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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

  • The TV and movie deaths that still haunt us years later

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

    SPOILER ALERT: For The Last of Us episode two, Through the Valley, as well as a bunch of TV shows and moviesAre we weirdos for being genuinely upset when a fictional character is killed off? Or is it just a mark of great writing and film making that those wizards have managed to get us to care? TV shows and films kill off characters all the time. Sometimes it’s grisly, sometimes it’s shocking and sometimes it’s a long time coming.

  • Andor season two review: Impressive political thriller stands above Star Wars origins

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

    Andor wasn’t always a natural choice for the folks at Star Wars. For a franchise steeped in lore and canon, the choice to make a political thriller that was light on supernatural force shenanigans, Skywalker connections and alien creatures was a bold one. But it paid off.

  • Mountainhead trailer: Jesse Armstrong to take on tech billionaires in HBO movie

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

    Trust Jesse Armstrong to make an Ayn Rand joke in the name of his new movie. Having created Succession and written for Veep and The Thick of It, Armstrong’s razor-sharp wit is best deployed against the foibles and delusions of the rich and powerful. For his anticipated HBO film, calling it Mountainhead is all too delicious. Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters. Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

  • Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo: Ryan Gosling movie, Sigourney Weaver in Mando and streaming future

    2 days ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    In a city not that far away called Tokyo, Star Wars fans gathered to celebrate all things light and dark (sides of the force). The ultimate fan convention for Jedi groupies took place over the weekend with 105,000 people flying in from all over the world to get a glimpse of stars including Pedro Pascal, Ryan Gosling and Hayden Christensen, with the latter charging $US208 for each fan photo op.

  • Narrow Road to the Deep North review: Superb Justin Kurzel and Jacob Elordi drama provokes questions

    2 days ago | thenightly.com.au | Wenlei Ma

    War stories hold a particular place in the national imagination. If the old aphorism that character is revealed at the hardest of times holds true, then how a country contends with memories of conflicts past and soldiers fallen speaks volumes about how history is mythologised in the present.

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Wenlei Ma
Wenlei Ma @WenleiMa
19 Sep 24

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

Wenlei Ma
Wenlei Ma @WenleiMa
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

Wenlei Ma
Wenlei Ma @WenleiMa
28 Mar 24

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