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‘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...

‘Criminal Code’ Season 2 Review – Another Forensically Detailed Outing With A Bit Of An Identity Crisis

June 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Do you remember Criminal Code? It was a surprising international hit for Netflix when it first debuted in 2023, delivering eight episodes of rigorously intensive...

‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 8 Recap – The Drama Is Really Starting to Cook

June 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The great measure of how much we like the characters in the shows we watch is how we respond to them being legitimately heartbroken, and that’s the territory that Tastefully Yours finally ventures into in Episode 8.

‘Sara — Woman in the Shadows’ Ending Explained – The System Remains Unchanged, But the People Don’t

June 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Sara – Woman in the Shadows is pretty explicitly about institutional corruption and moral decay, which is precisely why its ending is less about revelations...

‘Sara – Woman in the Shadows’ Review – A Grounded Thriller With An Unconventional Hero

June 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We’ve all seen our share of spy shows, but Sara – Woman in the Shadows wants to be a bit different. The clunky title should...

‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 7 Recap – And Enough Of the Love Triangle, Thankfully

June 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I wasn’t keen on Tastefully Yours across its last couple of episodes, which seemed to miss the point of the show’s breezy small-town charm a little bit.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Two Dumb Deaths Don’t Improve Things

June 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

With Episode 5, Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City reaches a clear turning point.

‘MobLand’ Ending Explained – The Real War Is Only Just Beginning

June 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

And here I was thinking that the ending of MobLand was going to be a showpiece for Harry Da Souza, the moment when he played...

‘Lost in Starlight’ Review – A Beautiful Animated Romance Treads New Ground

May 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Lost in Starlight is something of a first. It has been branded as Netflix’s first Korean animated feature, which is technically accurate, despite the prevalence...

‘Murderbot’ Episode 4 Recap – Confident and Conceptually Audacious

May 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Murderbot still has the usual problems in Episode 4, namely being too rushed and clipped for its own good, but “Escape Velocity Protocol” brings everything together well despite those quibbles.

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 1 Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides Some Big Emotional Payoffs

May 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Your Friends & Neighbors Season 1 hinges on one key question — is Coop going to prison? From the very beginning of Episode...

‘Mad Unicorn’ Review – Thai Netflix Series Tells A Lively True Story

May 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

A unicorn in a business context refers to a privately owned startup company valued at over a billion dollars. Whether it’s mad or not seems...

‘Dept. Q’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides A Lot Of Well-Earned Payoff

May 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Dept. Q is all about payoff, which is perhaps just as well given how long it took us to get here. The mystery of...