Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Catching Feelings’ Review – When Romance Meets Dark Comedy in Johannesburg
Catching Feelings follows the lives of journalist Sam and author turned English teacher Max as they go day by day seemingly living a satisfactory lifestyle....
Bulletproof Episode 1 Recap
The buddy-cop subgenre of action-comedy might seem like a distinctly American thing, but you can always rely on the British to steal other cultures. And...
‘Aiyaary’ Review – A Messy, Overstuffed Espionage Thriller That Falls Flat
Neeraj Pandey’s Aiyaary is a messy and overstuffed espionage thriller that runs for 160 agonizing minutes. Checking your watch during a bad movie is nothing...
‘Vida’ Season 1 Episodes 1-2 Recap – Gentrification, Identity, and Homecoming
Vida, debuted around the same time as Sweetbitter but is thankfully much, much better, is something of a minefield – for me, anyway. It’s about,...
‘Sweetbitter’ Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – “Salt” and “Now Your Tongue is Coded”
I’ve made it two full episodes into Sweetbitter, the Starz series adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephanie Danler, and it occurs...
‘Patrick Melrose’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – “Bad News”
“Old bastard’s only gone and died,” says the lugubrious Patrick Melrose after receiving some bad news from New York in the first episode to be...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 6 Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 6: The Lost Missions is part of the current Star Wars canon. You can check out the entire timeline...
Terminal (2018) Review – An Inscrutable Journey That Leaves You Uncertain
Terminal runs for about 90 minutes, and I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what a single one of them was about. I...
The Kissing Booth Review
Netflix has delivered a product of complete cringe, a cliched and overly dramatic coming of age story that is built on very little meaning...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5 Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5 is part of the current Star Wars canon. The Clone Wars Season 5 is the best season of...
Netflix’s Safe Review
THIS REVIEW OF SAFE IS BASED ON THE EPISODES THAT WERE (EVENTUALLY) PROVIDED TO PRESS AND THUS DOESN’T CONTAIN A SCORE. IT’LL LIKELY BE UPDATED...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 4 Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 4 is part of the current Star Wars canon. You can check out the entire timeline by clicking these...
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 3 Review – Ambitious Action Meets Continuity Chaos
Even by the usual standards of a show where teenage aliens battle with humming multi-colored laser swords, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 is...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2 Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2 is part of the current Star Wars canon. You can check out the entire timeline by clicking these...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 is part of the current Star Wars canon. What’s refreshing about The Clone Wars, especially Season 1, is...
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Review
STAR WARS: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH IS PART OF THE CURRENT STAR WARS CANON. As I’m a deeply cynical man who enjoys...
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Review
Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones is part of the current Star Wars canon. You can check out the entire timeline by...
‘Evil Genius’ Review – Maniacal Laugh
Evil Genius opens with the story of Brian Wells, a pizza delivery guy who attempts to rob a bank with a homemade bomb forcibly locked...
Busted! Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2 Recap
We recap the Netflix K-Variety series Busted! Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2, which will contain minor spoilers. The Korean variety show scene is alien...
Forgive Us Our Debts (2018) Review – A Toothless Tale of Predatory Finance
Early on in Forgive Us Our Debts, a man who is apparently a professor (Jerzy Stuhr) uses a pool table and an analogy about a...