RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6161 articles published since November 2017

Jonathon Wilson

Jonathon Wilson is one of Ready Steady Cut’s co-founders and has been an instrumental member of the team since its inception in 2017, with a leading role as Senior Editor.

After leaving college, Jonathon ventured into freelance writing to develop a portfolio. He was commissioned in multiple digital and print magazines for fiction and criticism before eventually pivoting to a more managerial role as the News Editor of a video game start-up (Pixels or Death).

In 2015, Jonathon published his first book, “Disfigured,” which is available digitally on Amazon.

Since helping to establish Ready Steady Cut in 2017, Jonathon has remained involved in all aspects of the site’s operation, mainly dedicated to its content output. He remains one of its primary Entertainment writers while also functioning as our dedicated Commissioning Editor, publishing over 6,500 articles. His coverage includes film, TV, entertainment, anime, true crime, and K-drama.

Jonathon’s experience and expertise in contemporary media allow him to assist our writers in producing the highest quality content tailored for savvy modern audiences.

Jonathon was also individually approved for Rotten Tomatoes and gained that status in June 2020: here is his Rotten Tomatoes Profile.

Articles by Jonathon Wilson

‘The Last Frontier’ Ending Explained – An Impressively Bizarre Finale

A few moments ago

I watch TV professionally, and rarely have I ever seen an episode of television as pointless as the finale of The Last Frontier. Early on, it...

The Ending Of ‘The Abandons’ Is Everything Wrong With Contemporary Television

A few hours ago

In many ways, The Abandons represents a lot of contemporary TV’s worst impulses, and this is more true of its ending than anything else. Or...

Kurt Sutter Abandoned ‘The Abandons’, And It’s Easy to See Why

A few hours ago

It’s no secret that Kurt Sutter parted ways with his Netflix Western The Abandons close to the end of production, citing “creative differences” that are...

‘Loot’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap – The Slide Into Sheer Mediocrity Continues

December 3 2025

Season 3 of Loot continues to be an exercise in making a once-great show as cripplingly uninteresting as possible.

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2 Ending Explained – An Ambiguous Proposal!

December 3 2025

Murder in a Small Town doesn’t suit the cliffhanger ending, does it?

‘Palm Royale’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – There’s A New Player In Town

December 3 2025

How do you prove you didn’t kill someone who has disappeared? How do you prove that someone who has disappeared is a murderer?

‘Down Cemetery Road’ Episode 7 Recap – A Day At the Beach

December 3 2025

The last episode of Down Cemetery Road felt like a penultimate episode, so it stands to reason that Episode 7, “Lights Go Out”, should feel like...

‘DMV’ Episode 8 Recap – An Obligatory Christmas-ish Special

December 2 2025

Just in case you were wondering whether DMV itself is aware of how annoying Colette is, Episode 8 has you covered.

‘Watson’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – Another One That Works

December 2 2025

I’m not the biggest fan of Watson, as anyone who has been reading these Season 2 recaps can probably tell, but I’m happy to admit...

With ‘Matt Rife: Unwrapped’ Netflix Have Slipped A Lump Of Coal In Your Stocking

December 2 2025

Netflix loves Christmas for financial reasons and Matt Rife for contractual ones, so it’s unsurprising to see the two combined in Matt Rife: Unwrapped –...

‘All’s Fair’ Episode 7 Recap – This Show Simply Isn’t Serious

December 2 2025

Sorry, but what is going on here? All's Fair hasn't exactly been easy to take seriously since the beginning, but Episode 7 takes the show's blurring of drama and comedy to such an extreme that I have no real idea of whether it's finally revealing itself as an outright parody or is simply so rubbish that the distinction has become meaningless.

The Ending Of ‘Troll 2’ Tees Up Another Sequel That We Don’t Need

December 1 2025

Troll was extremely popular for Netflix, which means the entire franchise is now cursed. You can tell from the ending of Troll 2, which seems...

‘Troll 2’ Is Twice As Big And Half As Good As Its Surprise-Hit Predecessor

December 1 2025

Troll 2 is so-called because it’s the sequel to Roar Uthaug’s surprise kaiju comedy Troll, which became a mega-hit on Netflix when it was released...

‘All the Empty Rooms’ Should Be Mandatory Viewing For Everyone

December 1 2025

When I sat down to review All the Empty Rooms, it took me only a few seconds of the 35-minute runtime to realise it was...

‘I Love LA’ Episode 5 Recap – Dylan Must Be Protected At All Costs

December 1 2025

What do you get when you take a show about mindless excess and complete, weaponised vacuity, and then have everyone in it suddenly realise that they want to do something meaningful with their lives?

‘The Chair Company’ Ending Explained – What Did We Just Watch!?

December 1 2025

If you ever wanted concrete proof that The Chair Company is not like other shows, then look no further than its ending — if you...

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 6 Recap – Your Dad Looks Like Pennywise

December 1 2025

I was going to start this recap by saying that things aren’t looking too good in It: Welcome to Derry, but now that I think about it, that’s only a matter of perspective.

‘Typhoon Family’ Ending Explained – A Happy, Albeit Perfunctory Conclusion

November 30 2025

Typhoon Family was always going to struggle with its ending. It isn’t so much a case of it being “happy” or not. It isn’t even...

‘Robin Hood’ Episode 6 Recap – Hey, She Said The Thing Out Loud

November 30 2025

Robin Hood and his Not-So-Merry Men have definitely crossed a line. They’re not just bandits now, but fully-fledged outlaws.

‘Landman’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – More Demi Moore and Andy Garcia, Please

November 30 2025

Can you smell that? No, it’s not hydrogen sulphide – although, this being Landman, it kind of is hydrogen sulphide – but the skeleton of a plot, and a point, both of which seem to be manifesting in Season 2 in a way that they never quite managed to do first time around.