Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Malibu Rescue Season 1 Review: Life’s A Beach
If, like me, you had the distinct displeasure of watching the prequel movie to this new teen-focused Netflix Original series, creatively titled Malibu Rescue: The Movie,...
Ma (2019) Review: Octavia Spencer Brings It In This Kitsch Blumhouser
Chillin’ with Ma, a troublingly odious but bizarrely sensitive vignette of cruel manipulation, seems like a better idea than it is in reality. Spread over...
How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Review: This Doesn’t Seem Like Good Advice
Provocative titles tend to do well for Netflix — just look at My Husband Won’t Fit — and so How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is already off...
‘Killer Ratings’ Review: Did A TV Host Order Murders To Boost Ratings?
Don’t judge me for this, but if you’re the host of a TV show famous for arriving first at murder scenes, ordering those murders yourself...
Good Omens Recap: In the Beginning
This Good Omens episode 1 recap for the episode titled “In the Beginning” contains spoilers. “In the Beginning”, the first episode in the six-episode Good Omens,...
Black Spot Review: Welcome To This Weekend’s Binge Watch
At the top of the list of places I wouldn’t like to live: Villefranche, an absurdly isolated (and thankfully fictional) small town buried in a...
Archer Recap: Party Like It’s 1999
This Archer: 1999 Episode 1 recap for the episode titled “Bort the Garj” contains spoilers. At this point, the lifecycle of Archer is difficult to track; a...
Brightburn Review: An Unambitious Super-Slasher
Sometimes a movie feels like it was created with passion, and sometimes it feels “pitched.” Brightburn is a pitch film, one that sounds like an...
Avengement Review: Brutal And Brilliant Adkins Action
For those in the know, the Scott Adkins actioner is a very specific, very beautiful thing, and his recent collaborations with the reliably demented Jesse...
Chernobyl Recap: The Russians Are Coming to Shoot Your Pets
This Chernobyl episode 4 recap for the episode titled “The Happiness of All Mankind” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
‘Historical Roasts’ Review: Jeff Ross Teaches History… Sort Of
I’ve written before about how sometimes the worst way of learning something is to be taught it directly, and Netflix’s six-part comedy series Historical Roasts...
‘Joy (2018)’ Review: A Harsh and Sobering Look At Sex Trafficking
There’s nothing glamorous about Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Sudabeh Mortezai’s 2018 movie Joy. A bleak and sobering glimpse into the grim underworld of sex trafficking, it’s a...
Vida Recap: Orgies Don’t Look Like Much Fun, As It Happens
This Vida Season 2 Episode 1 recap contains spoilers. You can check out our spoiler-free thoughts on the entire second season by clicking these words....
Vida Season 2 Review: One Of Last Year’s Best Shows Returns… Even Better?
This Vida Season 2 review is spoiler free. You can check out our thoughts on last season by clicking these words. You might recall Tanya...
Chernobyl Recap: Finding Hope in the Aftermath of Disaster
This Chernobyl episode 3 recap for the episode titled “Open Wide, O Earth”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...
Game of Thrones Finale Recap: None Of That Made Any Sense Whatsoever
This Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 6 recap for the episode titled “The Iron Throne” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on...
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Review: It Might Be Time to Move
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s final novel, is one of those films that has you wondering what might...
The Hive Review: A Pointless Twist on a Tired Formula
The Hive does one special thing to the zombie formula. When Adam (Gabriel Basso) starts to remember his life, he says, “I must be an...
A Violent Separation Review: A Dreary And Contrived Backwoods Thriller
I’m an enthusiastic advocate of Alycia Debnam-Carey, who you might remember as the only watchable part of Fear the Walking Dead‘s dreadful fourth season. And predictably,...
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate Review: Laugh? I Almost Started…
I used to work behind the bar of my local pub. One of the regulars used to come and sit at the bar for hours...