Articles by Jonathon Wilson
El Pepe, Una Vida Suprema Review: Netflix’s Latest Documentary Fails To Properly Probe Its Subject
Netflix’s latest documentary feature, El Pepe Una Vida Suprema, or El Pepe: A Supreme Life, plays out like a jovial conversation more than an interrogation. That...
Love Alarm Season 1 Review: Algorithm Of Your Heart
Love Alarm Season 1 debuted on Netflix on August 22, 2019. These days, there’s an app for everything. One of the great drivers of technological...
Hyperdrive Season 1 Review: Netflix’s New Reality Show Is Ninja Warrior… With Cars
I was wondering who the target audience for Hyperdrive might be. It might be everyone. The new ten-episode original reality series will doubtlessly appeal to petrolheads, with...
The Outpost Recap: Traitors In Our Midst
This recap of The Outpost Season 2, Episode 6, “Because She’s Worth It”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...
Why Women Kill Recap: Too Desperate Housewives
This recap of Why Women Kill Season 1, Episode 1, “Murder Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry”, contains spoilers. Marc Cherry’s new well-cast dark...
Yellowstone Recap: Making A House A Home
This recap of Yellowstone Season 2, Episode 8, “Behind Us Only Grey”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
Succession Recap: That’s A Lot Of Months
This recap of Succession Season 2, Episode 2, “Vaulter”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
Pennyworth Recap: Putting No-Face To No-Name
This recap of Pennyworth Season 1, Episode 5, “Shirley Bassey”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...
The Little Switzerland Review: An Odd, Fun Little Film
The little Switzerland is in Spain, which is confusing. It’s even more confusing for the residents of the small Castillian village located in the Basque...
Victim Number 8 Season 1 Review: Another Tense And Engrossing Spanish Series
Despite a lot of Spanish-language content dropping on Netflix this weekend (see also: Green Frontier and 45 rpm), the low-key highlight might be the eight-episode...
45 rpm Review: Netflix Series Attempts To Shed Light On The Birth Of A Music Label In 60s Madrid
In a weekend of diverse offerings on Netflix, the Spanish-language series 45 rpm — known in its native language as 45 Revoluciones — doesn’t do much to stand out....
Better Than Us Season 1 Review
From one first-ever international Netflix Original to another — Better Than Us is the second of this weekend’s series’ to mark a first-time foray into a particular...
‘Green Frontier’ Season 1 Review: Netflix’s Colombian Original Is A Success
It’s difficult to talk about Netflix’s first-ever* Colombian Original, the eight-part crime limited series Green Frontier, without also talking about what it means for the...
Sextuplets Review: Marlon Wayans Plays Six Siblings In Netflix’s New Half-Baked Original
The chameleonic Wayans family has always been difficult to keep track of, so one member playing six siblings isn’t altogether unexpected. Neither is the fact...
Til Death Do Us Part Season 1 Review: The Taiwanese Black Mirror?
Til Death Do Us Part Season 1 is Taiwan’s contribution to the ever-growing — and ever-popular — genre-blending anthology series market. Black Mirror ushered in the trend of...
Sacred Games Season 2 Review: Back With A Bang
This review of Sacred Games Season 2 is spoiler-free. The first season of Sacred Games — the first Indian Original on Netflix — was a resounding success....
Happy Jail Review: Unconventiontional Rehabilitation In Another Netflix Docuseries
Happy Jail (Netflix) Season 1 debuted on August 14, 2019. This review is spoiler-free. First, history. In 2007, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center...
Pennyworth Recap: Hello Darkness My Old Friend
This recap of Pennyworth Season 1, Episode 4, “Lady Penelope”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...
Succession Recap: Last Year’s Best Drama Is Back Even Better
This recap of Succession Season 2, Episode 1, “The Summer Palace”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous season finale by...
Pennyworth Recap: Keep Your Nose To The Ground
This recap of Pennyworth Season 1, Episode 3, “Martha Kane”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...