Reviews

Game Review: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a window into the future
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart wields PlayStation 5 technology adeptly and push its genre mastery to the limits, but no…

Game Review: Backbone is a vicious, unpredictable new breed of neo-noir
Backbone is a noir obsessed with change, transformation, and looking inward and out in equal measure.

Game Review: Operation: Tango perfects the spy fiction experience
Operation: Tango's unique approach to cooperative multiplayer creates an exciting spy fiction experience that's never been achieved before.

Hug the Sun Review: A Circus of Chaotic Comedy
From the Aunty Donna production house, Hug The Sun's brand of sketch comedy disguised as a fictional children’s program is…

TV Review: Eden Finds New Perspectives on the Missing-Girl Mystery
While it starts off a bit stale, Eden's looping, iterative narrative structure helps to enrich its characters and themes, writes…

TV Review: Jack Irish gets more than a farewell tour
It's the end of an era for the Fitzroy lawyer turned private investigator. A sharply scripted final series gives him…

Film Review: El Metido (The Meddler) documents a complex addiction
Directed by Australians and filmed in Guatemala, this low-key documentary explores the psychology of a nightcrawler driven to photograph the…

Game Review: On Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...and second chances
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… sees an overlooked cult game taking advantage of a rare second lease on life.

TV Review: Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries S2 is groovy
The latest Ms Fisher franchise is crafted with care and style to spare. It's got a 60s sleuth you want…

TV Review: Mare of Easttown gets the details right
Kate Winslet is brilliant in this grounded and intricate TV mystery, but lack of resolution is a big problem, says…