Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Blown Away season 2 review – the runaway reality hit returns
In some ways, a show like Blown Away is only really possible with a platform like Netflix. You kind of need an algorithm to market...
Riverdale season 5, episode 1 recap – “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax”
This recap of Riverdale season 5, episode 1, “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax”, contains spoilers. Riverdale, after having its usual premiere pushed from October to January, is...
Daughter From Another Mother review – Mexican dramedy challenges the idea of family
This review of Daughter From Another Mother is spoiler-free. You’d think that the crux of Daughter From Another Mother, a new nine-part Mexican dramedy now streaming on...
Search Party season 4, episode 6 recap – “The Thoughtless Woman”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 6, “The Thoughtless Woman”, contains spoilers. Chip’s full name is Charles “Chip” Wreck. I know that’s not...
Search Party season 4, episode 5 recap – “Doctor Mindbender”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 5, “Doctor Mindbender”, contains spoilers. “In an ironic twist of fate, our friend Dory has gone missing.”...
Search Party season 4, episode 4 recap – “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 4, “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always been a show about the...
Sightless review – a drab, predictable thriller you’d be better off not seeing
New on Netflix today, though not a Netflix Original, Sightless is the kind of film that has been sat on a shelf for a while...
Spycraft review – an informative if slightly melodramatic docuseries
Everyone knows these days that Netflix is the place to be for solid if unremarkable documentary series’. Whatever you’re into, there’s surely one for you,...
9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 1 recap – “Back in the Saddle”
This recap of 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, episode 1, “Back in the Saddle”, contains spoilers. One of last year’s most underrated network shows is...
Family Guy season 19, episode 10 recap – “Fecal Matters”
This recap of Family Guy season 19, episode 10, “Fecal Matters”, contains spoilers. It has been a while since we last saw Family Guy, so the...
Your Honor season 1, episode 7 recap – what happened in “Part Seven”?
This recap of Your Honor season 1, episode 7, “Part Seven”, contains spoilers. Following on rather directly from the previous episode, “Part Seven” pushes Michael...
Double Dad review – Maisa Silva makes a compelling lead
There’s a reason certain genres are popular with audiences, and indeed with filmmakers alike. There’s a lot of comfort to be found in the familiar;...
Outside the Wire review – war is hell is Netflix’s new time sink
The essential problem with Mikael Håfström’s Outside the Wire, which is streaming on Netflix from today, is that it’s a typical action-packed thriller that also...
The Heartbreak Club review – a formulaic, musical rom-com
Some themes are universal, and breakups are one of them. Everyone knows what it’s like. There you are, imagining spending the rest of your life...
Call Your Mother review – another bland, formulaic network sitcom
The point of parenting is to do a good enough job at it that your kids don’t need you anymore – but what do you...
Search Party season 4, episode 3 recap – “Escape to Nowhere”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 3, “Escape to Nowhere”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. The central question driving Search...
Search Party season 4, episode 2 recap – “Something Sharp”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 2, “Something Sharp”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. How do you move on from...
Search Party season 4, episode 1 recap – “The Girl in the Basement”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 1, “The Girl in the Basement”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always thrived at imbuing classic genre...
Batman: Soul of the Dragon review – it’d be better without Batman
There are many ways to skin a cat and a seemingly infinite number of ways to make a Batman movie, but that isn’t to say...
Tiger review – a solid sporting documentary that can’t quite back its own claims
Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek (and executive producer Alex Gibney) would evidently like Tiger, a two-part, four-hour documentary streaming on HBO, to be the latest...