Aine Ryan

Sydney

Homepage Editor at Sydney Morning Herald

News Editor, Culture - @smh & @theage [email protected]

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Articles

Is Netflix killing off the binge model it created? The signs say yes

May 23, 2024 | smh.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

At its best, TV is a social experience. It's turning up to work on a Monday and immediately discussing last night's episode of Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad or Succession. The weekly format of those water-cooler classics meant we had more time to digest each episode, discuss plot developments, and speculate about future storylines.
I watched nothing but ABC iview for a week. Here's what I learned

May 16, 2024 | smh.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

There are some consistency issues with ABC iview. When you start watching a miniseries, the first episode of each season is clearly labelled in order, like "Episode 1: Corpse in a British Canal." Clear as day!But when I decided to watch Bluey (for the first time - not bad), I looked at season one and found there was no episode number next to any of the 52 episodes available.
I watched only ABC iview for a week. Here’s what I loved and hated.

May 16, 2024 | theage.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

By Aine Ryan May 17, 2024 — 11.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I spend $962 a year on streaming services. I don’t do it because I enjoy spending money in a cost of living crisis, but because I love TV and my job requires me to stay updated on the latest releases. Financially, it stings. Most people I know pay for at least two or three streaming platforms.
Blue Lights is one of the best police dramas in years

May 7, 2024 | smh.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

The first season laid the groundwork for the show's social and political complexity. Why would anyone want to join the police in Belfast where, for some, sectarian divides and criminal gangs are a daily presence? This is a community where something as innocuous as a parade could spark intense violence and the police need to be aware of the past as well as the present.
Blue Lights is one of the best police dramas in years

May 7, 2024 | theage.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

By Aine Ryan May 8, 2024 — 12.20pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In one of the best cop show scenes of the year, from the BBC’s gripping Northern Ireland-set drama Blue Lights, the police are doing everything in their power not to arrest the culprit. A man’s husband has died from terminal cancer. His pain medication is missing.
Stuff

May 1, 2024 | stuff.co.nz | Aine Ryan
Read the spoilers for your favourite TV show

Apr 30, 2024 | theage.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

In this column, we deliver hot (and cold) takes on pop culture, judging whether a subject is overrated or underrated. By Aine Ryan May 1, 2024 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I’ve never liked surprises. They are an unwelcome disruption to a carefully curated routine. Forewarned is forearmed, that’s my philosophy.
Are movie spoilers really that big a deal?

Apr 30, 2024 | smh.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan

I've never liked surprises. They are an unwelcome disruption to a carefully curated routine. Forewarned is forearmed, that's my philosophy. When I was 12, the sixth Harry Potter book came out and a boy came into my classroom and told everyone Dumbledore died at the end. While most of my classmates shunned him, I wanted to thank him for alleviating the emotional turmoil that otherwise awaited. No need to read a book designed to devastate. I'll play Neopets instead.
Mona gallery forced to allow men into Ladies Lounge

Apr 9, 2024 | smh.com.au | Aine Ryan |Áine Ryan |Gabriella Coslovich

The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has been ordered to allow men into its Ladies Lounge after a man successfully claimed its women-only policy was discriminatory. On Tuesday, the Tasmania Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that Mona must "cease refusing entry" to the Ladies Lounge "by persons who do not identify as ladies", within 28 days.
What the cast of Just Shoot Me! are up to now

Nov 13, 2023 | celebrity.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin |Aine Ryan

San Giacomo, who was already known for her roles in Sex, Lies and Videotape and Pretty Woman, went on to star as Rhetta Rodriguez on Saving Grace between 2007 and 2010 and Dr Grace Confalone on NCIS between 2016 and 2022. Her most recent film roles have been 2019's Honey Boy and 2021's Violet. She's also appeared in TV shows Barry and The Santa Clauses in the last year. She is a BAFTA and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee.