Drama

‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Is Off to the Races With A Fun, Messy Three-Episode Premiere

July 31 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Start your engines, ladies and gentlemen. Twisted Metal is back for Season 2, and it’s bigger and better than ever. This might not be immediately apparent in...

‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Is Bigger, Better, And More Like the Games

July 31 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Two years after Season 1 turned out to be surprisingly good, and thirty years after the debut of the long-abandoned PlayStation series on which it’s...

The Ending Of ‘War of the Worlds’ Is An Advert For Amazon Prime Air

July 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

War of the Worlds (2025) is impressively terrible in a lot of different ways, but its ending is particularly egregious. What is otherwise an ill-advised...

Prime Video’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is Hilarious In All The Wrong Ways

July 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It doesn’t generally speak highly of a movie when it’s quietly dumped on a streaming platform after only being announced — equally quietly, with zero...

‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2, Episode 7 Reinvents Itself As A Legal Thriller

July 30 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You could -- and perhaps should -- quibble about where "All Rise" fits into The Buccaneers Season 2 more broadly, especially since it means the fallout from Dick's death last week ends up feeling a little shortchanged.

Here’s Everything You Need to Remember About ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 1

July 28 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Bucking the trend of video game adaptations being woeful, Peacock’s Twisted Metal was a good time. This is especially surprising considering it was based on...

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 2 Could Be Mistaken For A Season Finale

July 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It's only Episode 2, and yet The Winning Try is already delivering finale-quality drama, with all the big emotional swings and payoffs you'd expect after a full season of development.

‘The Winning Try’ Gets Off To A Winning Start In Episode 1

July 26 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Winning Try is one of those from-the-ashes sports dramas that ensnares you immediately.

The Ending Of ‘Trigger’ Is A Little Underwhelming

July 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When you really boil it down, the ending of Trigger, like the show itself, is a conflict over two competing ideologies. This theme is made...

Breaking Down Every Episode Of Netflix’s ‘Trigger’

July 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Trigger has a fascinating and provocative dystopian premise, which imagines Korea awash with free, easily accessible firearms. The only man fighting against the tide is Lee...

‘Trigger’ Presents A Dystopian Korea With Worrying Enthusiasm

July 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The central idea of Trigger is that a lot of people are just waiting for the opportunity to shoot someone. Based on the shooting rates...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner In ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 4

July 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I suppose there's no invitation more compelling for a serial killer than one to a dinner party full of other serial killers.

‘Smoke’ Episode 6 Is A Phenomenal Hour Of Television

July 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Seriously, how is this happening? Smoke is a truly confounding show. It started out okay, trundled along inoffensively enough, and then took a sudden, severe turn for the worse.

‘A Normal Woman’ Is Overly Familiar, But An Effective Psychological Thriller

July 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If it’s a random Thursday — or, indeed, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or any other day of the week — it’s probably time for a new...

‘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...