Action-Adventure

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Episode 1 Recap – All Grown Up

November 27 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes an effort to remember this now since it was roughly a lifetime ago, but the abduction of Will Byers in Season 1 of Stranger Things remains the most important component of the narrative.

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 9 Recap – Now This Is More Like It

November 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Mileage may vary, but I think it has taken until Episode 9 for The Last Frontier to figure out the mode it operates best in.

The Ending Of ‘Tulsa King’ Season 3 Is A Backdoor Pilot For A Spin-Off

November 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If the penultimate episode of Tulsa King Season 3 didn’t quite feel like a penultimate episode, that’s counterbalanced somewhat by the fact that the ending really does...

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 8 Recap – Goodness, That Was Dull, Wasn’t It?

November 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

"L'air Perdu" is the last thing that The Last Frontier needed so close to its finale.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – Hey, Look, It’s Samuel L. Jackson

November 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

“Dead Weight” is the penultimate episode of Tulsa King Season 3, but it doesn’t feel like it.

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 7 Recap – There’s A Pretty Big Problem Here

November 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

In many ways, “Change of Time” is the most significant episode of The Last Frontier thus far. It’s the one with the big reveal about Frank’s past, including the meaning behind the gun he’s keeping hidden in that copy of Walter Coates’s Alaska.

‘Last Samurai Standing’ Ending Explained – How the Action-Packed Finale Sets Up Season 2

November 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Nowhere are the intentions of Last Samurai Standing – Netflix’s fusion of Squid Game and Shogun – clearer than in its ending, which completely abandons...

‘Last Samurai Standing’ Review – An Action Epic With Obvious Influences

November 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s usually reductive to compare one show to another, especially when the shows being compared are very good award-winning prestige dramas and/or impossibly popular global...

‘Playdate’ Review – Prime Video’s Abominable Action-Comedy Is An Insult

November 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Having spent over a decade as an entertainment critic, one of the things I have realised is that I have deeply unsophisticated taste. Ordinarily, a...

The ‘Bat-Fam’ Controversy Is Ridiculous, But I Kind Of Get It

November 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I was fully prepared to declare the “controversy” around Prime Video’s Bat-Fam utterly ridiculous, and a complete overreaction by so-called fans with nothing better to...

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 8 Recap – Things Take An Explosive Turn

November 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

And just like that, Montague Distilleries is once again open for business, thanks to Dwight’s slick power play to secure the loyalty of Attorney General...

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 6 Recap – Something Still Feels Off, Right?

November 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last Frontier is unashamedly a throwback to uncomplicated, slightly conspiratorial action thrillers of the ’90s, and I love that about it. Or, at least, I’d...

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – Everybody’s Heard of ‘The Art of War’

November 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It took a while, but Season 3 of Tulsa King is really starting to knit together, a bit like an open wound or a broken bone.

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 5 Recap – Getting Back On Track

October 31 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It took until Episode 5, but The Last Frontier has finally stopped cosplaying as a network procedural, and “Arnaq” is all the better for it....

‘The Rats: A Witcher Tale’ Fills In Some Gaps From ‘The Witcher’ Season 4

October 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Originally conceived as a full series, doomed by a disastrous production and thought to be consigned to the great dustbin of non-starter spin-offs and supplementary...

‘Star Wars: Visions’ Season 3 Review – A Mixed-Bag Of Shorts Containing A Masterpiece

October 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a very compelling argument to be made that, at least under Disney, Star Wars: Visions is the most interesting and perhaps even important project...

Breaking Down Every Short In ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Season 3

October 29 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Star Wars: Visions returns for Season 3 with another batch of experimental non-canon short films plucked from prominent animation studios all over the world. As ever,...

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – The Bullets Are Finally Flying

October 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Now we’re talking. I did say that Tulsa King felt as if it was finding some first-season form, and that’s very much the takeaway from...

‘The Last Frontier’ Episode 4 Recap – This Show Would Be Better Without Havlock

October 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Last Frontier isn't a procedural, but it feels like one in Episode 4, which isn't intended as a criticism.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Now We’re Getting Somewhere

October 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Is it just me, or is Dwight’s double-agent routine in Tulsa King Season 3 feeling a little distracting?