Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Recap: The Plot Thickens In ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episodes 3 & 4
Episodes 3 and 4 of Miss Night and Day only prove what I said in my recap of the premiere. This isn’t the best show...
Recap: New Alliances Are Formed In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 4
Police forces the world over are famously intolerant of attacks on their own, so it isn’t much of a surprise that Episode 4 of Mayor...
‘Gangs of Galicia’ Is A Sub-Par Crime Thriller With A Silly Ending
You can have too much of a good thing, and Gangs of Galicia proves it. The drug-fuelled international crime thriller is a beloved streaming mainstay,...
Recap: In Episode 8, ‘Dark Matter’ Finally Gets Good
Okay, fine, I’ll give Dark Matter this – Episode 8, “Jupiter”, is pretty decent. It feels like the chickens coming home to roost on a...
Recap: ‘Dark Matter’ Episode 7 Is Even More Boring Than Usual
The last thing Dark Matter needed was an even slower-paced breather to get the pieces into place for the big finale, but that’s exactly what...
Netflix’s Polish Murder-Mystery ‘Inheritance’ Is A Funny Whodunit With A Satisfying Climax
Knives Out has a lot to answer for. Imitators of Rian Johnson’s whodunnit haven’t exactly been few and far between over the last few years,...
Recap: Did ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 4 Just Break Canon Again?
First, the good news: The Acolyte Episode 4 is an improvement over last week’s episode, which according to some may have irreparably broken Star Wars...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Promises A Bloodbath Is Coming
House of the Dragon Season 2 begins with some reassurances. It’s still good, for a start. Episode 1, “A Son for a Son”, is actually...
‘The Acolyte’ Hasn’t Broken ‘Star Wars’ Canon — And It Wouldn’t Matter Even If It Had
An essential aspect of being a Star Wars fan is being angry about everything all of the time, and no recent show has better exemplified...
‘Hotel Cocaine’ Is Fiction, But Its Setting and Backdrop Are Very Real
Hotel Cocaine is not based on a true story. But it is based on real history, a real place, and a very real vibe of...
Review: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Is Another Guaranteed K-Drama Hit
Sometimes you just know a show is going to be a hit. This instinct rarely has anything to do with quality, either. Miss Night and...
Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Impresses In Its First Two Episodes
With Episodes 1 and 2, Miss Night and Day establishes itself as the kind of K-Drama that people catch by chance and fall in love...
Recap: ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Gets Off To An Energetic Start In A Drug-Fuelled Premiere
I’m not sure I’d describe Hotel Cocaine as prestige TV, even though it’s tempting to put every hour-long drama with real actors in that bracket...
Recap: Villains Get the Limelight In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 3
In many ways, Episode 3 of Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 feels like a direct response to Episode 2, which narrowed its focus on Mike...
Recap: Drugs Are Deadlier Than Usual in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 2
Mayor of Kingstown is a splashy show set in a corrupt prison town. It’s full of gang wars and shootouts and other fun things. And...
Recap: Peace Goes Up In Flames In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 7
With Lincoln under military lockdown and a strict, permanent curfew imposed, Billy and the Regulators are confined to their HQ in the McSween house in...
Recap: Tensions Boil Over In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 6
The war for Lincoln County begins in earnest in Episode 6 of Billy the Kid Season 2, which is a flurry of gunfights and testy...
Unpacking Every Scary Story In ‘Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams’
Across seven episodes, Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams presents seemingly disconnected tales of horror and science-fiction, unified only, at first, by their Jakarta setting. But...
‘Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams’ Is An Ambitious Horror Anthology
Indonesian film and TV is the most underrated in the world, for my money, and Joko Anwar proves it in Nightmares and Daydreams, an ambitious...
The Ending of ‘Doctor Climax’ Is A Battle Between Conservatism and Progress
A shy dermatologist leading a sexual revolution struggles against flagrant conservative corruption in the ending of Doctor Climax, and the fact you’re watching a streaming...