Drama

‘The Truthers’ Review – The Mystery Is Whether There’s Even A Mystery

A few hours ago, by Jonathon Wilson

The mystery of Netflix’s The Truthers is whether or not there’s really any mystery to it at all. Everyone in it is paranoid about one...

‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Ending Explained – And Everyone Gets What They Deserve

A few hours ago, by Jonathon Wilson

It probably won’t come as a surprise to many that Agent Kim Reactivated has a happy ending, but it might be a bit surprising — at least...

‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Suffer the Children

A few hours ago, by Jonathon Wilson

While there clearly isn’t much more story to tell in Agent Kim Reactivated, the K-Drama is obviously intending to cap off Season 1 with a...

‘Elize: Shadows of a Woman’ Review – A Familiar True-Crime Story Retold With Mixed Results

July 24 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Elize: Shadows of a Woman has a problem that it never quite manages to overcome – we’ve seen it all before. By this, I don’t...

‘Sugar’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Too Deep With Nowhere to Go

July 24 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Sugar is all about decisions in Season 2. Some are easier to make than others, granted. Crime stories tend to have a pretty simple moral...

‘Silo’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – Deeper and Deeper We Go

July 24 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

How deep does the rabbit hole go? This is a sentiment that is expressed all over the place in Silo, in multiple different forms. It’s also...

‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Should We Be Taking This Seriously Now?

July 24 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

What’s going on with Cape Fear? I don’t mean literally, either, since we’re pretty well beyond that point. Throughout Season 1, I’ve resigned myself to making...

‘Lucky’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Not the Kids Birthday Party!

July 22 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

It seems a bit early for Lucky to be going through the motions, but Episode 3, “Read the Room”, does have that vibe about it. The big...

‘Mercy’ Review – A Surprisingly Gripping AI Thriller That Might Be A Bit Too Optimistic

July 21 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

AI is the villain of our times, the contemporary equivalent of zombies and Nazis when it comes to low-effort, morally uncomplicated bad guys who can...

‘Spooky in Love’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – These Two Can’t Stop Bumping Into Each Other

July 20 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve already complained about Spooky in Love feeling a bit familiar and formulaic, and I wouldn’t say that Episode 2 assuages any of those concerns....

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – The Mid-Season Slump Is Here

July 20 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

House of the Dragon Season 3 has reached its obligatory mid-season slump. We could already tell it was heading that way, and Episode 5 embraces the...

‘The Westies’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – That’s What You Call A Night Out

July 19 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

The Westies is heating up, at least if you measure things by gunfights and dead bodies. But in Episode 3, it also slows down and...

‘The Westies’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – A Helping Hand

July 19 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

The Westies is so much fun in Episode 2 that it’s easy to forget “The Houdini” has some pretty horrific stuff in it. The premise...

‘The Westies’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – (Bad) Luck of the Irish

July 19 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s unavoidable that nothing going on in The Westies is anything you haven’t seen before. The battleground is Hell’s Kitchen of the 1980s; the players...

‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – Has Something Changed?

July 18 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

While it was obvious that Agent Kim Reactivated was going to change tone somewhat following Min-ji’s rescue, I never really considered what that might mean...

‘Spooky in Love’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – Coincidences Can Happen

July 18 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Got to be honest – this all feels a bit contrived to me? Based on the 2011 South Korean film Spellbound, Spooky in Love is...

‘The Odyssey’ Review – Nolan’s Epic Is A Remarkable Cinematic Achievement

July 18 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Christopher Nolan does things big. And while it’s much too early to tell whether The Odyssey is the best movie of his already legendary catalogue,...

‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – The Mission Isn’t Over

July 18 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

It was obvious that Manager Kim’s reunion with Min-ji was never going to be the end of Agent Kim Reactivated, and Episode 7 proves that...

’23 000 Lives’ Review – A Timely but Surface-Level Story About Refugees, Empathy, and Injustice

July 17 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Now is either the best or the worst time for a sincere and deeply empathetic drama about refugees, immigration, and the callous, self-serving disregard shown...

‘Desire’ Review – It’s Time to Retire Accidentally Hysterical Erotica, But Netflix Won’t Let Us

July 17 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

I was going to open this review by wondering aloud why Netflix keeps commissioning movies like Desire, another in an increasingly long list of tawdry...