Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Cathedral of the Sea’ (‘La catedral del mar’) | Netflix TV Review
Directed by Jordi Frades and adapted from the famed Spanish historical novel La catedral del mar by Ildefonso Falcones, Cathedral of the Sea is a...
Paradise PD Season 1 Review
If you have a profoundly undeveloped sense of humour and have seen every season of South Park, Family Guy and American Dad, you’re in luck...
Undercover Law Season 1 Review
You can have too much of a good thing, which you swiftly learn when your humble, home-grown media outlet develops a reputation for being the...
‘On My Skin’ (‘Sulla mia pelle’) | Venice 2018 Film Review
In 2009, 172 inmates died in Italian prisons. I know this because the figure is revealed at the end of Alessio Cremonini’s On My Skin,...
‘BlacKkKlansman’ | Film Review
I went into BlacKkKlansman knowing absolutely nothing about it, but the premise sounded so unbelievable that it could only be based on a true story. The...
The Innocents Season 1 Review
Just when you think that the onslaught of YA-type shows has finally finished, another one comes along in the shape of the new Netflix Original...
‘Deadwind’ (‘Karppi’) | Netflix TV Review
New on Netflix today is the 12-part Finnish crime drama Deadwind, or Karppi, co-written by director Rike Jokela with Jari Olavi Rantala and Kirsi Porkka....
‘The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time’ | Film Review
I must confess to not being entirely familiar with the Sharknado franchise, but I can’t imagine that matters. As I understand it, the one-joke premise...
‘The Last Warrior’ (‘The Scythian’) | Film Review
You can rely on the Russians to do certain things rather well, such as meddling in elections and crafting proudly old-fashioned fantasy epics. The Last...
‘The Little Mermaid’ (2018) | Film Review
It takes a fair helping of fishy guts to peddle knockoff wares in the shadow of a Disney classic, but that’s exactly what Blake Harris and Chris...
‘The Festival’ | Film Review
You’ve got to feel sorry for Joe Thomas. He seems to have been a man trapped in time since 2008 when he first starred as...
‘Down a Dark Hall’ | Film Review
As a father of two girls, I know they’re prone to acting up. But there are probably better places to send them than the curious,...
‘The Ninth Passenger’ | Film Review
The setup of The Ninth Passenger resembles that of a thousand better low-budget genre movies. A group of salacious, idiotic teens venture aboard a luxury...
‘Mile 22’ | Film Review
Mile 22 is the fourth collaboration between rapper-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg in just five years. The other three were Lone Survivor, about...
‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ | Film Review
A Prayer Before Dawn is the rare film that makes two hours seem like far too long and somehow not nearly long enough. It sentences...
Here’s everything that happened in Ballers Season 4
Before we dive into Season 4: when we last saw the boys, Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) and Joe (Rob Corddry) had turned down the offer to...
‘The Motive’ (‘El Autor’) | Film Review
The Motive, or El Autor, by Spanish director Manuel Martín Cuenca, has a lot of things going for it. It’s darkly funny, built around a killer...
‘Along Came the Devil’ | Film Review
Whenever a horror film opens with the words “Based on true events,” I always strongly suspect it’s going to be some bullshit. Those suspicions were...
‘The Meg’ | Film Review
Some films are meant to be enjoyed in the theatre, where you can join in the shared experience while munching on popcorn like a giant...
‘Afflicted’ | Netflix Original Series Review
Afflicted is an extraordinarily bleak seven-part Netflix Original documentary series created by Dan Partland. It follows individuals with severe, chronic illnesses who seek out increasingly...