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Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2 Improves Slightly In Episode 2

October 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is improving, so that’s something. Season 2 is still wildly imperfect, but I didn’t spend Episode 2, “Moulin Rouge”, getting...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 5 Feels Reminiscent Of Season 1

October 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Is Angela/Emily/Parwana dead? That’s certainly the question we’re left with by the end of The Old Man Season 2, Episode 5, though anyone who has...

Recap: Aubrey Plaza Steals The Show In ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 4

October 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I keep hearing that Agatha All Along is the gayest thing Marvel has done. I’m not sure what this means, or how this can be...

Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Raises Some Worrying Questions

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is subtitled The Book of Carol. I don’t like that for several reasons – “Book Of” sounds...

Review: ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Is A Disappointing Step Down

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I think we can all admit now that Gyeongseong Creature was a weird show. It aired needlessly in two parts separated by two weeks and...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 4 Claims A Couple Of Bodies

September 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Old Man feels different in Season 2; at this point, that’s undeniable. But in Episode 4 is starts to feel a bit more like its...

Recap: ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 3 Claims Its First Casualty

September 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Witches’ Road is the kind of nebulous idea that can essentially be whatever the writers want it to be at any given time. And...

The Ending Of ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4 Is A Fitting Full-Circle Moment

September 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Snowpiercer began aboard the titular train, so it’s only right that it ends there, too. The Season 4 finale, fittingly titled “Last Stop”, sets up a...

Recap: Angela Makes A Choice In ‘The Old Man’ Season 2, Episode 3

September 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Emily/Angela/Parwana is a woman of many names and many fathers, all of whom rally around her in Episode 3 of The Old Man Season 2, titled with...

Recap: ‘Agatha All Along’ Finds Its Footing In Episode 2

September 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

That was more like it, right? Episode 2 of Agatha All Along – wordily titled “Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate” –...

Recap: ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 1 Is A Wasteful Premiere

September 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It has only been three years since we were last there, but for some reason, Westview, New Jersey, holds a certain amount of nostalgia. I...

‘Twilight of the Gods’ Has A Brutal, Bizarre, and Incomplete Ending

September 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 8 of Twilight of the Gods, “Song of Sigrid”, is one of only two episodes directed by the show’s creator Zack Snyder — and you...

Here’s Everything That Happened In Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’

September 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Zack Snyder tackles Norse mythology in Twilight of the Gods, a densely packed extravaganza of sex, slow-motion, and violence freed from the usual constraints by...

Review: ‘Twilight of the Gods’ Isn’t Immune To Zack Snyder’s Worst Impulses

September 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Twilight of the Gods benefits from Norse mythology’s rich storytelling canvas and colorful characters, from creator Zack Snyder’s eye for striking visuals, and from Netflix’s bottomless...

The Ending Of ‘Uglies’ Terrifies The Audience With Setup For A Sequel

September 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Since Netflix’s Uglies is based on Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 series-launching book of the same name, it should come as no surprise that the movie’s ending...

Review: ‘Uglies’ Made Me Want To Gouge My Eyes Out

September 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In Uglies, McG’s Netflix adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 book of the same name, Joey King wants to be pretty. At one point, the Hollywood...

The Ending of ‘Officer Black Belt’ Isn’t About The Action

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Officer Black Belt sums up the theme that has been running throughout the entire movie – the burgeoning sense of duty and...

Review: ‘Officer Black Belt’ Is A Well-Intentioned But Cookie-Cutter Action Flick

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a problem with Officer Black Belt, a well-intentioned Netflix movie about an athletic idealist punching and kicking recidivism out of South Korean criminals –...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Swaps Mystery For Family Drama In Its Season 2 Premiere

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The brilliant first season of The Old Man was a slowly unfurling collection of secrets and mysteries, with occasional bursts of brutal violence. Not having...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 9 Drops A Late Bombshell

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The previous episode of Snowpiercer Season 4 ended amid a frustrating cliffhanger, so it’s appreciated that Episode 9, “Dominant Traits”, wastes no time by picking up from...