Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – They’re Getting This Story Completely Wrong
It was always going to be difficult to adapt The Last of Us Part II, which is a game that relies on the fundamental expectations of video games as a medium to tell a pretty complex story about grief, revenge, and various other attendant matters, none of them particularly positive.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Episodes 7 & 8 Recap – And Things Are Starting To Sag
Maybe it’s just me, but Heavenly Ever After is starting to feel like a lot. It could be the episode runtimes, granted, which stretch to almost feature-length twice a week.
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Impressively Stupid Television
I've never been on board with the idea of hate-watching something. It seems like a waste of time to me.
‘MobLand’ Episode 7 Recap – Tom Hardy’s One-Man-Army Heroics Expand the Show’s Mythology
Until now, MobLand has been a tale of two families who each possess a relatively even share of London’s criminal underworld, but Episode 7, “The Crossroads”, introduces much bigger fish to that relatively tiny pond.
‘Tin Soldier’ Review – An Inexplicably Good Cast Obscures A Thoroughly Terrible Movie
I have no idea what Tin Soldier is, where it came from, how it was released, or who thought it’d be a good idea. Only...
‘Nonnas’ Review – Netflix’s Frictionless Foodie Drama Is Just Charming Enough
Sometimes a movie exists for no better reason than to simply mind its business, and that’s very much the vibe I get from Nonnas. It’s...
‘Bad Influence’ Ending Explained – Netflix’s Teen Romance Goes Completely Off the Rails
I know what you’re thinking – a teen romance about two radically different but implausibly attractive people has to have a happy ending, right? The...
‘Bad Influence’ Review – Netflix’s Spanish Teen Erotica Hits The Usual Notes
There’s a very simple and obvious formula for a movie like Bad Influence, which shouldn’t be confused with Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, a...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Hope Is The Most Dangerous Thing Of All
If we're being frank, Your Friends & Neighbors hasn't been an especially contemplative show, which is perhaps why Episode 6 is such a standout installment.
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – And We’re Finally Back at the Beginning
It has taken Your Friends & Neighbors five weeks to circle back to the brutal crime scene it began with, but Episode 5 finally gets us there with a little more context.
‘The Studio’ Episode 8 Recap – Matt’s Ego Takes Another Heavy Hit
The Studio is a show about Hollywood that clearly enjoys an impressive amount of access to its stars and executives, but it has rarely felt quite as insider-y as it does in Episode 8, aptly titled “The Golden Globes”.
‘Untold: Shooting Guards’ Review – This Is The Pettiest High-Profile Sports Story Of All Time
It wouldn’t quite be accurate to call Untold: Shooting Guards a tale of two halves, but it’s pretty close. At a certain point in the...
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2 Premiere Recap – A Man and His Bat
Conceptually, The Walking Dead: Dead City was supposed to capitalize on the unresolved and oddly sexually charged relationship between Maggie and Negan.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – To Hell and Back Again
I do wonder if Heavenly Ever After might be too mawkish for its own good. I continue to enjoy the K-Drama, don’t get me wrong, but in Episodes 5 & 6, I began to drift a little.
‘MobLand’ Episode 6 Recap – The Harrigans Are Historically and Now Internationally Awful
After MobLand revealed that we’d been following the bad guys all along, Episode 6 completely doubles down on the idea, as well as taking the Harrigans’ nonsense international (hence the title, “Antwerp Blues”).
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Introducing Bonkers Bad Guy Jeffrey Wright
The Last of Us, as a game and a TV show, is bleak to an extent that borders on parodical, like a social experiment designed to psychologically break huge swathes of people with their so-called entertainment.
‘Happy Face’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Can’t Resist A Last-Minute Tease
A cliffhanger ending really doesn’t suit Happy Face, and I spent most of Episode 8, “The Star”, believing that it wasn’t going to get one....
‘Exterritorial’ Review – A Very Competent Action Thriller With A Handful Of Underused Ideas
Straightforward European action movies are ten-a-penny on Netflix – we had, say, Ad Vitam recently, but it’s rubbish, so don’t think about it too much...
‘The Eternaut’ Ending Explained – A Vague Climax Provides Few Meaningful Answers
I’m not sure what I was expecting from the ending of The Eternaut, but it probably wasn’t what we got. The Netflix series entered Episode 6...
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 5 Recap – Temporary Refuge Reveals Surprising New Ideas
Just when you thought you had things a little figured out, The Eternaut throws you for another loop. The previous episode revealed that bug-like aliens were invading.