Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Red Dot’ Review – Sicker Than Your Average
In Netflix’s first Swedish original feature-film, Red Dot, director and co-writer Alain Darborg leads audiences on well-worn tracks through the expected beats of a typical...
All Rise season 2, episode 8 recap – “Bette Davis Eyes”
This All Rise season 2, episode 8 recap for the episode titled “Bette Davis Eyes” contains spoilers. Just a month after the premature arrival of...
9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 4 recap – “Friends With Benefits”
This 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 4 recap for the episode titled “Friends With Benefits” contains spoilers. In a nice change of pace, especially...
Your Honor season 1, episode 9 recap – what happened in “Part Nine”?
This Your Honor season 1, episode 9 recap for the episode titled “Part Nine” contains spoilers. It had to happen eventually, and in “Part Nine”,...
Invisible City season 1, episode 7 recap – the ending explained
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 7, “It’s Much Bigger Than Us”, contains spoilers. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but...
Invisible City season 1, episode 6 recap – “Childish Things”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 6, “Childish Things”, contains spoilers. In the space of just a couple of episodes, Invisible City has...
Invisible City season 1, episode 5 recap – “You Will Not Believe Me”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 5, “You Will Not Believe Me”, contains spoilers. I watch so much film and TV that I’ve...
Invisible City season 1, episode 4 recap – “Cuca Will Come After You”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 4, “Cuca Will Come After You”, contains spoilers. Before it follows on from the previous episode, “Cuca...
Invisible City season 1, episode 3 recap – “They Are Among Us”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 3, “They Are Among Us”, contains spoilers. Things aren’t going well for Eric in Invisible City episode...
Invisible City season 1, episode 2 recap – “There Is No Turning Back”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 2, “There Is No Turning Back”, contains spoilers. With Eric having crossed a line in the premiere, Invisible...
Invisible City season 1, episode 1 recap – “Wish You Were Here”
This recap of Invisible City season 1, episode 1, “Wish You Were Here”, contains spoilers. You can check out our spoiler-free season review by clicking...
Invisible City review – folklore meets conservationism in an intriging new genre blend
This review of Invisible City Season 1 is spoiler-free. There’s more at stake than just lives in Netflix’s new Brazilian original series Invisible City. Steeped in...
Black Beach review – a competent if unremarkable Spanish thriller
There are levels of thrillers, just like anything else, and Esteban Crespo’s Black Beach, now streaming on Netflix, is of the serious, moderately intelligent, and...
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready season 2 review – another funny clutch of undersung comedians
Netflix’s Tiffany Haddish Presents They Ready Season 2 debuted on February 2, 2021. The rise of Tiffany Haddish from Girls Trip to her own Netflix special with...
9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 3 recap – “Hold the Line”
This recap of 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 3, “Hold the Line”, contains spoilers. The beauty of a spin-off is that somewhere down the...
Your Honor season 1, episode 8 recap – “Part Eight”
This recap of Your Honor season 1, episode 8, “Part Eight”, contains spoilers. It was always going to come down to the courtroom. That’s where...
Below Zero review – a clear Con Air homage that gets lost in the cold
Con Air is one of my favorite dumb action movies of all time, which I raise because Netflix’s new Spanish action-thriller Below Zero is so...
Dickinson season 2, episode 6 recap – “Split the Lark”
This recap of Dickinson season 2, episode 6, “Split the Lark”, contains spoilers. It’s so easy to get caught up in ourselves, that we forget...
The Conners season 3, episode 8 recap – “Young Love, Old Lions and Middle-Aged Hyenas”
This recap of The Conners season 3, episode 8, “Young Love, Old Lions and Middle-Aged Hyenas”, contains spoilers. The seventh episode of The Conners’ third...
June & Kopi review – animals remain better than humans
Noviandra Santosa’s June & Kopi helps to flesh out an already-overpopulated subgenre of movies that might best be described as, “dogs!”. That really is the...