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Recap: ‘Where’s Wanda?’ Episode 1 Kicks Off A Funny, Intriguing Small-Town Mystery

October 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a delicate balance to Where’s Wanda?, Apple TV+’s small-town German mystery series about a missing 17-year-old girl. Episode 1, “The Klatts”, is hilarious but deeply...

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4, Episode 6 Explained: The Secret Behind Dudeneoff

October 1 2024, by Daniel Hart

Okay, everyone. Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 6 has a lot going on. Following the shooting at the OMITB production office in...

Recap: ‘English Teacher’ Episode 6 Has The Best Guest Star of the Season

October 1 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The main joke of English Teacher Episode 6 isn’t that funny when you think about it. The youth of today is so sensitive, coddled, and reactionary that...

Recap: Sophie Turner Impresses in the Premiere of ‘Joan’

September 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Sophie Turner’s post-Game of Thrones career hasn’t exactly been prolific, which is surprising. Anyone who survives eight seasons of that show – especially the last...

Recap: Underdogs Unite In ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2

September 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 2 of The Penguin, “Inside Man”, is as good as the premiere was, which got me thinking. Why? That isn’t a trick question. There...

‘Industry’ Season 3 Ends At Its Best – By Showing The Worst Of Everyone

September 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Industry Season 3 was never heading to a happy ending, but even I didn’t expect one quite so cynical as this. Episode 8, “Infinite Largesse”,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 14 Tees Up One Final Obstacle

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s nothing like a brush with death to put things in perspective, and that’s where Seung-hyo is at in Love Next Door Episode 14. Predictably,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Spins Its Wheels In Episode 13

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is falling off a bit, right? It might just be me. But Episode 13 felt like a show that should have already...

Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Raises Some Worrying Questions

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is subtitled The Book of Carol. I don’t like that for several reasons – “Book Of” sounds...

Recap: ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Livens Up In Episode 3

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Tulsa King hasn’t been in a rush to get going in Season 2, but that changes slightly in Episode 3, “Oklahoma v. Manfredi”. Quite a bit...

Review: ‘Will & Harper’ Is A Beautiful, Heartfelt Film That Everyone Should See

September 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I don’t go to Will Ferrell for emotional sentiment, so I was surprised when, in Will & Harper, he moved me to tears several times....

Review: ‘Wolfs’ Is A Laidback Good Time And Doesn’t Need To Be Anything More

September 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I know what you’re thinking. The correct plural of “wolf” is “wolves”. But that’s kind of the point of Wolfs, the Jon Watts movie streaming...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 2 Might Have Introduced the Killer

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The pilot episode of Grotesquerie was fittingly grotesque, and Episode 2, “True Crime Catholics”, doesn’t exactly become a comedy. In fact, it might be even...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Has An Impressively Grim Pilot

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t have a spooky season without a Ryan Murphy show, and Grotesquerie fits the bill. Episode 1 introduces a couple of complicated protagonists, an...

Monsters, Mommy Issues, and Memory Trouble in the ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Finale

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m getting sick of having to say this, but the ending of Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 isn’t much of an ending. Episode 7 of the...

Review: ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Is A Disappointing Step Down

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I think we can all admit now that Gyeongseong Creature was a weird show. It aired needlessly in two parts separated by two weeks and...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 4 Claims A Couple Of Bodies

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Old Man feels different in Season 2; at this point, that’s undeniable. But in Episode 4 is starts to feel a bit more like its...

The Ending Of ‘A True Gentleman’ Is A Bit Of A Cop-Out

September 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A True Gentleman is not a happy movie, so it shouldn’t have a happy ending. Because of this, I can’t help but feel like its...