Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Calibre Review
This review of Calibre contains minor spoilers. Airing on Netflix today, just a week after its home-turf debut at the Edinburgh Film Festival where it...
Tau Review
My goodness, I really didn’t enjoy Tau. It’s a thriller in the very loosest sense of the word – I can’t really think of a time where...
Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 2 Review
Yellowstone isn’t a great television show yet, but there’s definitely one inside it somewhere. I can’t quite put a finger on what’s holding it back;...
Kiss Me First Season 1 Review
Kiss Me First is based on a book of the same name by Lottie Moggach, and even though it was first published in 2013, the story...
Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 1 Review
I worry about Taylor Sheridan sometimes. Yeah, sure, he’s one of the finest writers to put pen to paper in an industry overstuffed with hacks...
Secret City Season 1 Review
In the opening scene of Secret City, a young Australian girl on scholarship to China noisily demands a free Tibet. Then she sets herself on...
Bulletproof Episode 6 Review
This review contains spoilers for the season finale of Bulletproof. You’ll have to excuse the absence of regular Bulletproof reviews here. Thanks to each episode...
Succession Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – What Happened in “Sad Sack Wasp Trap”?
There’s a picture of an arsehole floating around in season 1, episode 4 of Succession. It belongs to a client of Shiv’s, and threatens his...
Recovery Boys Review
According to some relevant factoids deployed at the end of Netflix’s new original documentary, 90% of Americans who need help recovering from drug addiction don’t...
Us and Them (Hou lai de wo men) Review
Us and Them / Hou lai de wo men tells the story of how two strangers who met by pure chance during the Chunyun period...
Escape Plan 2: Hades Review
In Escape Plan, the first film, Sylvester Stallone played Ray Breslin, a former prosecutor whose wife and child were murdered by an escaped convict he...
Succession Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – What Happened in “Lifeboats”?
The lifeboats of this episode title are ideas – modern, exciting ideas, like virtual reality or, as new Waystar-Royco COO Roman Roy suggests, porn. “There...
Lust Stories Review
New to Netflix, Lust Stories bring us four unique tales, all exploring themes of love, adultery and of course lust. Set in India, each short...
Sunday’s Illness Review
A not particularly fun fact about me is that my father left my mother when she fell pregnant. I’ve never met him or communicated with...
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Episode 3 Review
This review contains spoilers for Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Episode 3: “Stained Glass”. Hold on a minute, Marvel, I thought we were finished with Legion?...
Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Review
When the first season of Marvel’s Luke Cage was released, a bulletproof black American was the most potent political statement one might hope to find...
Condor Premiere Review
This review contains spoilers for the Condor premiere episode, “What Loneliness”. Okay, let me get this straight. First, in 1974, was the novel Six Days...
Succession Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – What Happened in “S… Show at the F… Factory”?
Even though I rather liked the premiere episode of Succession, I can’t say I was particularly enthused about tuning in again today. There must be...
‘Vida’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Redefining Home in Episode 6
Throughout the first season of Vida, Lyn, and Emma, and all the inhabitants of their East Los Angeles neighborhood, have grappled with the concept of...
‘Patrick Melrose’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – “At Last”
“An orphan at last, just what I’ve always wanted,” says Patrick Melrose in the fifth and final episode of this wonderful series. Adapted from the...