TV Reviews

TV reviews are our expertise. We provide a final rating and insight on TV shows of all genres, from network TV to original series on streaming platforms. Here is our extensive collection of reviews where we give our final opinion on many TV.

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Netflix’s ‘Building the Band’ Has a Brilliant Twist—And One Big Flaw

July 9 2025, by Naomi Mairs

As someone who grew up in the early 2000s with a music-obsessed mother who introduced me to various music reality TV series, such as Pop...

‘Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers’ Review – Serious, Mature Documentary Filmmaking

July 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Over the years, Netflix has earned a deserved reputation for sensationalism. You need only have a quick browse through the true-crime thumbnails to see some...

‘We Were Liars’ Review – Prime Video Adaptation Proves YA Claptrap Isn’t Going Anywhere (Or Getting Any Better)

June 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You know how racists claim not to be able to tell people of colour apart because they all look the same? That’s kind of how...

‘The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets’ Review – The Weirdest Episode of ‘Cribs’ You’ve Ever Seen

June 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The weirdest episode of Cribs you’ve ever seen, The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets has a pretty clear selling point. The three-part Peacock docuseries,...

‘Call Her Alex’ Review – Hulu’s Serviceable Docuseries Hits The Right Bases But Misses Some Opportunities

June 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The important thing to understand about Call Her Alex is that its subject, Alex Cooper, is much more interesting than the docuseries itself. After premiering...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to ‘Slow Horses’ Is A Little Too Long For Its Own Good

May 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The comparison to Slow Horses is unavoidable and unfortunately does Netflix’s Dept. Q no favours. An adaptation from Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) of the...

‘Sirens’ Review – Crackling Class Satire Gives Way To A Truly Moving Family Drama

May 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In Greek mythology, sirens were creatures who lured sailors to their deaths with beautiful singing and a fetching feminine top half, hiding some sort of...

‘Miss Governor’ Review – For Once, Tyler Perry Is Actually Trying to Be Funny

May 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Everything Tyler Perry does is funny, usually for entirely the wrong reasons. On that level, at least, Miss Governor feels like a step in the right...

‘Football Parents’ Review – A Celebration Of Difference That Sometimes Makes Its Point Too Forcefully

May 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I am, for my sins, a football parent, so there’s a lot I find familiar about the Dutch Netflix comedy Football Parents. The general inability...

‘Bet’ Review – It Doesn’t All Work, But Some Big Swings Make For An Engaging Adaptation

May 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s Bet (2025) is a live-action adaptation of an anime, itself transplanted from a manga, and at this point, I should probably mention that I...

‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 4 Review – The First Collection With More Misses Than Hits

May 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Anthologies are always a mixed bag by definition, but Tim Miller and David Fincher’s Love, Death + Robots has remained remarkably consistent throughout its first three seasons...

‘American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden’ Review – Riveting And Crucial, If A Little Jingoistic

May 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing was a sobering exploration of the impact of domestic terrorism and America’s post-9/11 psyche, and I thought about...

‘Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story’ Review – A Truly Heinous Story, Superficially Recounted

May 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It says a lot about how truly depraved two people can be that they remain at the forefront of the public consciousness decades after the...