Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Review – Spoiler Alert, It Was the Rich Guy’s Fault
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster isn’t a whodunit, but it can nonetheless be summed up by saying, simply, that the rich guy did it. Then again,...
Deep Cover (2025) Review – Orlando Bloom Steals the Show In A Hilarious, Crowd-Pleasing Action-Comedy
You can’t trust a great cast these days. Fountain of Youth had a pretty good one, and it was rubbish, which is always the expectation...
‘Cheers to Life’ Review – A Feel-Good Slice-Of-Life Drama A Little Too Carefree For Its Own Good
The risk with making a laid-back chill-out movie is that there’s such a thing as a movie being too chilled out for its own good,...
‘Stick’ Episode 4 Recap – Owen Wilson’s Charm Doesn’t Seem Enough to Sustain This Series
I caught myself thinking during Episode 4 that Stick has made a pretty fundamental miscalculation.
‘Our Times’ Ending Explained – Let Me Explain Why This Isn’t Half As Romantic As It Thinks It Is
In a classic case of having one’s cake and eating it – never understood that expression; what else would you do with a cake? –...
‘Our Times’ Review – True Love Is Your Husband Being Surplus to Requirements
Blimey, this is going to annoy people, isn’t it? The underlying thesis of Our Times, a Netflix rom-com about two married physicists who accidentally travel...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Ending Explained – A Predictably Happy and Satisfying Conclusion
We were right. We usually are, of course, and a happy ending was more predictable than usual as far as Tastefully Yours is concerned, but...
‘The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets’ Review – The Weirdest Episode of ‘Cribs’ You’ve Ever Seen
The weirdest episode of Cribs you’ve ever seen, The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets has a pretty clear selling point. The three-part Peacock docuseries,...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 9 Recap – We’re On the Way to A Pretty Predictable Finale
Let’s be frank – we’ve pretty much known since the beginning that Tastefully Yours is going to have a predictable, happy ending.
‘Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy’ Review – A Horrifying Account Of Flagrant Malpractice
Netflix love a themed series. In the absence of Untold – which concluded its fifth “season” with Shooting Guards, The Liver King, and The Fall...
‘Call Her Alex’ Review – Hulu’s Serviceable Docuseries Hits The Right Bases But Misses Some Opportunities
The important thing to understand about Call Her Alex is that its subject, Alex Cooper, is much more interesting than the docuseries itself. After premiering...
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – This Show Has Become A Parody Of Itself
You know what The Walking Dead: Dead City needed to rejuvenate a flagging Season 2? Spoiler alert: It wasn't a one-eyed CGI bear.
‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ Review – A Visceral, Intriguing Expansion of the Predator Mythos
What to do with the Predators? This has been a question of some concern for years now, ever since the all-time-great Arnold Schwarzenegger original provided...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 5 Recap – A Misguided Focus On Comedy Undermines the Drama
Thus far, Murderbot has done a pretty good job of balancing its comedy with its drama. But it’s always a fine line.
‘K.O.’ Review – Gaudy French Actioner Provides Decent Fighting But Nothing Else
If you cast an MMA fighter in the lead role of a movie, it’s a fairly obvious statement about what that movie is intended to...
‘Tires’ Season 2 Review – Netflix’s Workplace Comedy Has Plenty Of Tread Left
I’m perfectly happy to admit that enjoying Tires is contingent on liking the comedy of Shane Gillis. Granted, Gillis co-created the show alongside co-star Steve...
‘Stick’ Premiere Recap – Apple TV+’s Sports Comedy Is A Comfortable Jaunt Through A Familiar Course
It’s impossible to talk about Stick without mentioning Ted Lasso, since the rubric for beloved sports comedies was defined by AFC Richmond’s adventures on Apple TV+.
‘Criminal Code’ Season 2 Ending Explained – The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
Cut off one head, and two more take its place. This is the central idea of the Hydra from Greek mythology – and the extreme...
‘Criminal Code’ Season 2 Review – Another Forensically Detailed Outing With A Bit Of An Identity Crisis
Do you remember Criminal Code? It was a surprising international hit for Netflix when it first debuted in 2023, delivering eight episodes of rigorously intensive...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 8 Recap – The Drama Is Really Starting to Cook
The great measure of how much we like the characters in the shows we watch is how we respond to them being legitimately heartbroken, and that’s the territory that Tastefully Yours finally ventures into in Episode 8.