Jonathon Wilson

Despite already boasting one of the most lurid, original, promising and peculiar catalogues in UK filmmaking, director Ben Wheatley and his co-writer, Amy Jump, have...

There are two things I like about Fernando Coimbra’s Sand Castle, the direct-to-Netflix war drama. The first is Nicholas Hoult, whose character, Private Matt Ocre,...

Ah, it’s another one of those movies. Don’t get me wrong: I don’t mean Colossal is in any way typical or familiar – quite the...

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. If there’s any one thing that has prevented me from getting properly...

Wonder Woman (2009) is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Wonder Woman looks like the kind...

Batman: Gotham Knight is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Here’s what Batman: Gotham Knight is...

Justice League: The New Frontier is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Justice League: The New...

Like most of DC’s original animated movies, Superman: Doomsday is based on a popular story arc from the comic books or graphic novels – in...

Between you and me, despite all the evidence to the contrary, I didn’t think the second season of Daredevil was going to work. I know,...

[Note: This was written before the release of Jessica Jones, Daredevil Season 2, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Just keep that in mind. Most of...

Mechanic: Resurrection is the 2016 sequel to the 2011 remake of the 1972 original, each about a hitman, Arthur Bishop, played once by Charles Bronson...

I really didn’t like The Purge. Of course, the film was simply bad on its own terms, wedged within the confines of a generic home-invasion...

The thing I really, really dislike about The Purge – aside from its obvious and numerous failings as a film – is the fact that it somehow...

The Maze Runner is a movie about boys, for boys. And I know it seems like I’m trying to be all cute using the word...

I suppose it is somewhat ironic that North Korea’s fervent attempts to censor The Interview have did nothing but bolster the illusion of credibility surrounding...

For a movie about very smart people, The Imitation Game isn’t a particularly smart movie. Not that it’s necessarily a bad one; it has an...

Ugh. So, what do you get when you cross Michael Bay, Blumhouse Productions and a carefully-strategized, elaborate branding opportunity? Well, apparently another derivative, clichéd, boring,...

Maybe it’s just me, but lately, watching an Adam Sandler movie makes me want to scoop my eyes out with a rusty spoon and fling...

The Fast & Furious series is a joke. I mean, seriously – this is literally a joke. I just sat down to watch the eighth...

You watch it, and then you die. No, wait, sorry. That isn’t right. You watch it, then you get a phone call, and then you...