Articles by Jonathon Wilson
9-1-1: Lone Star season 1, episode 2 recap – your hair or your life in “Yee-Haw”
This recap of 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 1, Episode 2, “Yee-Haw”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...
Team Kaylie Part 3 review – I’ve had quite enough now
Team Kaylie Part 3 is, inexcusably, the third batch of episodes I’ve had to watch and write about here. Click here for Part 1, and...
The Silent War aka Sordo review – a handsome Spanish thriller that loses its way
Sordo translates to “deaf”, which is as fitting a title as any for Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas’ The Silent War, in which a revolutionary accidentally deafened during a...
Ainori Love Wagon: African Journey review – a Japanese reality show strictly for fans
The concept of Ainori Love Wagon: African Journey is simple enough in theory. It’s a dating show. Seven contestants hop in a pink van and...
Luna Nera review – a mediocre story of love and witchcraft
This review of Luna Nera (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Suffering from an untimely release right on the back of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 3, Netflix’s...
Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10, episode 3 recap – “Artificial Fruit”
This recap of Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10, Episode 3, “Artificial Fruit”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10, episode 2 recap – “Side Sitting” without consent
This recap of Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10, Episode 2, “Side Sitting”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 premiere recap – “Happy New Year” indeed
This recap of the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 premiere, “Happy New Year”, contains spoilers. Back, and as miserable as ever, perennial crank Larry David...
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer review – a novel approach to a familiar story
There are some stories that are told and retold in various forms, and perhaps will continue to be told forever. The story of Ted Bundy...
37 Seconds review – a heartwarming crowd-pleaser with an unconvincing climax
Freedom comes in many forms, and for 23-year-old Yuma (Mei Kayama), a manga artist confined to a wheelchair and without control of the muscles in...
Ragnarok Season 1 Review – Norse myths can’t spice up this bland teen drama
This review of Ragnarok Season 1 is entirely spoiler-free. It brings me no pleasure to report that Ragnarok (Netflix), a show set against a stunning Norwegian backdrop...
The Stranger Season 1 Review – suburban secrets and lies in this Harlan Coben adaptation
This review of The Stranger (Netflix) is entirely spoiler-free. The last adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel on Netflix was, to the best of my...
New Amsterdam season 2, episode 12 recap – “14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days”
This recap of New Amsterdam Season 2, Episode 12, “14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the...
Omniscient Season 1 Review – how to solve a murder in a surveillance state
This review of Omniscient Season 1 (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Part Black Mirror, part 1984, part good old-fashioned whodunit, the new Brazilian series Omniscient, aka Onisciente, might prove a pleasant...
Night on Earth Season 1 review – what happens when the sun goes down
The nature documentary is not a new concept, but it is an ever-evolving one. Just as animals big and small are subject to the increasingly...
Color Out of Space review – Nicolas Cage shines in this trippy nightmare
Color Out of Space comes as the return of director Richard Stanley 28 years after his last feature-length directorial venture, as well as since his...
The Turning review – this so-so ghost movie turns into complete nonsense
The Turning is yet another adaptation of the Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw (none of which I am intimately familiar with, including...
Deadwater Fell episode 2 recap – still no closer to knowing whodunit
This recap of Deadwater Fell Season 1, Episode 2 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
You Cannot Hide Season 1 Review – a twisty, binge-worthy thriller
New on Netflix today, the pacey 10-episode thriller series You Cannot Hide might be the purest binge-watch candidate of the weekend. All the requisite elements are there...
Rise of Empires: Ottoman Season 1 Review – an exciting, educational docuseries
Combining expert analysis and narration with live-action dramatic reenactments in much the same fashion as last year’s The Last Czars, Turkish historical fiction series Rise of...