Articles by Jonathon Wilson
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,...
Extraction review – Chris Hemsworth-fronted action thriller packs a punch
This review of Extraction (Netflix) is spoiler-free. The son of a wealthy drug baron is kidnapped by his rival. To get him out of danger...
Win the Wilderness: Alaska Season 1 Review – an unusual reality show that thrives on novelty
Netflix is increasingly becoming the place for atypical reality shows; with multiple versions of The Circle, major hits like Love is Blind and the new...
The Willoughbys (2022) Review
Directed by Kris Pearn, we review the Netflix film The Willoughbys, which does not contain any significant spoilers. Based on Lois Lowry’s novel of the...
Middleditch & Schwartz Season 1 review – bringing improv to the small screen
Middleditch & Schwartz Season 1 (Netflix) debuted on April 21. Generally speaking, there are three main forms of live comedy: sketch, stand-up, and improv. The...
Breeders season 1, episode 9 recap – “No Cure: Part 1”
This recap of Breeders Season 1, Episode 9, “No Cure: Part 1”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
Breeders season 1, episode 8 recap – “No Honeymoon”
This recap of Breeders Season 1, Episode 8, “No Honeymoon”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...
Dummy review – Anna Kendrick befriends a talking sex doll in a sort-of true story
This review of Dummy (Quibi) is spoiler-free. Dummy (Quibi) isn’t a true story in the sense that everything it depicts actually happened, but it’s true...
The Last Dance episodes 1 & 2 recap and review – the sport documentary genre may have a new MVP
This review of The Last Dance (Netflix) is based on The Last Dance Episode 1 and The Last Dance Episode 2 and contains spoilers. Few sportspeople...