Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Culprits Season 1 Review – Hulu heist thriller sticks to the plan and makes off with the loot
Culprits is a suspiciously undermarketed heist thriller streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ everywhere else, and like the best cons, it seems to...
Billy the Kid Season 2 Episode 4 Recap – There’s a new Sheriff in town
It’s the Regulators versus the uncreatively named Jesse Evans Gang in Billy the Kid Season 2, with the opening salvo of the Lincoln County War...
The Winter King Season 1 Ending Explained – How does Arthur save Derfel and Nimue?
The Winter King Season 1 comes to something of an underwhelming end in Episode 10, which finds Arthur trying to battle predicaments on two fronts....
Strong Girl Nam-soon Season 1 Episodes 9 & 10 Recap – Shi-o’s past is revealed
In Episodes 9 & 10, Strong Girl Nam-soon continues to develop its characters into richer components of a wide-ranging narrative. At this point it’s a...
The Tailor Season 3 Ending Explained – Do Peyami and Esvet end up together?
Allow me to spare you the suspense – The Tailor Season 3 doesn’t really have an ending. Sure, it brings the central dynamic to something...
The Tailor Season 3 Review – Rapidly running out of thread
The Tailor is a show in a hurry. In the last six months, three seasons of it have debuted on Netflix, becoming unexpected hits in...
Onimusha Season 1 Ending Explained – Is Musashi still alive?
Onimusha is the latest surprisingly good animated video game adaptation to appear on Netflix, and it’s a nostalgically gruesome adventure through Warring States Japan. The...
Onimusha Season 1 Review – Netflix’s anime adaptation is a bloody good time
There was a time not long ago when the idea of a decent film or TV show adapted from a video game was laughable. In...
Black Cake Season 1 Review – A worthwhile but longwinded adaptation
Black Cake has a lot going for it. It’s adapted from the same-titled New York Times bestseller by Charmaine Wilkerson. It’s fronted by Mia Isaac,...
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – What Happened In “The Agony”?
In easily the best and most bombastic episode of Billy the Kid Season 2 thus far, the Lincoln County War officially starts, the Regulators are...
‘The Winter King’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap and Breakdown
War is on the horizon in The Winter King Episode 9, and Arthur’s ability to meet it head-on is increasingly coming into question. Season 1...
‘Strong Girl Nam-soon’ Season 1 Episode 8 Recap and Key Moments
With Episode 8, we’ve officially reached the midpoint of Strong Girl Nam-soon Season 1, and it has honestly been a fun journey to this point....
‘Strong Girl Nam-Soon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap and Breakdown
One should always be suspicious of so-called “sports drinks”, and that’s probably more true of Strong Girl Nam-Soon Episode 7. But drugged isotonic beverages aside,...
‘Tore’ Season 1 Ending Explained: All The Key Moments
Netflix’s Tore Season 1 is a striking Swedish dramedy that plays the usual expected beats of the genre but also provides an unusually wrenching examination...
‘Tore’ Season 1 Review – A Can’t-Miss Exploration of Grief and Loss
Tore isn’t your average comedy-drama, and it’s important not to let Netflix’s predictable marketing sell it as simply a Scandi equivalent of their own Sex...
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – What Happened In “Sickness”?
The war between the House and John Tunstall continues to be fought on multiple fronts in Billy the Kid Season 2. Episode 2, “Sickness”, finds...
‘Strong Girl Nam-soon’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap and Breakdown
The matter of legacy is a slightly complicated one in Strong Girl Nam-soon Season 1. All the women in Nam-soon’s family have the same inherited...
‘The Winter King’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – Why Does Arthur Kill Cadwys?
Episode 8 of The Winter King Season 1 is another rather nasty and mean-spirited outing. It isn’t as shocking as the baby-stabbing third episode, but...
‘Strong Girl Nam-soon’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap and Breakdown
While one might lament how quickly Strong Girl Nam-soon has rocketed through the family reunion aspect of its premise, it remains easy to buy into...
The Only Death in ‘Elite’ Season 7 Explained
You can describe Netflix’s long-running original hit Elite as many things. The salacious Spanish teen drama has been, variably, a class commentary, an erotic thriller,...