Articles by Jonathon Wilson
The House of Flowers Season 1 Review
Created and directed by Manolo Caro, The House of Flowers, or La casa de las flores, is a new Spanish-language Netflix Original Series – the...
Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – “A Monster Is Among Us”
The seventh episode of Paramount’s Yellowstone is titled “A Monster Is Among Us”, and since watching it I’ve been wondering which of the show’s many...
‘The Most Unknown’ Review – A Fascinating Documentary
The Most Unknown is a fascinating documentary by Ian Cheney that unites nine scientists from a slew of fields in pursuit of intellectual common ground....
‘Upgrade’ | Film Review
If it isn’t one of the best movies of the year, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade is without a doubt one of the most unique and memorable....
‘Who Is America?’ Episode 4 | TV Recap
I’ve been watching Sacha Baron Cohen play dress-up since I was a child, and I’ll probably never tire of ignorant, hateful people being tricked into...
‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies’ | Film Review
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Perhaps it won’t be quite as pleasant or surprising to those of you who had any actual idea what...
‘The Darkest Minds’ | Film Review
2018 might be both the best and worst year for yet another franchise-starting young-adult blockbuster. The worst, because, frankly, who needs any more of these...
Succession Season 1 Episode 10 Recap – What Happened in “Nobody Is Ever Missing”?
Shiv and Tom have tied the knot in the Succession Season 1 finale, but it remains to be seen if they’ve tied it around their...
‘Christopher Robin’ | Film Review
Christopher Robin is a sneaky film, and if I’m being honest a little bit sadistic. Ostensibly aimed at children who’ll be too young and distracted...
On Children Season 1 Review
It has been a good week for Netflix’s international programming. Wednesday saw the release of Switched, a live-action Original Series adapted from the manga by...
Marching Orders Season 1 | Netflix Documentary Review
I am an absolute sucker for any film or series that is about sport, and I have a real affection for anything that focuses on...
‘Brij Mohan Amar Rahe!’ | Netflix Film Review
Netflix continues, sniper-like, to target the South Asian market with Nikhil Bhat’s Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, otherwise known as Long Live Brij Mohan, although the...
Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – “The Remembering”
Yellowstone represents the best and worst of Taylor Sheridan; all his most self-serving impulses, but also his rare willingness to expose himself to misinterpretation. All...
Switched season 1 review – first impressions are not everything
First impressions aren’t everything, but Switched, the new Japanese Netflix Original Series, makes some good ones. It quickly and shockingly establishes a compelling premise, introduces...
‘Dead Night’ | Film Review
At this point, if you go anywhere near a cabin the woods, you’re just asking for trouble. Brad Baruh’s Dead Night – as generic a...
‘The Row’ | Film Review
Any tension to be found in The Row, Matty Beckerman’s new sorority slasher, comes from fretting that any of these insufferable oxygen thieves might survive...
Succession Season 1 Episode 9 Recap – What Happened in “Pre-Nuptial”?
Love is in the air in “Pre-Nuptial”, episode 9 of Succession Season 1, as is bitterness, rage, jealousy, betrayal, and weed smoke, as the Roys...
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ | Film Review
It’s fitting that Ant-Man and the Wasp opens on Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) trying to entertain his daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Forston) while serving his...
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ | Film Review
Tom Cruise is running. He always is. For at least half of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sixth film in the franchise, he’s running on...
Welcome to the Family Season 1 Review
Netflix’s world-gobbling expansion efforts continue apace, and after the remarkable success of the (very good) Indian crime series Sacred Games, it’s no surprise that international...