Articles by Jonathon Wilson
Review – Unlocked
My favourite thing about Unlocked – the new perplexingly well-cast espionage action-thriller from veteran director Michael Apted – is the title. Someone really must have...
‘Dave Made a Maze’ Review – It’s Not Bad, But It Overstretches The Concept
There are few metaphors more obvious than the homemade living-room labyrinth in Dave Made a Maze. The titular Dave (Nick Thune) is a struggling artist...
Review – Annabelle: Creation
It’s the prequel to the spin-off of The Conjuring that nobody wanted or asked for. But, believe it or not, fate has once again conspired...
Review – Girls Trip
What’s this? About a year ago, a friend of mine pointed me towards a YouTube video in which a woman who calls herself Angel demonstrated...
Review – The Emoji Movie
Surprising absolutely nobody, The Emoji Movie is an insulting travesty without a shred of wit, intelligence or worth; a shameless, unfunny slab of advertising that...
Review – Atomic Blonde
It’s Jane Wick. Okay, sorry, that’s not entirely accurate. But I’ve had that joke lined up since the first trailer, and while it might not...
Opinion – Why I loved To The Bone
Beware: as this is an opinion piece there will be spoilers. To The Bone is a touching film about a young girl named Ellen (Lily...
Recap: Game of Thrones S7E2: “Stormborn”
And we’re back. Just like maps used to say, there be dragons here. And lots of spoilers. Where we ended last week is where we...
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Review – A Weaker Second Half
Allow me to direct you to my review of the first half of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, which contains all the blathering about...
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Batman: The...
‘The Story of 90 Coins’ Review – A Film That Resonates
The Story of 90 Coins is the directorial debut of Michael Wong, a Malaysian filmmaker currently based in Beijing. It’s the story of a promise...
Superman vs The Elite Review – An Intriguing and Topical Superman Story
Superman vs. The Elite is an adaptation – although, if we’re being completely honest, an expansion – of a story from Action Comics #775 called...
‘Justice League: Doom’ Review – A Surprisingly Dark Story
Justice League: Doom is the motion picture version of Mark Waid’s Justice League of America arc, JLA: Tower of Babel, from 2000, adapted for the...
Batman: Year One Review
Batman: Year One is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Batman: Year One is the animated adaptation...
‘Archer: Dreamland’ Review – It Teaches An Old Dog New Tricks
The eighth season of Adam Reed’s anarchic, sneakily genius spy-spoof animated series – and a bit of a gamble, this time around. Sure, the FXX...
Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
It’s the sixth Spider-Man movie since the dawn of the new millennium, the second live-action reboot of the character, and the sixteenth entry into the...
Review – Transformers: The Last Knight
You know what this is: the FIFTH of Michael Bay’s inexplicably-successful Transformers movies. I’ve never met a single person who genuinely likes these things, and...
Review – Wonder Woman
And… relax. It’s fine. Don’t let the overwhelmingly positive critical reaction fool you, though. It isn’t great – or, at the very least, it isn’t...
Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Somewhere in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, there’s a Guy Ritchie movie. You can see it, occasionally. For two or three scenes, the FX-leaden...
Review – War Machine
What is War Machine, exactly? Based on the title, you’d assume it’s a war movie. A proper, boots on sand, bullets in brains, red-hot, white-knuckle,...