Articles by Jonathon Wilson
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...
‘Extinction’ | Film Review
These days, watching a Netflix science-fiction film is like picking through the bins of a high-end restaurant. You might, if you’re lucky, fish out something...
‘Castle Rock’ Episode 1 | TV Recap
The only thing I really remember about watching 50 Shades Darker, aside from having a few cocktails under my belt, is being unnaturally excited by...
Succession Season 1 Episode 8 Recap – What Happened in “Prague”?
Nobody goes to Prague in season 1, episode 8 of Succession, but everyone goes nuts. It seems fitting that after weeks of boardroom backstabbing the...
The Equalizer 2 Review
I’m an unapologetic advocate of Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer, from 2014, which rebooted the late-80s Edward Woodward TV series with a tea-sipping, classic-literature-reading, obsessive-compulsive Denzel...
Netflix’s “Final Space” Review
When I started Final Space, the new Netflix Original sci-fi animated adventure, I began to wonder exactly what I’d let myself in for; there was just...
In Search Of Episode 1 Review
It seems like lately I’ve been watching a lot of shows in which easy-to-please hosts travel to weird places and witness odd things – most...
Father of the Year Review
Ah, the Happy Madison logo, the one thing at the start of any film that guarantees you are in for a terrible time. And Netflix’s...
Duck Duck Goose Review
You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Duck Duck Goose, which arrives on Netflix today after a sneaky UK theatrical release. It received virtually...
Succession Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – What Happened in “Austerlitz”?
Across the last six episodes of HBO’s Succession, the Roy family have spent so much time hating each other that we’ve rarely had a chance...
Skyscraper (2018) Review
Rawson Thurber’s Skycraper is the illegitimate lovechild of Die Hard and The Towering Inferno, pitting one of the world’s most impressive and imposing structures against...
Going for Gold Review
As I write this, I’m sat beside a little shelf full of cheerleading trophies, including one that I used as an ashtray when I was...
5th Passenger Review
5th Passenger, a Star Trek reunion brought to us largely by a successful Kickstarter campaign, is the kind of cheap-looking science-fiction that makes up for...
Succession Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – What Happened in “Which Side Are You On?”
This title of this week’s episode of Succession asks which side are you on. But it’s a trick question. Everyone’s on the same side: Their...
First Team: Juventus Part Two Review
After part one (three of six episodes) of this Netflix original docu-series chronicling Italian football champions Juventus’ 2017-18 season was released back in February, First Team:...
White Fang (2018) Review
Jack London’s White Fang was originally published in 1906 and has been adapted countless times since, including in a 1991 film starring Ethan Hawke. The...
The Skin of the Wolf (Bajo la piel de lobo) Review
From one film about manly hunting men to the next, also gracing Netflix on this fine Friday is The Skin of the Wolf or in its...
Bleeding Steel Review
Jackie Chan is 64 years of age. He’d qualify for a free bus pass. Not that he’d ever use it; a career sprung out of...
Gotti (2018) Review
Gotti, the new biopic starring John Travolta and directed by Kevin Connolly, is perhaps the finest comedy of the year. Unintentionally, of course. In many...
Succession Season 1 Episode 5 Recap – What Happened in “I Went to Market”?
There’s nothing worse than pretending to like your extended family. Luckily, here in England, Thanksgiving is a date that we can just helpfully skip over,...