Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Christopher Robin’ | Film Review
Christopher Robin is a sneaky film, and if I’m being honest a little bit sadistic. Ostensibly aimed at children who’ll be too young and distracted...
On Children Season 1 Review
It has been a good week for Netflix’s international programming. Wednesday saw the release of Switched, a live-action Original Series adapted from the manga by...
Marching Orders Season 1 | Netflix Documentary Review
I am an absolute sucker for any film or series that is about sport, and I have a real affection for anything that focuses on...
‘Brij Mohan Amar Rahe!’ | Netflix Film Review
Netflix continues, sniper-like, to target the South Asian market with Nikhil Bhat’s Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, otherwise known as Long Live Brij Mohan, although the...
Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – “The Remembering”
Yellowstone represents the best and worst of Taylor Sheridan; all his most self-serving impulses, but also his rare willingness to expose himself to misinterpretation. All...
Switched season 1 review – first impressions are not everything
First impressions aren’t everything, but Switched, the new Japanese Netflix Original Series, makes some good ones. It quickly and shockingly establishes a compelling premise, introduces...
‘Dead Night’ | Film Review
At this point, if you go anywhere near a cabin the woods, you’re just asking for trouble. Brad Baruh’s Dead Night – as generic a...
‘The Row’ | Film Review
Any tension to be found in The Row, Matty Beckerman’s new sorority slasher, comes from fretting that any of these insufferable oxygen thieves might survive...
Succession Season 1 Episode 9 Recap – What Happened in “Pre-Nuptial”?
Love is in the air in “Pre-Nuptial”, episode 9 of Succession Season 1, as is bitterness, rage, jealousy, betrayal, and weed smoke, as the Roys...
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ | Film Review
It’s fitting that Ant-Man and the Wasp opens on Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) trying to entertain his daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Forston) while serving his...
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ | Film Review
Tom Cruise is running. He always is. For at least half of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sixth film in the franchise, he’s running on...
Welcome to the Family Season 1 Review
Netflix’s world-gobbling expansion efforts continue apace, and after the remarkable success of the (very good) Indian crime series Sacred Games, it’s no surprise that international...
‘Extinction’ | Film Review
These days, watching a Netflix science-fiction film is like picking through the bins of a high-end restaurant. You might, if you’re lucky, fish out something...
‘Castle Rock’ Episode 1 | TV Recap
The only thing I really remember about watching 50 Shades Darker, aside from having a few cocktails under my belt, is being unnaturally excited by...
Succession Season 1 Episode 8 Recap – What Happened in “Prague”?
Nobody goes to Prague in season 1, episode 8 of Succession, but everyone goes nuts. It seems fitting that after weeks of boardroom backstabbing the...
The Equalizer 2 Review
I’m an unapologetic advocate of Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer, from 2014, which rebooted the late-80s Edward Woodward TV series with a tea-sipping, classic-literature-reading, obsessive-compulsive Denzel...
Netflix’s “Final Space” Review
When I started Final Space, the new Netflix Original sci-fi animated adventure, I began to wonder exactly what I’d let myself in for; there was just...
In Search Of Episode 1 Review
It seems like lately I’ve been watching a lot of shows in which easy-to-please hosts travel to weird places and witness odd things – most...
Father of the Year Review
Ah, the Happy Madison logo, the one thing at the start of any film that guarantees you are in for a terrible time. And Netflix’s...
Duck Duck Goose Review
You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Duck Duck Goose, which arrives on Netflix today after a sneaky UK theatrical release. It received virtually...