Articles by Jonathon Wilson
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...
Search Party season 4, episode 10 recap – the ending explained
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 10, “The Shadows”, contains spoilers. Who is Dory Sief? She wanders into her funeral with that question...
Search Party season 4, episode 9 recap – “The Inferno”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 9, “The Inferno”, contains spoilers. The season’s penultimate episode ends with a reveal that, in my opinion,...
Search Party season 4, episode 8 recap – “The Imposter”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 8, “The Imposter”, contains spoilers. The great twist of Search Party’s first season was that the subject...
Search Party season 4, episode 7 recap – “The Infinite Loop”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 7, “The Infinite Loop”, contains spoilers. Over the past few episodes, I’ve noted how Dory’s suffering has...
All Rise season 2, episode 7 recap – “Almost the Meteor”
This recap of All Rise season 2, episode 7, “Almost the Meteor”, contains spoilers. Lola is on maternity leave in “Almost the Meteor”, which you’d...
9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 2 recap – what happened in “2100°”?
This recap of 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 2, “2100°”, contains spoilers. This is a weird thing to say about a network procedural, and...
Walker season 1, episode 1 recap – what happened in the pilot?
This recap of Walker season 1, episode 1, contains spoilers. The CW rebooting a so-bad-it’s-beloved property like Walker: Texas Ranger should be cause for concern....
The Queen of Black Magic review – a terrifying horror experience
This is a spoiler-free review of The Queen of Black Magic that is coming to Shudder on January 28th, 2021. The film comes from Headshot...
Euphoria special episode 2 recap – “F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob”
This recap of Euphoria special episode 2, “F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob”, contains spoilers. Both of Euphoria’s “special episodes” are intended as bridges...