Jonathon Wilson

This review of The Glory Part 2 is spoiler-free.  A lot of people think Netflix’s fondness for Korean dramas started with the worldwide success of...

This recap of The Bad Batch Season 2 Episode 12, “The Outpost”, contains spoilers. After forgetting about Crosshair for several weeks, The Bad Batch finally...

This recap of The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2, “Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore” contains spoilers. Mando’s whistlestop tour of familiar planets and faces...

This recap of Rain Dogs Season 1 Episode 1, “It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City”, contains spoilers. It’s apparent from the first...

This recap of Perry Mason Season 2 Episode 1, “Chapter Nine”, contains spoilers. It says a lot about our current understanding of and relationship with...

This recap of Your Honor Season 2 Episode 8, “Part Eighteen”, contains spoilers. Things are, finally, looking up for Michael. He has some closure around...

This recap of The Bad Batch Season 2 Episode 11, “Metamorphosis”, contains spoilers.  This week’s episode of The Bad Batch – understandably overshadowed by the...

This recap of The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 1, “Chapter 17 – The Apostate”, contains spoilers. The opening sequence of The Mandalorian‘s Season 3 premiere could...

If, like me, you were wondering who Walter Beckwith is, don’t worry – Your Honor Season 2, Episode 7 has you covered. It has a lot...

By the end of Triptych Season 1, Episode 8, we learn that the siblings were part of a twisted experiment, which is why they had different upbringings...

The Mexican Netflix thriller Triptych is, apparently, based on a true story, though nobody seems entirely sure which one. The closest analog seems to be...

Red Rose, a 2022 BBC horror series that is now a Netflix original, is at once both distinctly contemporary and behind the times. It’s a...

A Girl and an Astronaut, directed by Bartosz Prokopowicz and written by Agata Malesinska, is a Polish Netflix original series with a compelling premise and a...

An impressive attempt at making an intriguing premise as unengaging as possible, the Polish Netflix original series A Girl and an Astronaut is a torpid...

Looking at Netflix’s description of A Girl and an Astronaut, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a much more interesting show than it ends up...

After the last pretty heavy double-bill, The Bad Batch settles into a more familiar rhythm in “The Crossing”, ditching all the political shenanigans in favor...

As with any romance story, the key question of In Love All Over Again is whether its leads, Irene and Julio, will end up together....

Romance is a simple, often tiring formula. You take two people, have them fall in love, and then contrive 90 minutes’ worth of reasons to...

A fitting release for the February romantic season, Love to Hate You is a South Korean romantic comedy series with some atypical attitudes to gender roles...

It’s February, the month of love and mediocre film and television, so it’s no surprise that every streaming platform in existence is dropping rom-coms left...