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Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson is a TV, film and music writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn.

Hidden gems: 40 underappreciated movies to stream these Easter holidays

From action classics to musical rom-coms, these are the underseen and the misjudged movies ripe for rediscovery.

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Riz Ahmed (right) plays obscure actor Shah Latif, who flubs a screen test to become the new James Bond - but then the internet loses its mind over a Muslim 007.

Riz Ahmed’s ambitious Bond satire has a licence to thrill

This new series is a whiplash mix of satire and psychodrama, with great actors like Patrick Stewart and Rafe Spall in canny guest roles.

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What to stream this week (clockwise from bottom left): The Man in the High Castle; The Comeback; Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die; This Way Up; The Other Bennet Sister and The Madison.

What to stream this week: Michelle Pfeiffer saves The Madison, plus five more picks

The creator of Yellowstone has delivered a drama that is magical realism for traditional conservatives, with added fly-fishing.

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Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next

Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.

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Craig Roberts (left), Mark Heap and Dawn French in Can You Keep A Secret?

Dawn French is back to her funny best in this playfully chaotic and very silly British comedy

Can You Keep a Secret? has just enough emotional ballast to make the daftness buoyant.

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What to stream this week (from top left): Imperfect Women; War Machine; Gone; Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace; Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere; and Ghost Elephants.

What to stream this week: Louis Theroux gets inside the manosphere, plus five more picks

The veteran Brit weaponises his eyebrows for his first documentary with Netflix, while Alan Ritchson gets his punch on in War Machine. 

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Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones star in Frauds.

It sounds like an Ocean’s film, but this playful heist tale is so much more

Part comedy, part treatise on female friendship, this TV series starring Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones is too good to spoil.

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What to stream this week (from top left): In the Blink of an Eye; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Young Sherlock; Person of Interest; Vladimir; and Marshals.

What to stream this week: Rachel Weisz’s sizzling satire, plus five more picks

A professor sexually hungering for a younger colleague is the starting point for the terrific Vladimir. Plus, Sherlock gets the Guy Ritchie treatment (again) and another Yellowstone spin-off.

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Miami Vice's Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs introduced a new macho-man aesthetic.

This 40-year-old show has the best list of guest stars in television history

Miami Vice changed the face of network television. It also gave some big-name celebrities – and musicians – an early start on screen.

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What to stream this week (from top left): Shrill; The Lincoln Lawyer; The Bluff: Murder in Glitterball City; DTF St Louis; and The Artful Dodger.

What to stream this week: Jason Bateman’s twisted suburban noir, plus five more picks

Don’t miss DTF St Louis, a bittersweet tale of male friendship with a murder in the middle, the return of The Artful Dodger. 

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