Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘A Twelve Year Night’ | Netflix Film Review
Álvaro Brechner’s A Twelve Year Night, which debuts on Netflix today, opens with a fancy, impressive shot in which nine left-wing revolutionaries are seized by the recently...
‘Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski’ | Netflix Film Review
If you’ve heard of Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, it’ll likely be because the new Netflix Original documentary was produced by Leonardo...
‘Diablero’ | Netflix Original Series Review
New on Netflix today is the eight-part Spanish-language fantasy-horror series Diablero, dubbed into English for those among us who prefer such things. Filmed in Mexico,...
‘7 Days Out’ | Netflix Original Documentary Series Review
There are lots of things that can be said about Netflix’s new behind-the-scenes docuseries 7 Days Out, but the main one should be that it...
‘3Below: Tales of Arcadia’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Popular media is rife with heavy-handed socio-political message-mongering these days, but it’s just like I always say – if you need something doing, you might...
‘Sirius the Jaeger’ | Netflix Original Anime Review
Right on the heels of Hero Mask and Baki comes the latest Netflix Original Anime, Sirius the Jaeger, all twelve episodes of which debuted on...
‘Springsteen on Broadway’ | Netflix Film Review
Editor’s Note: This review of Springsteen on Broadway was written by my partner, who is what one might describe as a demented fan of Bruce...
‘Baki’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Sometimes you just know what you’re going to get, and if the heavy-metal riff that opens the new Netflix Original anime Baki doesn’t tell you...
‘Bird Box’ | Netflix Original Film Review
If Susanne Bier’s apocalyptic Netflix thriller Bird Box continued in the same manner in which it began, it would have been one of the better...
‘The Possession of Hannah Grace’ | Film Review
The Possession of Hannah Grace begins how most movies of this type end: With an exorcism. You can picture the scene. The ill-fated title character...
‘Backtrace’ | Film Review
Matthew Modine is in urgent need of codeine in Brian Miller’s Backtrace, a workmanlike genre flick in which he plays an amnesiac bank robber who...
Tidelands Season 1 Review
Someone once told me that in Australia you’re never more than a couple of meters away from something that can kill you, and having been...
‘Back Street Girls: Gokudolls’ | Netflix Original Series Review
And on today’s episode of Things Only the Japanese Can Get Away With, I present to you the latest addition to Netflix’s wildly uneven stable...
Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – “White Rabbit”
This recap of Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 4, “White Rabbit”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...
Pine Gap Season 1 Review
Pine Gap — created and written by Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard — stars Parker Sawyers (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Mummy) as Gus,...
Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – “The Abyss Stares Back”
This recap of Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 3, “The Abyss Stares Back”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...
The Hook Up Plan Season 1 Review
Imagine everything you would expect to see in a romantic comedy about a woman who can’t get over her ex and whose friends set her...
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas Review
Today, over a year after the unacceptably popular six-episode first season of Netflix’s Neo Yokio, a long-awaited continuation of the series has arrived on the...
‘Bad Blood’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Debuting on Netflix today, the six-part Original Series Bad Blood is a very good crime family drama imported from Canada and adapted from the book...
‘The American Meme’ | Netflix Documentary Review
There’s a common and very silly misconception about critics that posits their job is to be objective; to put aside their taste, their preferences, and...