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‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 9 Recap – We’ve Hit the Wall I Warned About

November 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I can’t say I didn’t warn you, but Episode 9 of Typhoon Family hits the wall I expected it to. It isn’t a bad outing,...

‘Sheriff Country’ Episode 4 Recap – Mickey Goes Rogue to Save Skye

November 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I know I keep going on about it, but you’ll have to forgive me, since it’s really difficult not to compare Sheriff Country to Boston...

‘Boston Blue’ Episode 4 Recap – It’s Still All Too Easy and It’s Getting Dull

November 8 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s a good job Boston Blue is a decent procedural, because if it weren’t for the cases of the week, it’d be the dullest, most...

‘Mango’ Review – Netflix’s Painfully Derivative Fruit-Themed Rom-Com Isn’t Sweet Enough

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Call me naive, but I genuinely thought that Mango was going to be a deceptive title laced with some kind of hidden meaning. But no...

‘Baramulla’ Review – Atmospheric Horror Becomes Less Interesting As It Goes

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

First impressions aren’t everything, but Baramulla makes some pretty good ones. Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s Netflix movie – one of the better Hindi releases in a...

‘Pluribus’ Episode 2 Recap – Where Gilligan’s Latest Expands Into Masterpiece Territory

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Even before its release, Pluribus was being hailed as proper event television, the kind of watercooler show we don’t get anymore from the man responsible...

‘Pluribus’ Episode 1 Recap – Vince Gilligan’s Sci-Fi Epic Is As Weird As Promised

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Nothing’s a secret these days. No movie releases without two or three increasingly obvious trailers having given most of its plot points away. No TV...

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 6 Recap – Something Still Feels Off, Right?

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last Frontier is unashamedly a throwback to uncomplicated, slightly conspiratorial action thrillers of the ’90s, and I love that about it. Or, at least, I’d...

‘Death by Lightning’ Ending: How Resistance to Change Killed James Garfield

November 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

On July 2, 1881, U.S. President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC, having been...

‘Death by Lightning’ Review – An Imperfect Political Drama With Electrifying Performances

November 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Today is either the absolute best or the absolute worst time to release a very mainstream miniseries about political violence, so credit is due to...

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – This Isn’t Working

November 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of Murder in a Small Town isn’t really working for me. I’ve thought that since the beginning.

‘Tyler Perry’s Finding Joy’ Review – Prime Video’s Christmas Rom-Com Commits A Terrible Sin

November 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Five days into November, and I’m not only reviewing my second premature Christmas movie of the year, but weirdly enough, the second one with “Joy”...

‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap – And You Thought You Had Daddy Issues

November 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Morning Show Season 4 has been a predictably mixed bag, but if it's really good at one thing, it's those very tight and intimate character-driven episodes that allow individual performers to stand out and steal the show.

‘Down Cemetery Road’ Episode 3 Recap – Emma Thompson Carries A Fun Hour

November 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There are obviously a lot of similarities between Down Cemetery Road and Slow Horses, but there are also a fair few key differences.

‘Loot’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Joel Kim Booster’s Final Outing?

November 5 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It has been difficult to keep track of Loot in Season 3. It definitely dropped the ball in a lazy England-set third episode, but it managed to course correct a little with a half-hour reintroducing John Novak for a ridiculous guest appearance.

‘DMV’ Episode 4 Recap – Colette Needs Another Mode ASAP

November 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In Episode 4 of DMV, things are half-improved. The secret is keeping Colette away from Noa for a while, since that dynamic was already becoming tired.

‘Watson’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – This Is Such A Bizarre Show

November 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In a weird way, it’s almost impressive that we’re on Season 2 of Watson and yet nobody involved in its creation has quite figured out who any of its core characters are.

‘All’s Fair’ Episode 3 Recap – Some Interesting Story Choices Liven Things Up

November 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I never thought I'd hear the term "revenge vagina", but here we are. There are certain things you can rely on Ryan Murphy for, and it's probably stuff like this.