Jonathon Wilson

“Devourer of Light” seems a fitting name for Countess Bathory, who, in Episode 7, blotted out the sun, and here in Episode 8, the ending...

In Episode 7 of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1, Countess Bathory proves why villains tend not to have many humanizing qualities – they’re liable to have...

Episode 6 of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1 opens with something we’ve been waiting for all season – the arrival of Countess Bathory, otherwise known as...

Episode 5 of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1 has a willingness to show vulnerability in its cool, vampire-hunting protagonist that many other shows could learn from....

At the midpoint of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1, we’re treated to the obligatory stake-raising episode wherein the heroes confront the villains – or some of...

Episode 3 of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1, “Freedom Was Sweeter”, lives up to its title by devoting over half of its runtime to a flashback...

“Horror Beyond Nightmares”, Episode 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1, continues to keep few secrets about the intentions of its various characters or the threat...

Episode 1 of Castlevania: Nocturne, “A Common Enemy in Evil”, embraces the show’s mandate as a sequel series about Richter Belmont by opening with his...

Nobody, least of all me, expected an animated adaptation of the Castlevania franchise, streaming on Netflix of all places, to be the best video game adaptation of...

The Woman in the Wall has been a big hit for the BBC, delivering at once both a scathing indictment of religious corruption and abuses...

“Paris Sera Toujours Paris,” Episode 3 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 1, takes us to Paris for some sightseeing, more interpersonal drama, a...

You can say this for The Winter King – it isn’t afraid to be bold with its storytelling choices. This is a show about King...

After eight prior episodes, and with most of its essential conflicts already resolved in one way or another, season 1, episode 9 of Song of...

For much of its runtime, Song of the Bandits has been a tale of two men, both doomed to exist on opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum....

Episode 7 of Song of the Bandits starts by reminding us that Ooka is back in Myeongjeong, running things with an iron fist — and a...

In previous episodes of Song of the Bandits, a prior relationship between Choong-soo and Eon-nyeoni has been regularly suggested. However, we didn’t have any details until...

It’s the morning after the night before, the night before Episode 4 of Song of the Bandits. To recap, the railway money was stolen by Eon-nyeoni...

There’s little reason to empathize with Gwang-il. He has been displayed thus far as a psychotic, especially as evidenced in Episode 3, where he penned...

I haven’t mentioned this thus far, but Lee Yoon is at least partially driven by a lost love. We’ve only received very vague snippets of...

Episode 2 of Song of the Bandits takes what worked about Episode 1 and turns it all up a notch, introducing a new point-of-view character, delivering...