TVIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Fallout<\/p>\n
Prime Video<\/p>\n
Summed up in a sentence A triumphant return for the darkly comic post-apocalyptic thriller of a video game adaptation \u2013 now featuring starry guest spots from the likes of Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani and Macaulay Culkin.<\/p>\n
What our reviewer said \u201cSeason two draws more directly from its gaming source material \u2013 notably 2010\u2019s admired Fallout: New Vegas \u2013 but remains pleasingly dense with jokes, splatter and slapstick.\u201d Graham Virtue<\/p>\n
Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Inside Fallout, gaming\u2019s most surprising TV hit<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restTaylor Swift: The End of an Era<\/p>\n Disney+<\/p>\n Taylor Swift on the Eras tour in Vancouver, Canada. Photograph: Darryl Dyck\/AP<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A behind-the-scenes docuseries on the globe-spanning Eras tour, revealing the impact of having gigs cancelled due to an Islamic State terror plot \u2013 and how Swift reached out to the families of the victims of the Southport attack.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cThe footage of girls, especially those the age of the Southport victims, flinging themselves around without a shred of self-consciousness says as much about the point of all this as the Eras masterminds could ever spill.\u201d Laura Snapes<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation<\/a><\/p>\n You may have missed \u2026Leonard and Hungry Paul<\/p>\n BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Alex Lawther and Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell star in a gentle comedy that quietly celebrates life\u2019s understated pleasures.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cA series that ambles along in its sleeveless jumper, occasionally looking up at the stars, occasionally down at its slippers, quietly confident that there is nothing in the world as cheering as spending time in the company of good friends.\u201d Sarah Dempster<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n FilmIf you only watch one, make it \u2026The Six Billion Dollar Man<\/p>\n In cinemas now<\/p>\n The Six Billion Dollar Man. Photograph: Sunshine Press Productions<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the rogue\u2019s gallery of hypocrites and crooks surrounding him.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cIts most indelible, disquieting images are provided by the CCTV footage of Assange marooned in the embassy. He knows he\u2019s being bugged and understands that he\u2019s trapped and he paces his quarters like a hapless Gene Hackman at the end of Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s The Conversation. Whatever he set out to be it almost certainly wasn\u2019t this.\u201d Xan Brooks<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restThe Housemaid<\/p>\n In cinemas from Boxing Day<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Sydney Sweeney takes the job from hell in a suspense thriller co-starring Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar as her secretive bosses, with director Paul Feig ramping up the sexual tension.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cWe get some tastily over-the-top acting and some huge rewind POV shifts to explain what has really been going on \u2013 and, of course, the heady whiff of gaslight as Millie can\u2019t quite be sure she really understands anything that\u2019s happening. Silly it may be, but Feig and his cast deliver it with terrific gusto; this is an innocent holiday treat.\u201d Peter Bradshaw<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Sydney Sweeney on boxing, weight gain and her flair for controversy<\/a><\/p>\n Now streamingThe Great Flood<\/p>\n Netflix<\/p>\n The Great Flood. Photograph: Netflix\/PA<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Korean apocalypse movie swerves into sinister sci-fi territory as a mother and child are rescued from a catastrophic flood in Seoul.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cDirector Kim Byung-woo has clearly heavily imbibed from Edge of Tomorrow, Charlie Kaufman\u2019s mental mazes and perhaps also \u2013 with mega-tsunamis gathering on the horizon and the presiding maudlin-apocalyptic tone \u2013 Christopher Nolan\u2019s Interstellar.\u201d Phil Hoad<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Sisu: Road to Revenge<\/p>\n On digital platforms now<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A terrific sequel as a Finnish hero takes on a Red Army butcher in his Soviet-occupied homeland.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cYou don\u2019t need excessive CGI with practical special effects as potently compelling as star Jorma Tommila\u2019s bloodied, defiant face \u2026 Like his protagonist, director Jalmari Helander holds on to the essential, torches the rest, and goes harder and faster for it. His film should raise huge cheers in Kyiv \u2013 and, indeed, everywhere else.\u201d Mike McCahill<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n BooksIf you only read one, make it \u2026William Golding: The Faber Letters<\/p>\n Reviewed by Blake Morrison<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Inside the great novelist\u2019s relationship with his editor.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cTill Faber lit on Lord of the Flies, Golding gave it the tedious title Strangers from Within and for what became The Spire he half-jokingly suggested An Erection at Barchester.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading First images emerge from new BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies<\/a><\/p>\n Pick of the restMaking Mary Poppins<\/p>\n Reviewed by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence Behind the scenes of a movie favourite.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201c\u2018Do you know what a nanny is?\u2019 Disney asked the screenwriter brothers. \u2018Yeah, a goat, Bob Sherman replied.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Further reading Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100<\/a><\/p>\n The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore<\/p>\n Reviewed by David Shariatmadari<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A brilliant history of psychiatric ideas.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cBullmore\u2019s writing has flair and occasional flashes of anarchic humour; this book is both intellectually exciting and highly readable.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson<\/p>\n Reviewed by Maya Jaggi<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence An Indigenous Canadian epic of identity and survival.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cFor a non-Ojibwe, to read it is to be immersed in a storytelling aesthetic that is both challenging and innately familiar, in which humans, other animals and plants coexist and communicate on an equal plane.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n You may have missed \u2026Jeeves Again<\/p>\n Reviewed by Rahul Raina<\/p>\n Summed up in a sentence A collection of new officially sanctioned stories by writers, comedians and celebrity admirers, including Dominic Sandbrook and Roddy Doyle.<\/p>\n What our reviewer said \u201cThis new collection will be warmly welcomed by fans who want to keep Wodehouse\u2019s name and reputation burning brightly.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Albums<\/p>\n For the year\u2019s outstanding releases, explore the Guardian\u2019s best of 2025 music coverage, including its countdown of the year\u2019s best 50 rock and pop albums<\/a> and songs<\/a>, as well as the best classical recordings<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TVIf you only watch one, make it \u2026Fallout Prime Video Summed up in a sentence A triumphant return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-360615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}