Articles by Jonathon Wilson
New Amsterdam season 3, episode 5 recap – “Blood, Sweat & Tears”
This recap of New Amsterdam season 3, episode 5, “Blood, Sweat & Tears”, contains spoilers. “Blood, Sweat & Tears” are all on the agenda in...
Haunted: Latin America review – culturally-specific charlatan nonsense
This review of Haunted: Latin America is spoiler-free, not that you can necessarily spoil these things anyway. The last time I wrote about Netflix’s Haunted, I...
Breeders season 2, episode 3 recap – “No Connection”
This recap of Breeders season 2, episode 3, “No Connection”, contains spoilers. The point of parenting, in general terms, is to raise your kids well...
Haunted: Latin America episode 5 recap – “The Devil Dances before Easter”
This recap of Haunted: Latin America episode 5, “The Devil Dances before Easter”, contains spoilers. Blessedly, Haunted: Latin America comes to an end with its fifth episode,...
Haunted: Latin America episode 4 recap – “Something’s Knocking at the Door”
This recap of Haunted: Latin America episode 4, “Something’s Knocking at the Door”, contains spoilers. Even in such a terrible, fraudulent show, “Something’s Knocking at...
Haunted: Latin America episode 3 recap – “The Woman From El Molino”
This recap of Haunted: Latin America episode 3, “The Woman From El Molino”, contains spoilers. “The Woman From El Molino” is as obviously ridiculous as...
Haunted: Latin America episode 2 recap – “The Cursed Doll”
This recap of Haunted: Latin America episode 2, “The Cursed Doll”, contains spoilers. There’s always a doll, isn’t there? Even I can concede that the...
Haunted: Latin America episode 1 recap – “The House of the Damned”
This recap of Haunted: Latin America episode 1, “The House of the Damned”, contains spoilers. Sometimes, the fun of Haunted is piecing together the real genesis of...
Debris season 1, episode 5 recap – “Earthshine”
This recap of Debris season 1, episode 5, “Earthshine”, contains spoilers. I think it’s safe to say things are heating up in Debris episode 5. I still...
Family Guy season 19, episode 15 recap – “Customer of the Week”
This recap of Family Guy season 19, episode 15 recap, “Customer of the Week”, contains spoilers. Most episodes of Family Guy have at least an A and...
Pennyworth season 2, episode 8 recap – “The Hangman’s Noose”
This recap of Pennyworth season 2, episode 8, “The Hangman’s Noose”, contains spoilers. “The Hangman’s Noose” is a classic transitional episode, the kind of thing...
Magic for Humans: Spain review – an energetic spin on a tested formula
Netflix is no stranger to providing some cultural spins on a tried-and-true formula, and after the global success of something like The Circle, which seems...
‘Into the Dark: Blood Moon’ Ending Explained – What’s Up With Luna?
There’s no real mystery about what, exactly, this anthological film is up to. Blood Moon isn’t coy about what’s really going on with ten-year-old Luna — I mean,...
‘Into the Dark: Blood Moon’ Review – A Grounded Twist on a Horror Classic
Emma Tammi (Five Nights at Freddy’s), who directed Into the Dark entry Delivered and livens up this second slate just in time for it to...
Secret Magic Control Agency review – a clever spin on the Hansel and Gretel story
A fun, fantasy family adventure having such a dry, bureaucratic-sounding title as Secret Magic Control Agency is probably the first clue that Netflix’s new animated...
‘Caught by a Wave’ Ending Explained – Do Sara and Lorenzo End Up Together?
Netflix’s young-adult romance drama Caught by a Wave is one of those films, like The Fault in Our Stars, in which one of the star-crossed lovers is...
‘Caught by a Wave’ Review – A Riskless Romantic Drama
Slotting neatly into the canon of teen romances in which one or indeed both of the starcrossed lovers are dying, Netflix’s Caught by a Wave, directed...
New Amsterdam season 3, episode 4 recap – “This Is All I Need”
This recap of New Amsterdam season 3, episode 4, “This Is All I Need”, contains spoilers. There’s a compelling argument to be made that nothing...
Seaspiracy review – a damning documentary dredges up the dirt
It’s unlikely that Netflix’s Seaspiracy will become the same kind of cultural tidal wave as the similarly-titled Cowspiracy, mostly for a reason that’s brought up in a roundabout...
Breeders season 2, episode 1 & 2 recap – “No Surrender” and “No Fear”
This recap of Breeders season 2, episode 1, “No Surrender”, and Breeders season 2, episode 2, “No Fear”, contains spoilers. The first season of Breeders...