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The Ending Of ‘Good News’ Makes A Mockery Of Fact And Fiction

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Good News (2025) opens with a disclaimer that, while the story is based on real events, most of it is entirely fictional. And this largely...

‘Good News’ (2025) Review – A Witheringly Funny and Visually Inventive Retelling

October 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes some real stones to pitch a movie like Good News (2025). Sure, retellings of vital historical events are ten-a-penny, so the idea of...

‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Has The Bleakest Ending Imaginable

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Look, nobody, least of all me, thought that Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead was going to have a happy ending. But I didn’t expect...

‘Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead’ Review – A Dark, Violent Thai Thriller

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s no such thing as a victimless crime, which seems to be the underlying point of Netflix’s demented, bleak, hyper-violent Thai thriller Everybody Loves Me...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Is Basically A Sequel To ‘Chaos Theory’

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The latest in an increasingly long list of Netflix animations adapting recognisable video game IP, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch joins stuff like Castlevania, Tekken, Onimusha, and...

Breaking Down Every Episode In ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Season 1

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Across eight episodes, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch tells the closest thing we’ve had to an original Splinter Cell story since 2013’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist. It’s appropriately on-brand in its global scope...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Ending Explained – How The Netflix Series Sets Up Season 2

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has a pretty conclusive ending, let’s be frank about that. Theoretically, there’s no need to continue it any further. The bad guys are...

‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Review – Sam Fisher’s Long-Awaited Return Feels Trapped Between Worlds

October 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is pretty good, and it’s also likely to annoy almost everyone who watches it. At this point, Ubisoft’s edging of long-time franchise fans...

‘Typhoon Family’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – ’90s Nostalgia And Fertile Dramatic Territory

October 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Well, we’re in the ‘90s, of that there can be no doubt. The whole aesthetic of Typhoon Family reflects the period in which it’s set, but it’s not all in service of chintzy nostalgia.

‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Ending Explained – Going Overboard With Pointless Twists

October 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of The Woman in Cabin 10 has the curious distinction of being both too silly and ridiculous to be believed but also nowhere...

‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Review – Clichéd Maritime Mystery Takes On Water

October 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Given what The Woman in Cabin 10 is about and where it’s set, it’s hard not to feel like it misses some open goals. A...

‘The Resurrected’ Ending Explained – The Cost Of Revenge Comes Due

October 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Resurrected is an exercise in endurance from beginning to end, but the ending itself is particularly guilty of compounding one awful revelation on top...

‘The Resurrected’ Review – A Unique, Twisted Take On The Revenge Drama

October 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If there’s a right month to resurrect a person, it’s probably October. Netflix is certainly banking on this, anyway, since their nine-part Taiwanese original The...

‘Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering’ Review – The Shaman Finally Arrives On Netflix

October 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We’ve got a lot to thank Shane Gillis for, not least the career of Shane Gillis, but of all his contributions to comedy, the mainstream...

‘True Haunting’ Review – James Wan Adds Cinematic Flourish To A Familiar Format

October 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Typically, the worst thing about any documentary is the supposedly dramatic re-enactments. Famously terrible, the lot of them. The concise elevator pitch of Netflix’s True...

‘Steve’ Ending Explained – Haunting Ambiguity Is A Powerful Choice

October 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You’re not supposed to quite know what to make of the ending of Steve, particularly its final frames depicting the titular headteacher climbing a ladder...

‘Steve’ Review – Cillian Murphy’s Remarkable Real-Time Breakdown

October 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Steve is named after Cillian Murphy’s character, a spiralling reform college headteacher who’s in the midst of a substance abuse-accelerated mental breakdown. The movie isn’t...

‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Ending Explained – Who Else But the Creepy Dudes?

October 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You could have predicted the ending of The Game: You Never Play Alone after the first couple of episodes. I’ll provide a bit more clarity,...