Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Review – Focus
I actually enjoyed Focus quite a bit. It’s a charming caper comedy which is perfectly content to be nothing more than that. It asks very...
Review – Resident Evil: Degeneration
In a lot of ways, Resident Evil: Degeneration is the most well-realized video game adaptation in existence. The plot is jumbled, the voice acting is...
Review – The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
I’ll be the first to admit that I was very much among the naysayers when it was revealed that Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s...
Gone Girl Review – a spectacular and preposterous movie
As a story, Gone Girl is utterly preposterous. It’s the kind of writhing narrative built almost entirely upon big plot swerves; one heavily reliant on...
Seventh Son Review – an over acted and terrible action-fantasy movie
It’s actually kind of amazing that a movie so full of individually awesome moments can be as insultingly, unforgivably terrible as Seventh Son. It’s kind...
A Cure for Wellness Review – a horror that’s difficult to care about
A Cure for Wellness is an old-school, Lovecraftian gothic horror picture that comes directly from the addled mind of Gore Verbinski – and Christ, you...
Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Review Beauty and the Beast? Is there any point? If there was ever a movie that you already know whether or not you like, it’s...
The Hateful Eight (2015) Review – You know what to expect and Tarantino gives it to you
It’s a Tarantino movie. Is that praise or criticism for The Hateful Eight? A warning or a recommendation? None of the above, really. It is...
Review – Taken 3
There’s a sequence early in Taken 3 which I presume is supposed to be a tense on-foot chase; across streets, through alleyways, over fences, Liam...
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Review – Revitalizing the Franchise
The more I think about it, the surer I become that the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the biggest cinematic event in...
Review – Trolls
When you have kids, the first thing you want them to do is cry. It’s true. Pregnancy is terrifying. Your partner gets fat and moody...
Review – Hitman: Agent 47
In the Hitman video games, the most prestigious ranking you can attain is that of “Silent Assassin”. Earning the moniker isn’t easy; to do so,...
Review – Spy
Paul Feig – bespectacled, rumpled, perpetually-tailored, like a harangued insurance salesman – doesn’t look like an especially funny guy. He must be, though, to keep...
Review – Starred Up
When particularly violent criminals are prematurely transferred from Young Offender Institutions into adult prisons, their files are marked with stars identifying them as troublemakers. This...
Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
There’s a moment in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (the fifth of these movies – they don’t always put numbers on them) in which Tom...
Review – Nightcrawler
If it bleeds, it leads. That’s the slogan of Bill Paxton’s ambulance-chasing “nightcrawler” Joe Loder; the words of dubious wisdom he bestows upon gaunt, bug-eyed...
Split (2016) Review
We review the 2016 film Split, which does not contain any significant spoilers. Everyone loves a comeback story. In sports, in the movies, in life;...
Review – Logan
You’d need all ten fingers and probably six claws to count the ways in which Logan shouldn’t work. For one thing, it’s not an X-Men...
Warcraft – Review
Warcraft has the best-looking Orcs I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. Honestly. Despite all the horrible things I’m going to say about this...
‘Southpaw’ | Film Review
There have only been a handful of times that I’ve felt truly uncomfortable being a sports fan, and almost all of them are attached in...