Jonathon Wilson

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...

Your Honor has always been a show about a good man making bad decisions for the right reasons. But it’s really about bad decisions, period....

The Netflix drama The Exchange is a Kuwaiti original based on a true story of female empowerment in the male-dominated financial sector. A compelling drama...

If the late 80s, Kuwait, and the world of finance have something in common, it’s that they’re not exactly environments designed for women to thrive,...

There’s a common but obviously incorrect assumption people make about animation, which is that it’s for kids. Star Wars animation seems particularly prone to this...

After ten long weeks, we have finally reached the end of National Treasure: Edge of History. And are we surprised by anything we find there?...

Friend of the site Frank Grillo – he left a comment here once, and I’m never letting anyone forget it – is as reliable as...

“Captain Fields” is named after Captain Reggie Fields (Derrick Williams), the new head of the 27th Precinct, which is coincidentally the same one housing the...

You can say a lot about Mayfair Witches, and I certainly have over the last few weeks, but “The Thrall” is the first episode I’d...

Class is a Hindi-language remake of Netflix’s hit teen drama Elite, and follows the same general premise. Three students – Dheeraj, Saba, and Balram, aka...

You can rely on Netflix for at least a couple of things. One is canceling your favorite show. Another is milking successful IP for all...

Across its eight episodes, Make My Day overcomes some lackluster animation and visual design with a deep sense of character and a breakneck pace. All...

The inherent advantage of animation is that it can do things live-action simply can’t, and at a fraction of the cost. What it might lack...