Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Daredevil’ Season 3, Episode 8 – “Upstairs/Downstairs” | TV Review
This review of Daredevil Season 3, Episode 8, “Upstairs/Downstairs”, contains spoilers. Daredevil has always had a knack for bizarrely perverting traditional superhero iconography, and I...
‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’ | Film Review
Yesterday, perhaps against my better judgement, I took my daughter to see Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, the second attempt over the last few years to...
‘Don’t Breathe’ (2016) | Film Review
Don’t Breathe is a chilling venture into the world of a blind marine veteran; a world of complete darkness. After its debut in 2016, Don’t Breathe soon...
‘Silencio’ (2018) | Film Review
From director Lorena Villarreal (Las Iloronas) comes Silencio, a mystery thriller that will keep you pondering the questions for days. Starring John Noble (TV’s Fringe), Rupert Graves...
‘Best Worst Weekend Ever’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Debuting on Netflix today, the new eight-part limited series Best Worst Weekend Ever is the latest in a long, successful line of teen-skewing content for...
‘Haunted’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Since watching all six episodes of Haunted, Netflix’s new, ostensibly factual original series, I’ve been wondering how best to ridicule it without offending any of...
The Real Psycho
Until 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was known for his big-budget suspense thrillers. This was the man who had brought us North by Northwest the year before,...
‘New Amsterdam’ Episode 4 – “Boundaries” | TV Recap
It should come as absolutely no surprise that Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) sleeps on the couch so that his pregnant wife, Georgia (Lisa O’Hare), can...
‘The Super’ (2017) | Film Review
From Director Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon) and writer John J McLaughlin (Black Swan and Hitchcock) comes The Super, a horror mystery thriller...
‘The Neon Demon’ Revisited
In light of the soon to be released remake of giallo horror classic Suspiria, it seems as good a time as ever to reexamine a...
‘Daredevil’ Season 3 | Netflix Original Series Review
Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil has always revelled in Matt Murdock’s (Charlie Cox) vigilantism being a metaphor for Irish-Catholic self-penance. But the first six episodes of...
Fightworld Season 1 Review
Frank Grillo makes an enthusiastic host in Netflix’s new original documentary series Fightworld. The 53-year-old actor is shredded, grizzled, and a lifelong fight fan; the...
You Season 1 Episode 5 Recap
We recap the series You Season 1 Episode 5, which will contain significant spoilers and major plot points. Of all the totally unrealistic shit that...
‘Eden Lake’ | Film Review
Ten years ago, this gritty and muddy British horror was released and the impact of the story is still as shocking and damning as ever....
‘New Amsterdam’ Episode 3 – “Every Last Minute” | TV Recap
Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) could sell condoms to the Pope. And that’s the secret weapon of New Amsterdam. Yes, his methods are ridiculous. Yes, his...
Superwog Season 1 Review
The brainchild of Nathan and Theo Saidden, Superwog is a six-part comedy series that takes aim at smug social wokeness. But unlike other projects that...
’22 July’ | Netflix Original Film Review
Between instalments of the Bourne franchise, director Paul Greengrass has established himself as a master at dramatizing real-life tragedy. Possessed of an uncanny ability to...
‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ | Grimmfest Film Review
From the outside, this genre-blending can seem as though it went one step too far. Focussing on the film as a musical firstly, the numbers...
‘The Cleaning Lady’ | Grimmfest Film Review
Boasting a quiet, spine-tingling performance from Rachel Alig in the tragic titular role, this film is an exploration of love and trust in the most...
‘Piercing’ | Grimmfest Film Review
Piercing possesses expectedly solid performances from Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland) and Christopher Abbott (It Comes At Night) playing a prostitute and the man who planned...