Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Night Manager’ Season 1 Review – Stellar Cast and Enthralling Storyline
Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a former army serviceman, is a hotel night manager. When he meets shady businessman Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), he is working...
‘The Five’ Season 1 Review – A Rival To Broadchurch
When the DNA of a young boy who disappeared 20 years ago shows up at a murder scene, four childhood friends are brought back together...
‘Silent Witness’ Season 20 Review – Truly Becomes Great In The Finale
Now, I know it’s lazy, but please check my review of season 19 for the full description of the show. It seems silly repeating myself again this...
Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
After Kingsman HQ is destroyed, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) have to call upon some extra help to find those behind the attack....
Review – Leatherface
I’ve long since stopped trying to keep track of the continuity that has been relentlessly contorted by the seven sequels and reboots of variable quality...
Review – The Wilde Wedding
You know you’re in trouble when a romantic comedy opens with a character explaining to a video camera that they intend to make a documentary....
‘Son of Batman’ Review – A Disappointing Entry in DC’s Animated Catalog
Son of Batman reveals that for all his high-tech gadgetry and countless millions, Batman (Jason O’Mara) forgot the one thing that was sure to guarantee...
Review – Bleed for This
Bleed for This is a true story account of a local fighter turned world champion ‘Vinny Pazienza’ (Miles Teller) who, after winning two world title...
Review – Rememory
It really must require a considerable amount of effort to take a premise as deliciously high-concept as the one found in Rememory and transform it...
Review – Gun Shy
Sometimes, a bad movie leaves a tantalising trail of breadcrumbs all the way back to an idea that might have once seemed smart, or funny,...
Review – Wind River
According to the shaggy, matter-of-fact medical examiner on the Wind River Indian reservation, what happens when you gulp big mouthfuls of sub-zero air is that...
Opinion – Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton is a film which follows the emergence and career of the N.W.A group starting from 1986. It mainly follows Andre Young, stage...
Review – It Comes at Night
If you were wondering what, exactly, comes at night, allow me to be the bearer of bad news: It’s not what you think. It’s not...
Review – Unlocked
My favourite thing about Unlocked – the new perplexingly well-cast espionage action-thriller from veteran director Michael Apted – is the title. Someone really must have...
‘Dave Made a Maze’ Review – It’s Not Bad, But It Overstretches The Concept
There are few metaphors more obvious than the homemade living-room labyrinth in Dave Made a Maze. The titular Dave (Nick Thune) is a struggling artist...
Review – Annabelle: Creation
It’s the prequel to the spin-off of The Conjuring that nobody wanted or asked for. But, believe it or not, fate has once again conspired...
Review – Girls Trip
What’s this? About a year ago, a friend of mine pointed me towards a YouTube video in which a woman who calls herself Angel demonstrated...
Review – The Emoji Movie
Surprising absolutely nobody, The Emoji Movie is an insulting travesty without a shred of wit, intelligence or worth; a shameless, unfunny slab of advertising that...
Review – Atomic Blonde
It’s Jane Wick. Okay, sorry, that’s not entirely accurate. But I’ve had that joke lined up since the first trailer, and while it might not...
Opinion – Why I loved To The Bone
Beware: as this is an opinion piece there will be spoilers. To The Bone is a touching film about a young girl named Ellen (Lily...