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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 7 Recap – Jod’s Villain Status Is Cemented In Penultimate Chapter

January 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s easy to forget – especially in Episode 7, which contains two pretty cold-blooded executions and the threat of several others – that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is a kids’ show.

‘High Potential’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – The Work-Life Balance Is Off In The Midseason Premiere

January 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

“Obsessed” is a fitting title for the midseason premiere of High Potential. Morgan is obsessed, for instance, with solving crimes, spouting off random facts about everything.

‘The Breakthrough’ Ending Explained – A Long-Awaited Arrest Finally Brings Closure

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Breakthrough has an ending that’s a little like releasing a long-held intake of breath. It isn’t the usual kind of crime drama tension, I’ll...

‘The Breakthrough’ Review – Netflix’s Patient Crime Drama Lingers Over Process

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It wouldn’t be right to call Netflix’s The Breakthrough a thriller, since it doesn’t contain any thrills. Then again, it isn’t supposed to. Lisa Siwe’s...

‘Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy’ Review – A Feature-Length List Of Excuses For Not Being Funny

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Filmed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy opens with a bit of self-aggrandizing artifice that...

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Everyone Faces Their Fears In An Excellent Finale

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Brilliant Minds hasn’t always explicitly been about fear, but the theme has certainly lurked in the background. All of it comes to the fore in the...

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 1, Episode 12 Recap – A Tense Disaster Sneakily Obscures The Best Twist Yet

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Brilliant Minds kept its audience on tenterhooks for weeks after collapsing a building on one of its key cast members and heading off for a midseason hiatus.

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Remains Very Weird In Episode 2

January 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Stick with me here as this is a slightly weird thing to say on just Episode 2, but When the Stars Gossip is almost like the anti-K-Drama.

‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ Review – Brilliant Netflix Doc Highlights Trash TV’s Moral Bankruptcy

January 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

At one point in Netflix’s brilliant two-part docuseries Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, The Jerry Springer Show is described as a modern-day version of the...

‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 2 Feels Immediately Wasteful In Episode 1

January 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Despite being popular enough to secure Season 2, little adjustment seems to have been made between seasons to iron out some of the issues.

‘Landman’ Lays The Foundations For Its Finale In A Well-Written But Low-Key Season 1, Episode 9

January 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Oh, look, another steady, contemplative episode of Landman. Is that what we need in Episode 9, one removed from the finale, when the previous outing ended with a cartel SUV being hit by a U.S. military drone?

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Is All Over the Place in Episode 1

January 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s fair to say that sci-fi isn’t exactly a go-to genre for K-Drama, and sci-fi-comedy even less so, which makes When the Stars Gossip an especially curious choice for a Netflix series.

‘When the Phone Rings’ Ending Explained – It’s Finally Happily Ever After For Hee-joo and Her Husband

January 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Allow me to spare you the suspense – When the Phone Rings has a happy ending. For a long time, it was easy to suspect...

‘Bandidos’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Perfunctory Climax Offers A Mediocre Haul

January 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of any good heist/treasure-hunting show isn’t as much of a will-they-won’t-they as it seems. Nobody ever gets the loot, really. It’s either cursed...

‘Bandidos’ Season 2 Review – Returning To The Same Well Yields Very Little Treasure

January 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s really no surprise that Bandidos was popular, despite it not being very good. It had the format of a heist thriller and the aesthetics...

‘When the Phone Rings’ Delivers Several Late Twists In Episode 11

January 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When the Phone Rings is clearly the kind of show that delights in keeping its audience guessing (and close to a health event).

Martian Can Barely Stay Ahead Of His Secrets In ‘The Agency’ Season 1, Episode 7

January 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s about time that Martian’s secrets and lies caught up to him, and Episode 7 of The Agency feels like the point of no return for him.

Martha Gets the Spotlight In ‘Silo’ Season 2, Episode 8

January 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 8, “The Book of Quinn”, does manage to progress the overarching story with surprisingly even-handed consideration for everyone, especially the many residents of Silo 18.