We wanted Patrick Gower's eyes to pop over John Key's shock resignation. That's what we got, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Sky's new channel Viceland has launched today in hopes of bringing back younger audiences that have been stolen by streaming services.

Netflix provides amazing television that we may not otherwise have been exposed to, but what are they bringing to contemporary genre cinema?

COMMENT: 3% it is a low-budget dystopian sci-fi Netflix series from Brazil, and it is dangerously binge-watchable.

COMMENT: Affleck has had more than his fair share of dry patches, so I am going to cite five movie stars going through one of their own at the moment.

Should we go to Mars? A new docu-drama makes a "mind-blowing" case to answer with a yes, writes Calum Henderson.

COMMENT: The implications for NZ on Air are stark. They simply cannot keep funding programming if the audience is no longer watching it.

COMMENT: It's hard to take competitive cooking shows seriously when they start being called things like Zumbo's Just Desserts.

COMMENT: It takes a good dollop of dramatic licence here and there, but by the end of the first episode the story has gathered a satisfying momentum.

COMMENT: Though it endorses the lunacy of the monarchy, most will enjoy Victoria for the high grade and sharply constructed period drama it is.

COMMENT: Here I will anoint ten young working actors poised to become movie stars, based on talent, likeability, and of course, star power.

COMMENT: Hollywood is not known for its creative risk-taking. It is an entity driven forward by one simple rule: follow the money.

COMMENT: Here's how the new model of the north-to-south car chase movie might shape up to the old.

COMMENT: In her new HBO series Divorce, Sarah Jessica Parker's character, Frances Dufresne, slogs through a life many might brag about.

COMMENT: To mark the release of Inferno, I thought it would be fun to try and identify Tom Hanks' five best and worst movies.

There were more notable New Zealanders than a Holmes Christmas party on TVNZ 1's Sunday night special I Know This To Be True, a well-meaning but rambling and incoherent collection of meditations on the meaning of life.

COMMENT: The Emily Blunt-starring film The Girl on the Train, released in theatres this week, is the latest example of a Hollywood trend that has me very excited.

Last night's debut of the much-heralded Westworld - a bloated, pompous sci-fi Western - proves the Golden Age of television is over.

COMMENT: Instead of having JonBenét Ramsay's story retold, in this doco we're given fascinating insight on the re-examination solving her murder.

COMMENT: On the strength of the pilot, most viewers should be sticking with This Is Us for at least a few more episodes to see how it all plays out.

COMMENT: In fairy tales, the woods are where people go when they want to pursue their hearts' desires, to test themselves and to face off against grave dangers.

COMMENT: Here are a list of films that will forever be associated with the real-life break-up of the lead actors like Brangelina's By The Sea.

COMMENT: It's extraordinary that our heroine barely ponders the prospect of raising her child without a love interest by her side.

COMMENT: Before the Emmy Awards air on Monday, we take a look at the major match-ups and make some predictions.

Jono and Ben could learn a little lesson from watching Friday night's funniest show, writes Madeline Chapman.

Found footage films used to be pioneering, but now they're boring. Dominic Corry says it's time they took a break.

Madeleine Chapman tunes into Duke to watch their new sport chat show Short & Wide, and doesn't find it a particularly comfortable place for women.

COMMENT: If you were to pick an auteur film talent to bring hip hop's origin story to TV, it's unlikely Baz Luhrmann would figure on your list.

With Mel Gisbon starring in the film Bad Blood and directing Hacksaw Ridge, will audiences embrace his long standing comeback?

COMMENT: Individually the films stand as heartwarming and often deeply poignant testaments to kindness, patience and compassion.