Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Review: A Pun-Filled but Hollow Sequel
A sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet, Sherlock Gnomes reimagines the famous sleuth as a lawn trinket on the trail of his missing fellows in...
The Strangers: Prey at Night Review
[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Ten years after the 2008 original, The Strangers: Prey at Night sees the same trio of masked murderers making mayhem in a trailer...
‘I Kill Giants’ Review – Madison Wolfe Shines in Off-Beat Coming-of-Age Fantasy
Adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Joe Kelly (who also adapted the screenplay), I Kill Giants is a story about Barbara...
Reboot: The Guardian Code Season 1 Review
ReBoot: The Guardian Code is a Canadian animation/live-action crossover that follows the lives of four teenagers as they start life at Alan Turing High School. The...
Film Review | The Titan (2018)
Netflix’s latest Original, The Titan, is a criminally drab slab of science-fiction that sees a lifeless military man subjected to genetic experimentation. Directed by Lennart...
Film Review | Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Nobody asked for it, but Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s nutty original, in which giant robots smacked giant monsters in...
‘Happy Anniversary (2018)’ Review- Smart Yet Underwhelming Romcom by Jared Stern
Happy Anniversary is a Netflix movie from writer/director Jared Stern. The film follows Sam (Ben Schwartz – Blue Iguana, Middleditch & Schwartz) and Mollie (Nöel Wells)...
‘Swordgai The Animation’ Season 1 Review: A Mesmerizing Blend of Violence and Humanity
Swordgai The Animation tells the tragic story of Gai, a child abandoned from birth, his self-inflicted retribution serves to set a course of anguish and...
‘Take Your Pills’ Review: A Fractured Look at America’s ADHD Drug Epidemic
The increasing use of amphetamines, like Ritalin or Adderall, to treat ADHD (amongst other things) is becoming a real cause for concern in certain parts...
On My Block Season 1 Review
On My Block Season 1 is a Netflix comedy series that focuses on four teenagers — Cesar (Diego Tinoco), Ruby (Jason Genao), Monse (Sierra Capri)...
‘Steel Rain’ Review: North Korean Espionage and Doomsday Drama
Steel Rain cooks up a button-pushing doomsday scenario as a super-skilled North Korean agent team up with a dorky presidential aide to stave off a...
‘The Hurricane Heist’ Review – A Calamitous, Brain-Dead Thriller
In this exceptionally dumb thriller about bad weather and morons, thieves attempt a heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches. Directed...
Review | Ladies First (2018)
Ladies First is a Netflix Original documentary short that tells the inspirational story of Deepika Kumari, who, after being born on a roadside to abject...
Review: Jared Leto in ‘The Outsider’ – A Controversial Yakuza Tale
The Outsider sees method actor Jared Leto (House Of Gucci) as an American soldier who joins the Yakuza in post-WWII Japan. Directed by Martin Zandvliet...
Review | Girls Incarcerated Season 1 (2018)
Netflix Original docuseries Girls Incarcerated, follows the lives of some of America’s youngest female offenders as they adapt to life incarcerated. Set in a female juvenile...
Film Review | Game Night (2018)
Game Night is a raucously funny comedy about parlour-loving partiers who find themselves drawn into a web of danger. Written by Mark Perez and directed...
Film Review | The Ravenous / Les Affamés (2017)
Written and directed by Robin Aubert, The Ravenous, also known as Les Affamés, is a Canadian horror-drama about a zombie outbreak in the remote Quebec...
Flint Town Review – Exceptional Documentary Filmmaking
Docuseries Flint Town offers a tantalizing glance into one of the most underfunded yet hardest-working police forces in America. The town of Flint is riddled...
Review | Mute (2018)
In Netflix Original Mute, a voiceless bartender’s search for his missing love takes him into the dark, criminal underbelly of a future Berlin. Directed and...
An Interview with Marshal Hilton
With close to 40 plus films to his credit, the former FOX Series Regular Co-Star on the #1 Rated Fox Kids Show Beetleborgs Metallix, Marshal...