Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Family Business Review: A Family Say Yes To Drugs in New French Comedy Series
Watching and reviewing comedy is always a pain, and it’s even more of a nuisance when I, an English speaker, have to critique a foreign-language...
Instant Hotel Season 2 Review
If you’re anything like me, you’ll hate Instant Hotel Season 2, probably just like you hated the first season. There’s a lot about it to hate, especially...
7Seeds Netflix Review: Life Goes On In New Netflix Anime
Adapting a long-running and beloved manga series with legions of fans is always a tricky prospect, but it’s a surefire way of enticing a guaranteed...
Shaft (2019) Review: How Many Shafts Is Too Many?
In Tim Story’s Shaft, there are three John Shaft’s, and you have to imagine that’s a couple too many. Richard Roundtree was the first, and to...
The Casketeers Season 2 Review: Death Has Never Been So Funny
The Casketeers is one of those shows that makes you thankful for Netflix. Where else could you expect to find a docuseries about Maori funeral...
Girls Incarcerated Season 2 Review: New Girls, New Prison, Same System
The first season of Girls Incarcerated debuted last March. We reviewed it, we liked it, and as the comments of support for the show and the troubled...
The Wolf’s Call Review: Ears Save The World In French Netflix Thriller
In the French Netflix thriller The Wolf’s Call, known in its native tongue as Le Chant du Loup, François Civil plays an underwater acoustics expert by...
Euphoria Recap: Well, That Was Vaguely Terrifying
This Euphoria Episode 1 recap contains spoilers. Combining the drug-addled partygoing extravagance of traditional teen dramas with the prestige gloss and harrowingly up-front depictions of...
The Dark Within Review: Scientific Possession of Evil
The Dark Within is the latest horror movie from director David Ryan Keith (The Redwood Massacre), starring Paul Flannery (Ghosts of Darkness), Kendra Carelli (Guardians...
Jessica Jones Recap: A Shallow Grave
This Jessica Jones Season 3, Episode 7 recap for the episode titled “A.K.A The Double Half-Wappinger” contains spoilers. Jeri Hogarth can always be relied upon...
The Alcasser Murders Review: Another True Crime Series Arrives on Netflix
Another week, another true crime series graces Netflix — this one based on the notorious 1992 rape and murder of three 14-year-old girls in Alcasser,...
Leila Review: A Bold, Challenging Indian Original Series
The six-episode first season of the new Indian Netflix Original Series Leila is just the right kind of near-future dystopian fiction. It’s deliberately provocative, challenging, and...
Big Little Lies Recap: Meryl Streep Achieves Her Final Form
This Big Little Lies Season 2 Episode 1 recap for the episode titled “What Have They Done?” contains spoilers. With the television landscape being what...
Tales of the City Review: Is Being Well-Meaning Enough?
Is it cynical of Netflix to capitalize on Pride Month? It’s good business, for sure, and perhaps that’s all that matters, especially when the streaming...
Pachamama Review: Was Juan Antin’s Environmentally-Conscious Animation Worth the Wait?
There’s a story behind Pachamama, Juan Antin’s environmentally-conscious fun-for-all-the-family animation that debuted on Netflix today. It’s a long one, winding back over a decade, and has...
Black Mirror Season 5 Review: “Smithereens”
This Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2 review for the episode titled “Smithereens” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...
Black Mirror Season 5 Review
Heading into its fifth season, Black Mirror remains one of the most oddly prescient, daringly eclectic and inherently contradictory shows in existence, and if its three-episode fifth...
Chernobyl Finale Recap: Political, Not Radioactive Fallout Defines A Disaster’s Legacy
This Chernobyl episode 5 recap for the episode titled “Vichnaya Pamyat” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: A Monster Fraud
When I was eight years old, I was picked on in school for drawing Mothra in my notebook (too “girly,” I guess). I was so...
Clinton Road Review: Do a U-Turn
Clinton Road is a horror thriller from directors Richard Grieco and Steve Stanulis, starring Ace Young (Bones), Katie Morrison (The Blacklist), Erin O’Brien (Tremors), with...