Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s new habit of releasing everything in multiple parts means that something like Episode 7 of Gyeongseong Creature Part 1 isn’t really an ending, or...

The penultimate episode of Gyeongseong Creature Part 1 is the best of Season 1 thus far. The stakes are up. The performances are elevated to...

It takes an effort to remember sometimes, but Gyeongseong Creature is occurring against the backdrop of Korea’s fight for independence from Japan. It’s not uncommon...

Genres are comforting. You know to expect a jump-scare or two with horror, a meet-cute and a big-deal first kiss with a romance, and so...

As I predicted, “Signal” is really about Gyeongseong Creature cutting loose a little bit after a lot of slower-paced build-up and introductions in Episode 1...

Taken together, Episode 1 and Episode 2 of Gyeongseong Creature Season 1 feel a bit like a prologue to Part 1 proper. The premiere was...

World War II imagery is never pleasant, but Gyeongseong Creature manages to one-up it in the Part 1 premiere, “Najin”. The cold open is arguably...

These days, you can take the way Netflix releases its big originals as a measure of its confidence in the property. Most stuff gets released...

Episode 2 adds more depth to Like Flowers in Sand, while also doubling down on the suspicions surrounding both a match-fixing criminal organization and the...

Like Flowers in Sand isn’t in a rush to get anywhere in Episode 1, and you have to respect that. Season 1 of the new...

Fargo is an unashamedly stylish and often unconventional show. It isn’t afraid to do ballsy things or have characters speak very much like characters in...

Season 5 of Fargo is full of surprises. And that’s a little surprising in itself since the whole thing feels so much like quintessential return-to-form...

“Sleep, Dearie Sleep” is a messy, overlong ending for Part 2 of The Crown Season 6, and perhaps the most galling thing about it is...

After Episode 8 of The Crown Season 6 turned out to be not just the best episode of this season but one of the best...

The Crown has been rubbish for a while, and Season 6 hasn’t been much better, but “Ritz” sneaks up out of nowhere to deliver easily...

Halfway through its run as of Episode 8, My Demon continues to prove itself a can’t-miss and virtually fat-free example of romantic K-Drama. And the...

Who killed Madam Ju? This remains the big underlying dramatic question of My Demon, which in Episode 7 continued to capably juggle (sort of) romantic...

Just when I thought we were safe, Princess Diana shows up briefly in “Alma Mater”. Thankfully, it really is brief, and it’s in a different...

It takes an effort to remember this these days, but people really liked Tony Blair. Before all the war crimes, the Labour Party leader was...

With the ghost of Princess Diana hanging over it both figuratively and literally, Part 1 of The Crown Season 6 was, in the most charitable...