Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Lost in Starlight’ Review – A Beautiful Animated Romance Treads New Ground
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...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 4 Recap – Confident and Conceptually Audacious
Murderbot still has the usual problems in Episode 4, namely being too rushed and clipped for its own good, but “Escape Velocity Protocol” brings everything together well despite those quibbles.
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides Some Big Emotional Payoffs
The ending of Your Friends & Neighbors hinges on one key question — is Coop going to prison? From the very beginning of Episode 9, contemplatively titled...
‘Mad Unicorn’ Review – Thai Netflix Series Tells A Lively True Story
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’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides A Lot Of Well-Earned Payoff
The ending of Dept. Q is all about payoff, which is perhaps just as well given how long it took us to get here. The mystery of...
‘Dept. Q’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to ‘Slow Horses’ Is A Little Too Long For Its Own Good
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...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – Expected Developments Lose Some Small-Town Intimacy
Ladies and gentlemen, Tastefully Yours has reached the stage of any self-respecting romantic K-Drama where the giggly first-date awkwardness permeates the whole thing, which is coming a little earlier than expected after the ending of the previous episode.
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – This Show Isn’t Going to Commit to Its Most Daring Idea
There’s a kernel of a good idea in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, but the chances of the show committing to it are so slim as to be virtually non-existent.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Ending Explained – A Slightly Random Conclusion Caps Off A Mixed-Bag Season
It’s probably fitting that a show as mixed as Heavenly Ever After has an ending to suit, with Episodes 11 and 12 providing some answers...
‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Messy But Mostly Effective Finale
The Last of Us already peaked in Season 2. It was in the penultimate episode where some minor storytelling changes improbably improved the original version.
‘MobLand’ Episode 9 Recap – There’s A Rat In the Kitchen (And Armed Police)
The games are very much afoot in MobLand, and it’s beginning to seem like Harry holds many more cards than he has let on.
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review – Standalone Slasher Fails to Live Up To Its Title
Hey, remember the Fear Street trilogy? What a surprising success that was for Netflix. At least partially a consequence of an unprecedented global health crisis...
‘Fountain of Youth’ Review – An Uninspired Forgery Of Countless Better Treasure-Hunting Classics
There’s a moment in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth when treasure hunter Luke Purdue (John Krasinski, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) steals a Rembrandt painting from...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 3 Recap – The Tight Runtime Continues To Feel Too Limiting
I’ve identified a key issue in Murderbot. To be fair, I mentioned it in my recap of the two-part premiere, and nothing has changed; it’s just twice as noticeable because Episode 3 is obviously half as long.
‘Sirens’ Review – Crackling Class Satire Gives Way To A Truly Moving Family Drama
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...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 8 Recap – Actions Have Consequences
"How Did We Become These People?" is, like the previous episode of Your Friends & Neighbors, something of a slow chapter.
‘Miss Governor’ Part 1 Ending Explained – A Major Cliffhanger Tees Up Season 2
You know when a show is released in two parts – as is the case with Tyler Perry’s Miss Governor – that the “ending” is really...
‘Miss Governor’ Review – For Once, Tyler Perry Is Actually Trying to Be Funny
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...
‘The Studio’ Ending Explained – Matt Finally Gets His Win, But Not Without Effort
Based on everything we’ve seen from The Studio thus far, it was hard to imagine that even its ending would give Matt a break. And all throughout...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 4 Recap – Another Fun Team-Building Exercise
Tastefully Yours is still in that early team-building stage, as evidenced by Episode 4, which uses the tried and tested technique of a bit of competition to solidify the core dynamics.