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‘Tin Soldier’ Review – An Inexplicably Good Cast Obscures A Thoroughly Terrible Movie

May 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I have no idea what Tin Soldier is, where it came from, how it was released, or who thought it’d be a good idea. Only...

‘Nonnas’ Review – Netflix’s Frictionless Foodie Drama Is Just Charming Enough

May 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Sometimes a movie exists for no better reason than to simply mind its business, and that’s very much the vibe I get from Nonnas. It’s...

‘Bad Influence’ Ending Explained – Netflix’s Teen Romance Goes Completely Off the Rails

May 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I know what you’re thinking – a teen romance about two radically different but implausibly attractive people has to have a happy ending, right? The...

‘Bad Influence’ Review – Netflix’s Spanish Teen Erotica Hits The Usual Notes

May 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a very simple and obvious formula for a movie like Bad Influence, which shouldn’t be confused with Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, a...

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 6 Recap – Hope Is The Most Dangerous Thing Of All

May 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If we're being frank, Your Friends & Neighbors hasn't been an especially contemplative show, which is perhaps why Episode 6 is such a standout installment.

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 5 Recap – And We’re Finally Back at the Beginning

May 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It has taken Your Friends & Neighbors five weeks to circle back to the brutal crime scene it began with, but Episode 5 finally gets us there with a little more context.

‘The Studio’ Episode 8 Recap – Matt’s Ego Takes Another Heavy Hit

May 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Studio is a show about Hollywood that clearly enjoys an impressive amount of access to its stars and executives, but it has rarely felt quite as insider-y as it does in Episode 8, aptly titled “The Golden Globes”.

‘Untold: Shooting Guards’ Review – This Is The Pettiest High-Profile Sports Story Of All Time

May 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It wouldn’t quite be accurate to call Untold: Shooting Guards a tale of two halves, but it’s pretty close. At a certain point in the...

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2 Premiere Recap – A Man and His Bat

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Conceptually, The Walking Dead: Dead City was supposed to capitalize on the unresolved and oddly sexually charged relationship between Maggie and Negan.

‘Heavenly Ever After’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – To Hell and Back Again

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I do wonder if Heavenly Ever After might be too mawkish for its own good. I continue to enjoy the K-Drama, don’t get me wrong, but in Episodes 5 & 6, I began to drift a little.

‘MobLand’ Episode 6 Recap – The Harrigans Are Historically and Now Internationally Awful

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

After MobLand revealed that we’d been following the bad guys all along, Episode 6 completely doubles down on the idea, as well as taking the Harrigans’ nonsense international (hence the title, “Antwerp Blues”).

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Introducing Bonkers Bad Guy Jeffrey Wright

May 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last of Us, as a game and a TV show, is bleak to an extent that borders on parodical, like a social experiment designed to psychologically break huge swathes of people with their so-called entertainment.

‘Happy Face’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Can’t Resist A Last-Minute Tease

May 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

A cliffhanger ending really doesn’t suit Happy Face, and I spent most of Episode 8, “The Star”, believing that it wasn’t going to get one....

‘Exterritorial’ Review – A Very Competent Action Thriller With A Handful Of Underused Ideas

May 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Straightforward European action movies are ten-a-penny on Netflix – we had, say, Ad Vitam recently, but it’s rubbish, so don’t think about it too much...

‘The Eternaut’ Ending Explained – A Vague Climax Provides Few Meaningful Answers

April 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not sure what I was expecting from the ending of The Eternaut, but it probably wasn’t what we got. The Netflix series entered Episode 6...

‘The Eternaut’ Episode 5 Recap – Temporary Refuge Reveals Surprising New Ideas

April 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Just when you thought you had things a little figured out, The Eternaut throws you for another loop. The previous episode revealed that bug-like aliens were invading.

‘The Eternaut’ Episode 4 Recap – A Pest Control Problem Emerges

April 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Just in case you were wondering what the creature we glimpsed at the end of the previous episode was, we now have an answer.

‘The Eternaut’ Episode 3 Recap – A Widening Scope Offers A Glimpse Of A Bigger Threat

April 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 3 of The Eternaut, "Magnetism", is about widening the show's scope geographically and in terms of its mythology.