Jonathon Wilson

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This recap of Debris season 1, episode 4, “In Universe”, contains spoilers. As a classic turning point episode, Debris episode 4, “In Universe”, feels like...

This recap of Pennyworth season 2, episode 7, “The Bloody Mary”, contains spoilers. “The Bloody Mary” is a classic will-they-won’t-they episode, but not about a...

This recap of New Amsterdam season 3, episode 3, “Safe Enough”, contains spoilers. What exactly is “Safe Enough” in a world ravaged by a global...

This recap of Debris season 1, episode 3, “Solar Winds”, contains spoilers. At the start of Debris episode 3, Bryan is cleared for duty despite having been...

This recap of Family Guy season 19, episode 14, “The Marrying Kind”, contains spoilers. The last episode of Family Guy was a great and determined Terminator pastiche. “The Marrying...

This recap of Pennyworth season 2, episode 6, “The Rose and Thorn”, contains spoilers. If there’s an overarching theme in this season of Pennyworth, it’s...

This recap of The One season 1, episode 8 contains spoilers, including a discussion of The One ending. The only reliable kind of truth is...

This recap of The One season 1, episode 7 contains spoilers. The news of Fabio’s death is out and about in The One episode 7,...

This recap of The One season 1, episode 6 contains spoilers. After over half a season of setup, things actually feel as though they’re happening...

This recap of The One season 1, episode 5 contains spoilers. You’ll recall that the previous episode introduced a potential threat to Rebecca in the...