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‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Review – Spoiler Alert, It Was the Rich Guy’s Fault

June 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Cut off one head, and two more take its place. This is the central idea of the Hydra from Greek mythology – and the extreme...