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Wenlei Ma

Sydney

Film and TV Critic at Freelance

Culture Critic at Seven West Media

Culture editor at The Nightly

Culture editor at The Nightly. Film and TV critic. Journalist. Radio rambler. Rarely here. Find me on Instagram instead.

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Articles

  • You’ll have to wait for more of The White Lotus, creator Mike White is competing on Survivor first

    1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    When The White Lotus wrapped up its third season in April, its creator Mike White gave an interview in which he talked about the pressure to start pre-production for a fourth season. “We were supposed to start scouting in April, and I was like, ‘You guys, I haven’t been home in three years’,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.

  • And Just Like That season three: Sex and the City sequel show has no purpose and no connection

    1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    There’s a weird tension in And Just Like That has only gotten worse with age. The Sex and the City sequel series lives in an extremely privileged world of uber-wealthy women in Manhattan whose wardrobes are replete with high-end designer brands – no, not Michael Kors or Kate Spade. They never outfit repeat, they consume without pause and live the kind of fantasy that used to be chic. Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

  • What to stream in June: The best new shows and movies on Netflix, Disney, Max, Stan, Apple, iview and more

    1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    SQUID GAME S3 (Netflix, 27th)If we’re really being honest about this, this is Squid Game season 2½ given almost every plot strand was left dangling from the previous instalment. OK, some characters were killed, so their stories were wrapped up, but the main thrust of it - how will Gi-hun and his fellow players escape - is an ongoing narrative. This promises to be the thrilling conclusion to the murderous games and the power players behind its horrible existence. Will the Squid Games be exposed?

  • Harry Potter TV show: Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout cast as Harry, Hermione and Ron

    1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    It may seem like yesterday when Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson joined the world of Harry Potter on screen but those guys are now in their mid-30s and with kids of their own. So, yes, for anyone who thinks it’s “too soon” for a new iteration of Harry Potter, it’s only because we’re all in denial that it’s been a quarter of a century since we first heard John Williams’ theme song.

  • Tom Cruise 2025: How Mission Impossible star just can’t quit cult life

    1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    There’s a well-known anecdote American Psycho director Mary Harron has told about Christian Bale’s inspiration for the titular sociopath. By Harron’s account, Bale had seen an interview of Cruise on David Letterman, and he saw in Cruise this, “very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes”, and told the director this was the energy he wanted to channel.

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19 Sep 24

Reminder that I am now only on Instagram: https://t.co/0rB5RKC6YN

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29 Mar 24

So, what I took from this 3 Body Problem scene is beware of populists who demonise science and “intellectual elites”. https://t.co/0dStQ68924

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28 Mar 24

Steve Martin. Legend. https://t.co/PA3456iyt4