Drama

‘Letters from the Past’ Has A Meaningful But Predictable Ending

July 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Letters from the Past has a pretty predictable ending, but it is, in my view, the right one. This kind of coda, which essentially comes...

‘Letters from the Past’ Is Heartfelt But Lacks A Special Quality

July 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You’ll have to forgive me, because I can’t quite articulate what makes Letters from the Past a bit less effective than it would like to...

‘Stick’ Delivers the Ending You’d Expect, But Takes A Risky Approach

July 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When Santi’s dad turned up in the penultimate episode, I think everyone knew that Stick was venturing into predictable territory just in time for its ending. And...

Lord Seadown Springs A Trap In ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2, Episode 6

July 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Blimey, James Seadown is awful, isn't he? This won't be news to long-time viewers of The Buccaneers, but now we're over halfway through Season 2, he has indisputably emerged as the real villain of the piece.

The Ending Of ‘Red Eye’ Season 1 Is A Bit Too Complicated For Its Own Good

July 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody would argue that the ending of Red Eye Season 1 makes a great deal of sense. You can trace the plot particulars, obviously, but...

‘Red Eye’ Season 1 Is A Serviceable Airborne Thriller That Swiftly Loses Altitude

July 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Richard Armitage was built for streaming. Stick this guy in a ropey thriller with any concept you like and he’ll do a halfway decent job...

Breaking Down Every Steamy Twist In ‘The Hunting Wives’

July 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Murder! Affairs! Megachurches! The Hunting Wives has an awful lot going on, and a lot of it is deliberately ridiculous and sensational. Across eight episodes, it weaves...

The Ending Of ‘The Hunting Wives’ Is Crazy, But Annoyingly Inconclusive

July 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Where to even begin? It was obvious from the start that The Hunting Wives was going to take some crazy turns, but following a penultimate...

‘The Hunting Wives’ Is An Unashamedly Trashy And Ridiculous Binge

July 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Hunting Wives, created by Rebecca Cutter and based on the book by May Cobb, wears its original destiny as a Starz show like a...

Guilty As Charged: TV Might Be The Best Way Of Challenging Big Ideas

July 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Prime Video’s Justice on Trial, created by and starring Judge Judy Sheindlin, has a very clever premise. Perhaps more importantly, it’s a premise that could...

Breaking Down the Secretive, Maddening Ending of Netflix’s ‘Delirium’

July 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s eight-episode Colombian drama Delirium is an ambitiously knotty exploration of generational trauma, secrets, and madness, and its ending is a twisty old thing that...

‘Delirium’ Tackles Heavy Subjects In Interesting Ways, But Something’s Missing

July 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s easy to be cynical about any show marketed on its sexuality. Not that there’s anything wrong with a bit of sauce, obviously; we’re not...

The Ending Of ‘Wall to Wall’ Is Mostly Just A Mess

July 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Years ago, when I lived alone, my neighbours were bonkers nocturnal drug addicts who never stopped banging on the walls for reasons I could never...

Follow (2025) Is Not Sexy Enough to Withstand the Illogical Plot

July 18 2025, by Daniel Hart

Gonzalo Tobal’s Follow (2025), also known by its native language film title, Juegos de Seducción, presents a premise that initially intrigues with its potential. However,...

‘Wall to Wall’ Builds Strong Foundations But Takes A Hammer To Them

July 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Wall to Wall is essentially two movies in one. The first is a genuinely involving and claustrophobic thriller with proper themes and compelling mysteries. The...

‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 3 Brings The Dark Passengers Into Conflict

July 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The premiere wasn't a fluke. Episode 3 of Dexter: Resurrection, aptly titled "Backseat Driver", feels like a return to the franchise of old with a tight focus on Dexter himself as he works to claim another victim.

‘Smoke’ Gets More Right Than Wrong In Episode 5

July 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not going to lie to you, I had written Smoke off. The previous episode was so deeply awful and misguided that it seemed incomprehensible the show...

‘Untamed’ Answers Every Question In A Satisfying, Conclusive Ending

July 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Credit where it’s due – Untamed hasn’t exactly been a remarkable crime thriller, featuring many of the overly familiar hallmarks of shows in the genre,...

‘Untamed’ Feels Restrained In Episode 5, But Still Shows Depth

July 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

“Terces” feels quite light for a penultimate episode, clearly saving up most of its big revelations and developments for the finale.

‘Untamed’ Digs For Gold In Episode 4, But Doesn’t Quite Find It

July 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

As it turns out, Vasquez’s near-death experience in the previous episode is the most major breakthrough of the case thus far.