Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Selena + Chef Season 1 Review – Selena Gomez learns to cook in lockdown, with some help
Every episode of Selena + Chef Season 1 opens the same way: With the singer and actress turning on the cameras in her very nice...
Yellowstone season 3, episode 8 recap – “I Killed a Man Today”
This recap of Yellowstone season 3, episode 8, “I Killed a Man Today”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...
The Alienist Season 2 (Angel of Darkness) Episodes 7 & 8 Recap – “Last Exit to Brooklyn” and “Better Angels”
This recap of The Alienist Season 2 (Angel of Darkness) Episode 7, “Last Exit to Brooklyn”, and Episode 8, “Better Angels”, contains spoilers. You can...
P-Valley season 1, episode 5 recap – “Belly”
This recap of P-Valley season 1, episode 5, “Belly”, contains spoilers. You can also check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...
High Seas season 3, episode 6 recap – “The Eternal Sea”
This recap of High Seas season 3, episode 6, “The Eternal Sea”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
Backstreet Rookie episode 15 & 16 recap – and so it ends
This recap of Backstreet Rookie episode 15 and Backstreet Rookie episode 16 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
High Seas season 3, episode 5 recap – “Locked Up”
This recap of High Seas season 3, episode 5, “Locked Up”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...
High Seas season 3 review – another voyage is underway, and it won’t be the last
This review of High Seas season 3 is spoiler-free. Picking up 18 months after the events of the second season, High Seas season 3 finds...
Waiting for the Barbarians review – a morbid and heavy-handed anti-imperialist allegory
Given everything that’s going on with Johnny Depp lately, seeing him play the sadistic functionary of a totalitarian empire with such relish is a bit...
Howard review – a surprisingly frank exploration of the life and career of a genius
Howard Ashman is the lyricist responsible for many of the best tunes in your favorite Disney movies, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast,...
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Season 1 Review – a long-awaited magical conclusion… kind of
This review of Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Season 1 is spoiler-free. The Tales of Arcadia have been long-winded in their telling. Beginning back in 2016...
Tiny Creatures Season 1 Review – not your average nature show
There’s a lot to be said for the high drama of the natural world, and the thing people always say about great nature documentaries is...
Red Penguins review – an utterly bonkers story of opportunism
Part of the fun of Gabe Polsky’s Red Penguins, although I’m not necessarily sure that “fun” is the right word, is trying to determine how...
Star Trek: Lower Decks review – a slight, light spin-off sets phasers to pass by mostly unnoticed
This review of Star Trek: Lower Decks is spoiler-free. Star Trek, long-running and indescribably beloved, has leaped media transoms with a deftness that it doesn’t...
Little Birds season 1, episode 6 recap – limp to the finish
This recap of Little Birds season 1, episode 6 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
Little Birds Season 1 review – a surreal and steamy allegory for imperialism
This review of Little Birds Season 1 contains spoilers. Thanks to the sordid appetites of the British public, anything with a bit of sex in...
Star Light review – weird low-budget horror flares bright but doesn’t linger
Star Light is one of those weird low-budget genre films that you wish was weirder if only so something about it stood out. On the face...
The God of High School season 1, episode 5 recap – “Ronde/hound”
This recap of The God of High School season 1, episode 5, “Ronde/hound”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons review – a bloody backstory for an underserved antihero
This review of Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons is spoiler-free. Since Justice League Dark: Apokolips War recently detonated the New 52 continuity to which these Warner...
Rogue Warfare: The Hunt review – now trending on Netflix, for some reason
Netflix’s various algorithms are virtually impossible to figure out or predict, but its user base is even more confounding. These two facts taken together might...