Frankenstein, Materialists and Pluribus: what’s new to streaming in Australia in November
Plus a film starring a career-best Joel Edgerton, a chance to stream Annie Hall and remember Diane Keaton, and a new thriller series starring Sarah Snook
October 2025
Money hacks
Use trials, threaten to cancel: how to get a good deal on UK TV streaming services
There are many options for getting better prices on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Sky’s Now TV
Amazon’s $40m Melania Trump doc set for January release with ‘exclusive footage’ of ‘critical meetings’
The film from disgraced director, Brett Ratner, will premiere in cinemas and follow the first lady in the 20 days before the 2025 inauguration
Maintenance Required review – Amazon’s synthetic You’ve Got Mail rip-off
Amazon drops gun-free James Bond poster artwork from Prime Video streaming site
Play Dirty review – Shane Black’s action comedy comeback is a blast
September 2025
Amazon to offer Champions League viewers new immersive in-game data
Amazon Prime Video will offer Champions League viewers a new kind of match coverage this season with a focus on player data inspired from video games
‘It isn’t just a teen romance’: why millennial women love The Summer I Turned Pretty
As coming-of-age drama nears its end, part of its appeal is nostalgia for the noughties shows viewers grew up with
Stream lover
Jerry Maguire, Top End Bub, and an Office spin-off: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September
Plus Jude Law on a downwards spiral, a new series from the Mare of Easttown creator and more crime-busting capers from Only Murders in the Building
August 2025
Why we’ve all fallen for The Summer I Turned Pretty: ‘Endless, wonderful melodrama’
The long read
Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
Think you actually own all those movies you’ve been buying digitally? Think again
J Oliver Conroy
‘I’d rather be in the wild chasing animals than going to Hollywood parties’: Taylor Kitsch on fame, flops and Friday Night Lights
Birmingham owner’s vision could transform city but football clubs are not just balance sheets
Jason Stockwood
The Map That Leads to You review – sugary Amazon romance works best as travelogue
The Pickup review – Eddie Murphy’s heinous new comedy is worse than Norbit
Stream lover
Conclave, The Brutalist and The Thursday Murder Club: what’s new to streaming in Australia in August
July 2025
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight set to write next James Bond movie
British writer, whose credits include Dirty Pretty Things, will work with Denis Villeneuve on relaunch
Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think
Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists
TV review
The Assassin review – Keeley Hawes’s menopausal hitwoman drama is perfectly crafted TV
Stylish, witty, tightly written: this tale of a retired killer going on the run with her adult son is massively entertaining. Hawes just gets better and better