Jonathon Wilson

Malaysian horror Roh isn’t a clear-cut exercise in storytelling. In fact, it’s deliberately obfuscated, rife in symbolism and metaphor, and much more concerned with atmosphere...

This review of F9 is spoiler-free. There is no franchise in contemporary blockbuster moviemaking – perhaps not in any kind of moviemaking, ever – that...

As a father of two girls, I can see why they’re such a staple in the horror genre. Every culture in the world recognizes they’re...

This recap of Taxi Driver season 1, episode 16 contains spoilers, as well as an open discussion of the Taxi Driver ending. You could make...

This recap of Taxi Driver season 1, episode 15 contains spoilers. Revenge is one of the most common thematic motifs in all popular entertainment, but...

This recap of The Mosquito Coast season 1, episode 6, “Calaca”, contains spoilers. This show is very strange and more than a little stupid, for...

This recap of The Bad Batch season 1, episode 5, “Rampage”, contains spoilers. The first thing I thought while watching The Bad Batch episode 5 was that...

This review of Ragnarok Season 2 is spoiler-free. Ragnarok, Netflix’s Norwegian Norse mythology YA drama, didn’t exactly get off to the best of starts in...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 6, “All You Need Is Love”, contains spoilers, as well as an open discussion of the Ragnarok Season...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 5, “Know Yourself”, contains spoilers. After Laurits’s unexpected pregnancy in the previous episode, it’s only fitting that “Know...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 4, “God is God, Though All Men Death Had Tasted”, contains spoilers. Tyr is the god of war...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 3, “Power to the People”, contains spoilers. Odin, the king of the Norse gods, sacrificed his one eye to...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 2, “What Happened to the Nice, Old Lady?”, contains spoilers. Following the revelations of the previous episode, particularly those...

This recap of Ragnarok season 2, episode 1, “Brothers in Arms”, contains spoilers. Freya, according to the obligatory opening expository text in “Brothers in Arms”,...

Netflix’s Thai Horror Ghost Lab is one dramatic watch. Admittedly, the start is incredibly boring. However, several twists within the film drastically increase the level...

At nearly 2 hours in length, Ghost Lab is 50 minutes too long and would benefit significantly if the first quarter got cut completely. However, once...

This review of the Netflix film Baggio: The Divine Ponytail does not contain spoilers.  Netflix’s Baggio: The Divine Ponytail is an Italian film based on the...

Netflix’s latest documentary film, Nail Bomber: Manhunt, is an important example of two things. One is the dangers of far-right extremism, the idea that the...

This recap of Debris season 1, episode 13, “Celestial Body”, contains spoilers, as well as an open discussion of the Debris Season 1 ending. Predictably,...

This recap of 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 14, “Dust to Dust”, contains spoilers. This show loves a natural disaster, and the one that...