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‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Volume 2 Ending Explained – Steve and the Beanstalk

December 27 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

This is it. The last big brainstorming session before the bumper finale. The last chance for every character to get a few things off their...

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap – Why Does This Look So Bad?

December 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Let me be the one to say it. Given how long it has taken to bring Stranger Things Season 5 to life, and how much money has been spent on the endeavour, there is absolutely zero justification for Episode 6 looking as bad as it does.

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – This Show Should Be About Derek

December 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The first volume of Stranger Things Season 5 ended in such a big, satisfying, and social media-savvy way that it was basically impossible that Episode 5, the premiere of Volume 2, was going to live up to it.

‘Pro Bono’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – A Timely Immigration Case Moves Things Along

December 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Pro Bono is getting a little better episode by episode. You can wonder if that’ll end up being enough – and, given the general predictability of the structure and the lack of a real stand-out original “wow” factor, it probably won’t be – but it’ll do in the meantime.

‘Elway’ Is A Refreshing Reminder That Sometimes You Don’t Need Controversy

December 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I spent most of my time with Elway, Netflix’s definitive profile of Hall of Fame NFL quarterback John Elway, waiting for bad news. As an...

‘The Great Flood’ Review – Netflix’s Korean Disaster Movie Isn’t What It Seems

December 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Great Flood starts out as a very compelling disaster movie, but it almost becomes a disaster of a movie on the back of its...

The Ending Of ’10 Dance’ Is A Cynical Setup For An Unearned Sequel

December 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If you were expecting the 10 Dance competition to feature in the ending of the movie 10 Dance, well… more fool you. Do I really...

’10 Dance’ Review – Tame Romance Is A Few Steps Shy Of A Full Routine

December 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I will concede that I’m not in the target audience for 10 Dance, a Netflix film from Keishi Otomo, adapting the BL (boys’ love) manga...

The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Murder in Monaco’ and Edmond Safra’s Death

December 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s Murder in Monaco is, in terms of its overall construction, a totally unremarkable documentary. But it’s telling a pretty remarkable story, which in the...

Unpacking the Ending of ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Devil Heads, Priceless Jewels, and the Road to Damascus

December 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m pleased to report – albeit behind schedule – that Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mysteries, is probably the...

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Is A Surprisingly Compelling Exploration Of Faith (And Murder, Obviously)

December 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Wake Up Dead Man is the first Knives Out Mystery to realise that Daniel Craig’s eccentric detective Benoit Blanc is the least interesting thing about...

‘Pro Bono’ Episodes 3 & 4 Recap – You Can Have Too Much Of A Good Thing

December 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’d like to be wrong about this, but Pro Bono strikes me as the kind of weekend K-Drama that is perfectly fine and serviceable, but one that, for some hard-to-articulate reason, never really resonates with people.

‘City of Shadows’ Ending Explained – Baptism By Fire

December 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a lot of fire in City of Shadows. Flames form a recurring motif; for revenge, for rebirth, for all kinds of the usual ideas...

‘City of Shadows’ Review – Netflix’s Catalonian Answer to Dan Brown Thrillers

December 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Slipping right into the storied streaming canon about maverick detectives with haunted backstories solving major crimes in European cities, City of Shadows is the latest...

‘Pro Bono’ Episode 1 & 2 Recap – A Familiar-Feeling Procedural With Charm

December 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Pro Bono feels like a pretty safe bet for fans of Jung Kyung-ho and the kind of weekend streaming K-Dramas that feel more like a reassuring hug than anything genuinely provocative.

‘Jay Kelly’ Review – Noah Baumbach’s Latest Might Just Be A Masterpiece

December 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve heard Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly described as a “coming-of-age story… for adults”, which is just a polite way of saying it’s about a man...

The Ending Of ‘The Abandons’ Is Everything Wrong With Contemporary Television

December 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In many ways, The Abandons represents a lot of contemporary TV’s worst impulses, and this is more true of its ending than anything else. Or...

Kurt Sutter Abandoned ‘The Abandons’, And It’s Easy to See Why

December 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s no secret that Kurt Sutter (Southpaw) parted ways with his Netflix Western The Abandons close to the end of production, citing “creative differences” that...