows to stream this week
Tulsa King to Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? The seven best shows to stream this week
September 2022
Full Story
Why scientists – and Chris Hemsworth – want to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger
Climate and environment editor Adam Morton speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the plan to bring back the Tasmanian tiger and what this project could mean for the broader extinction crisis
August 2022
‘People want to look like action stars’: the unstoppable rise of the Marvel body
Actors’ workouts and diets have become an integral part of the superhero journey – but is our idea of a healthy body becoming skewed as a result?
July 2022
Modern masculinity
Pinnies, pancakes, pink: all hail the new action hero!
Thor: Love and Thunder and The Gray Man, just like No Time to Die before them, are challenging perceptions about what it takes to be a tough guy
Now you've seen it
Thor: Love and Thunder – the ‘super-gay’ tone, female Thor and Russell Crowe – discuss with spoilers
Are you happy about Chris Hemsworth’s god of Thunder taking a back seat to Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor? And where in Marvel’s universe did Zeus’s godawful accent come from?
Thor: Love and Thunder review – sentimental multimillion-dollar romp
I’ve never seen a Marvel movie – so why not start with Thor: Love and Thunder?
Brigid Delaney
Thor: Love and Thunder review – Taika Waititi hammers home franchise fun
June 2022
Spiderhead review – Netflix’s prison-experiment fable is going nowhere
Tale of lab-rat detainees testing psychoactive drugs, presided over by a creepy Chris Hemsworth, rather loses its way
