Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Isolation Stories episode 1 review – “Mel” introduces a new breed of TV drama
This review of Isolation Stories episode 1, “Mel”, contains spoilers. No single app better embodies our current predicament than Zoom, which is presumably why the...
Workin’ Moms season 4 review – you know what to expect by now
This review of Workin’ Moms Season 4 is spoiler-free. Check out our previous reviews: Season 2 Season 3 The latest season of Catherine Reitman’s beloved...
Code 404 episode 6 recap – a great finale to a very decent comedy series
This recap of Code 404 Episode 6 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words. Click here...
The Last Dance episode 5 & 6 recap – the birth of a global brand
This recap of The Last Dance Episode 5 and The Last Dance Episode 6 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Reckoning review – Netflix drama might be the most relentlessly bleak TV around
This review of Reckoning (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Troubled cop Mike is haunted by a cold case from his past, a case where teenage girls with...
Into the Night Season 1 review – Belgium enters the Netflix arena with a pacey sci-fi thriller
This review of Into the Night Season 1 (Netflix) is spoiler-free. And welcome Belgium to the streaming wars. This intriguing debut original, which blends the...
Mrs. Serial Killer review – I’m a murderer and so is my wife
This review of Mrs. Serial Killer (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Sometimes a film’s premise is good enough to grab you on its own, and such is...
Rich in Love Review – another tedious international rom-com from Netflix
Here is our review of the 2020 Netflix film Rich in Love, which does not contain spoilers or plot twists. Bruno Garotti’s romantic comedy Rich...
The Victims’ Game Season 1 Review – a grisly Taiwanese crime drama
This review of The Victims’ Game Season 1 is spoiler-free. New today, Taiwanese crime drama The Victims’ Game (Netflix) makes a case for itself in...
Nadiya’s Time to Eat Season 1 Review – now you have more time than ever, spend even less of it cooking
This review of Nadiya’s Time to Eat Season 1 is spoiler-free, insofar as such a thing can be spoiled anyway. Since most of us have...
A Secret Love review – a bittersweet and bluntly emotional love story
This review of A Secret Love (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Chris Bolan’s deeply personal, unashamedly blunt, and memorably bittersweet documentary feature A Secret Love (Netflix) chronicles...
Summertime review – another drab by-the-numbers teen drama graces Netflix
This review of Summertime (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Well, here we are again – another day, another torpid teen drama, this one a so-called “modern love...
Breeders season 1, episode 10 recap – a dark finale still finds something to laugh at
This recap of Breeders Season 1, Episode 10, “No Cure: Part 2”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
The Last Dance episode 3 & 4 recap – taking the next step
This recap of The Last Dance Episode 3 and The Last Dance Episode 4 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Coronavirus, Explained review – Vox remain at the forefront of current affairs with “This Pandemic”
Coronavirus, Explained (Netflix) debuted on Sunday, April 26. This review is of the first episode, “This Pandemic”. Since (ostensibly) democratically-elected public officials have now resorted...
Gangs of London Season 1 review – a brutal and energetic crime drama
This review of Gangs of London Season 1 is spoiler-free. Sky Atlantic’s new 9-part crime drama Gangs of London pulls no punches, cares little for...
Love 101 Season 1 Review – standard teenage drama livened up by some real-life controversy
This review of Love 101 Season 1 Review is spoiler-free. Coming from the deeply and often dangerously conservative nation of Turkey, the big dramatic question...
50 States of Fright review – Quibi’s horror anthology is more stupid than scary
This review of 50 States of Fright (Quibi) contains some spoilers for the first three episodes. If you’ve been surfing the net as much as...
Time to Hunt review – a serviceable South Korean thriller more or less worth the wait
This review of Time to Hunt (Netflix) is spoiler-free. It took a while to get here thanks to some legal disputes and a court order...
The House of Flowers season 3 review – this Mexican family drama refuses to wilt
This review of The House of Flowers Season 3 is spoiler-free. You can check out our reviews of the first season by clicking these words,...