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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review – The Year’s Best Horror Movie Is A True-Crime Documentary

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Perfect Neighbor is an engaging and quite uniquely constructed true-crime documentary that, at about the midpoint, morphs into one of the most harrowing films...

The Ending Of ‘Good News’ Makes A Mockery Of Fact And Fiction

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Good News (2025) opens with a disclaimer that, while the story is based on real events, most of it is entirely fictional. And this largely...

‘Good News’ (2025) Review – A Witheringly Funny and Visually Inventive Retelling

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes some real stones to pitch a movie like Good News (2025). Sure, retellings of vital historical events are ten-a-penny, so the idea of...

‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Things Are Finally Picking Up

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Invasion Season 3 has been all over the place, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise since the first two seasons weren't exactly coherent either.

‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Can’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Not to say I told you so, but, well, I told you so. It isn’t like Gen V Season 2 had been especially subtle about what was really going on with Cipher and Thomas Godolkin, but it’s nice that Episode 7 clarifies it – and with immediately chilling effect.

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Ugh, It’s Always Influencers

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

A culture is defined by the stories it tells, so I’m not sure what it has to say about our current climate that you can’t turn the TV on these days without having to endure something about influencers.

‘Loot’ Season 3 Premiere Recap – Apple TV+’s Billionaire Comedy Hasn’t Lost A Step

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The thing about Loot, which remains as true in Season 3 as it was in the previous two, is that it’s funny enough to not really need much of a plot.

‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap – Nicole Beharie, Take A Bow

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I was just about ready to declare Episode 5 of The Morning Show Season 4 a bit of a dud.

‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 4 Recap – It Was Just An Accident

October 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Slow Horses is a very smart show about people who're indescribably stupid or much cleverer than they look.

‘Watson’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – How Glad Are We That This Show Is Back?

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The worst thing that ever happened to Watson was Brilliant Minds. Both shows are similar enough that the comparisons are unavoidable; medical procedurals with a focus on very strange, often brain-related cases of the week.

‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Has The Bleakest Ending Imaginable

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Look, nobody, least of all me, thought that Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead was going to have a happy ending. But I didn’t expect...

‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Review – A Dark, Violent Thai Thriller

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s no such thing as a victimless crime, which seems to be the underlying point of Netflix’s demented, bleak, hyper-violent Thai thriller Everybody Loves Me...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Is Basically A Sequel To ‘Chaos Theory’

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The latest in an increasingly long list of Netflix animations adapting recognisable video game IP, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch joins stuff like Castlevania, Tekken, Onimusha, and...

Breaking Down Every Episode In ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Season 1

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Across eight episodes, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch tells the closest thing we’ve had to an original Splinter Cell story since 2013’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist. It’s appropriately on-brand in its global scope...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Ending Explained – How The Netflix Series Sets Up Season 2

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has a pretty conclusive ending, let’s be frank about that. Theoretically, there’s no need to continue it any further. The bad guys are...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Review – Sam Fisher’s Long-Awaited Return Feels Trapped Between Worlds

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is pretty good, and it’s also likely to annoy almost everyone who watches it. At this point, Ubisoft’s edging of long-time franchise fans...