Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Love, Guaranteed review – Damon Wayans Jr. reads the small print in this tedious rom-com
If you glance over the cast list or skim-read the premise of Love, Guaranteed, Netflix’s latest midweek romantic comedy, you can predict every single thing that’ll...
Two Weeks to Live Season 1 Review – Maisie Williams is out for revenge in Sky’s new comedy
Things aren’t going especially well for Maisie Williams, are they? Not artistically speaking, anyway, since the final season of Game of Thrones was dramatically fraudulent...
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! review – an interactive special for the kids
When I reviewed The Boss Baby back in the day, I can’t say I imagined it’d find success as a series on Netflix. But The...
The Match review – suburban football is a coming-of-age crucible in this Italian drama
The Match runs, fittingly, for ninety minutes, and the film’s tagline insists that an hour and a half can change everything forever. This new international...
The Binge review – a Hulu original that’s painfully derivative
It’s impossible to watch Hulu’s new “original” comedy The Binge and not think of other, very similar films, most especially Superbad and Booksmart. Genre films...
Unknown Origins review – twists we’ve seen before
As the Coronavirus creates massive social upheaval around the world, one chance of lesser note is that 2020 has become possibly the first summer in...
All Together Now Review – a feel-meh high school movie about teen homelessness
Amber Appleton is just a normal high school student in your typical Netflix high school movie. She’s bright and optimistic, has ambitions, a diverse group...
I Hate Suzie Season 1 review – Billie Piper and a nude scandal make for one of the year’s best shows
The fact that Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie had difficulty being picked up by broadcasters says a lot of uncomfortable things about our entertainment culture....
Pure Season 1 Review – a masterful, essential comedy-drama about mental health
Pure has plenty of awkward moments, but it lives in the space between them; the speechifying and lead-balloon jokes right before the orgy and the...
Bill & Ted Face the Music review – be just about good enough to each other, dudes
This review of Bill & Ted Face the Music is spoiler-free. It has been almost thirty years since Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and in...
Rogue review – a CGI lion hunts Megan Fox in this woeful action thriller
There are lots of things that Rogue could and indeed should have been. For instance, it could have been a solid vehicle for Megan Fox,...
Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 10 Recap – “Selena + Nyesha Arrington”
This recap of Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 10, “Selena + Nyesha Arrington”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 9 Recap – “Selena + Daniel Holzman”
This recap of Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 9, “Selena + Daniel Holzman”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 8 Recap – “Selena + Tanya Holland”
This recap of Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 8, “Selena + Tanya Holland”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – “Selena + Angelo Sosa”
This recap of Selena + Chef Season 1 Episode 7, “Selena + Angelo Sosa”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Her Mother’s Killer review – a revenge tale soapy enough to fill over 50 episodes
Here we are again. As much as we at Ready Steady Cut like to be comprehensive in our coverage, there isn’t enough manpower in the...
Rising Phoenix review – an inspiring documentary that carries the Paralympic torch
This review of Rising Phoenix (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Every now and then, amid all the delays, complaints, conspiracy theories, last-minute rule changes, and other assorted...
Hard Kill review – Bruce Willis is having a laugh at our expense
The latest in a series of interminable VOD thrillers in which Bruce Willis spends the entire runtime sulking in a cupboard and then picks up...
Ava review – a dumb family melodrama and a dull spy thriller all in one
And in the beginning, there was Eve. Back in the halcyon days of, like, 2018, this ill-fated espionage thriller was set to be directed by...
The God of High School season 1, episode 8 recap – “close/friend”
This recap of The God of High School season 1, episode 8, “close/friend”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...