Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Candy Jar Review – A Sweet, Lightweight Teen Flick on Netflix
It’s pretty easy to guess what will happen in Candy Jar. If you were to read the summary up top, you’d probably have a decent...
The Letdown Season 1 Review – Netflix’s Insightful Comedy on Parenthood
When I read about Netflix’s The Letdown, I was interested to see what it was going to be like. I became a parent just over a...
Dude (2018) Review – Olivia Milch’s Refreshing Female-Led Stoner Comedy
Dude is a coming-of-age film that we’ve seen plenty of times before, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. In fact, a group of women...
Cargo Review
Another day, another culturally-specific zombie movie being given the “original” treatment by Netflix. This time it’s Cargo, an Australian offering starring your favourite greying everyman,...
I Am Not an Easy Man Review – Darkly Witty Netflix Rom-Com on Gender Role Reversal
Netflix introduces a witty yet dark rom-com in the form of I Am Not an Easy Man (also known as Je ne suis pas un...
‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Review – BBC’s Epic Take on the Iliad Legends
Troy: Fall of a City is the latest attempt to bring Homer’s (not that one) Illiad tales of legend to life. Life in Troy seems like...
The 4th Company Review – A Gritty Blend of Sports and Prison Drama
When a young offender, Zambrano (Adrian Ladron), arrives at the Santa Martha prison, he hopes to be able to play for their football team –...
‘Orbiter 9’ Review: A Visually Stunning but Narratively Flat Sci-Fi Drama
Orbiter 9 tells us a story of the human condition, of love, life, and the value of existence. Laboratory conditions can only monitor so much,...
‘Ram Dass, Going Home’ Review – Insightful Netflix Documentary on Spirituality and Life
Ram Dass, Going Home is a Netflix short documentary that follows spiritualist and author Ram Dass at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The film gives...
Sun Dogs (2017) Review – Quirky Indie Drama Starring Michael Angarano & Melissa Benoist
Sun Dogs follows the events of 9/11, Ned Chipley (Michael Angarano) desperately wants to be a real American hero. He wants to sign up for...
‘6 Balloons’ Review – Dave Franco and Abbi Jacobson Star in a Harrowing Drama on Addiction
Written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan, 6 Balloons tells a tight tale of a relapsed heroin addict (Dave Franco – The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Somebody...
Caught (2018) Review – Unintentionally Hilarious Sci-Fi Horror Film
As far as unintentionally hilarious sorta-sci-fi horror movies go, Caught is a pretty hysterical one. Set in the quaint West Sussex countryside of 1972, it...
‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Review: A Pun-Filled but Hollow Sequel
A sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet, Sherlock Gnomes reimagines the famous sleuth as a lawn trinket on the trail of his missing fellows in...
The Strangers: Prey at Night Review
[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Ten years after the 2008 original, The Strangers: Prey at Night sees the same trio of masked murderers making mayhem in a trailer...
‘I Kill Giants’ Review – Madison Wolfe Shines in Off-Beat Coming-of-Age Fantasy
Adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Joe Kelly (who also adapted the screenplay), I Kill Giants is a story about Barbara...
Reboot: The Guardian Code Season 1 Review
ReBoot: The Guardian Code is a Canadian animation/live-action crossover that follows the lives of four teenagers as they start life at Alan Turing High School. The...
Film Review | The Titan (2018)
Netflix’s latest Original, The Titan, is a criminally drab slab of science-fiction that sees a lifeless military man subjected to genetic experimentation. Directed by Lennart...
Film Review | Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Nobody asked for it, but Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s nutty original, in which giant robots smacked giant monsters in...
‘Happy Anniversary (2018)’ Review- Smart Yet Underwhelming Romcom by Jared Stern
Happy Anniversary is a Netflix movie from writer/director Jared Stern. The film follows Sam (Ben Schwartz – Blue Iguana, Middleditch & Schwartz) and Mollie (Nöel Wells)...
‘Swordgai The Animation’ Season 1 Review: A Mesmerizing Blend of Violence and Humanity
Swordgai The Animation tells the tragic story of Gai, a child abandoned from birth, his self-inflicted retribution serves to set a course of anguish and...