Animation

‘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...

‘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...

Breaking Down Every Episode Of ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 4

May 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s often stellar sci-fi/fantasy anthology series Love, Death + Robots returns for Season 4 with another clutch of episodes, each highlighting a different style of...

‘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...

‘The King of Kings’ Review – All-Star Animation Repackages the Story Of Jesus As A Brisk Children’s Tale

April 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Gone are the days, or so we thought, of the big-budget Biblical epic, the kind of Old Hollywood mainstay that attracted the best talent and...

‘Devil May Cry’ Ending Explained – Netflix’s Adaptation Ends (As Usual) By Setting Up Season 2

April 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

As with any Netflix series, particularly one of its surprisingly good video game adaptations, the ending of Devil May Cry has two distinct purposes. Yes,...

‘Devil May Cry’ Review – Adi Shankar Delivers Another Stellar Video Game Adaptation for Netflix

April 3 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

At first blush, Capcom’s long-running action series Devil May Cry isn’t ideal fodder for a television adaptation. The exaggerated action is there, of course, complete...

The Ending Of ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Is Clearly Just the Beginning

February 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a lot going on in Episodes 9 & 10 of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which is to be expected. “Hero or Menace” and “If...

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 6, 7, & 8 Recap – Things Are Starting to Go Badly for Peter

February 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The classic line that has always summed up Peter Parker’s life is reworked in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but Episodes 6, 7, and 8 nonetheless...

How the Ending of ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Messes Up the Source Material

February 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s animated spin-off The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on one of Andrzej Sapkowski’s most beloved short stories, “A Little Sacrifice”, from the...

‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Review – Serviceable Spin-Off Proves Netflix Don’t Witcher Have a Clue

February 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is mostly fine, from a casual point of view, but it also serves as a reminder that Netflix don’t...

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 3, 4, & 5 Recap – Hey, This Is Pretty Damn Good

February 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It was obvious from the double-bill premiere that Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was a pretty good show, but Episodes 3, 4, & 5 really make it clear.

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – It’s the Same, but Different

January 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s fair to say that every human on Earth knows that Peter Parker became Spider-Man after being bitten by a spider, so it’s a mercy...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Ending Explained – An Emotional Payoff Maybe Takes the Easy Way Out

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne provides a surprisingly tender ending that in many ways avoids a lot of the more potentially pesky narrative decisions. Everyone...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Review – A Solid, Surprisingly Emotional Follow-Up

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We’re at a point now where anything that debuts on Netflix with Castlevania in the title is a guaranteed good time, which if you’d told...

‘Creature Commandos’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Finale Proves the New DCU Is Only Just Beginning

January 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

James Gunn isn’t pulling any punches in the finale of Creature Commandos. Season 1, Episode 7, “A Very Funny Monster”, has everything you’d expect from...

‘Creature Commandos’ Gets The Balance A Little Off In Season 1, Episode 6

January 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Creature Commandos has been at its best and worst based on the strength of its flashback sequences, and Episode 6, “Priyatel Skelet”, is no different in that regard.

‘Creature Commandos’ Season 1, Episode 5 Gives Us The Team-Up We Didn’t Know We Needed

January 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve already asked for more Eric Frankenstein in Creature Commandos, and Episode 5, “The Iron Pot”, grants that request. And thank goodness!

‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Delivers An Exciting, Multiversal Ending Full Of Possibilities

December 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I must confess to being extremely impressed by the Season 3 finale of Marvel’s What If…?. Given the relatively small canvas it had – it...

‘Marvel’s What If…?’ Season 3 Begins Its Two-Part Finale In Episode 7

December 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The first half of Season 3’s two-part finale, ends up being really great despite being by far the most serialized that the show has been thus far.