RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6196 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

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – We’re Getting Meta Already

September 30 2025

Brilliant Minds got off to a chaotic start in Season 2, so it benefits from a narrower episode like “The Contestant”. But there’s still plenty...

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – There’s A Lot To Catch Up With

September 30 2025

A lot has changed in the world of Brilliant Minds. This was inevitably going to happen after the dramatic events that capped off the first...

‘Nightmares of Nature’ Review – A Genius Idea Feels Frustratingly Stuck in the Middle

September 30 2025

I’ve often criticised Blumhouse for treating the horror genre as a conveyor belt of lowest-common-denominator cliches, and as we enter October, I’m sure I’ll have...

The Story Of Ellen Greenberg Is Uniquely Suited To Our True Crime Moment

September 29 2025

Another day, another true-crime docuseries on a streaming platform. You could set your watch by it. Unless you’re an ardent amateur sleuth, your eyes are...

‘Task’ Episode 4 Recap – Ingelsby Continues To Put Us Through The Wringer

September 29 2025

Watching Task really is an exercise in being put through the wringer. Here are a bunch of people who are mostly well-intentioned but all deeply traumatised, trapped in a situation beyond their control that just keeps escalating.

‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Going Through the Motions

September 28 2025

Billy the Kid’s back for Season 3, still free and clear after his escape from custody in the second season finale, and becoming an enormous thorn in the collective backsides of the House.

‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Ending Explained – The Happily Ever After Everyone Wanted

September 28 2025

Don’t let me keep you in suspense. Yes, Bon Appetit, Your Majesty has the happy ending everyone wanted. Episode 12 isn’t about historical realism or...

‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – A Surprising Spectacle

September 28 2025

Daryl Dixon is a walking marketing exercise. The hair, the long Blade-style trench coat – dude, you’re in Spain, unbutton that thing – and the shifting signature weapon.

‘Tulsa King’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Things Are Already Looking Bad For Dwight

September 28 2025

If the premiere of Tulsa King Season 3 felt like a bit of a corrective to a lacklustre second season, Episode 2, “The Fifty”, feels...

‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episode 11 Recap – A Suitably Dramatic Penultimate Outing

September 27 2025

It’s Episode 11, aka the penultimate instalment of Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, and finally, the K-Drama is starting to act like a show with some pretty significant threads to wrap up that can’t afford to waste three episodes on a cooking contest.

‘The Rainmaker’ Episode 7 Recap – Rudy Takes The Law Into His Own Hands

September 27 2025

The Rainmaker takes something of a turn in Episode 7, largely abandoning the main plot for the equivalent of a side quest that neatly ties up Rudy’s ongoing involvement in Kelly’s love life.

‘Mantis’ Ending Explained – A Three-Way Fight Settles Some Difference

September 26 2025

And of course, it all comes down to a fight. This seems fitting for the ending of Mantis, which is about the battle for leadership...

‘Mantis’ Review – Netflix’s Spin-Off Boasts Fun Action But Is Lacking Character

September 26 2025

2023’s Kill Boksoon became one of the most successful South Korean Netflix Original Films ever, somewhat unexpectedly. It was good, an action-packed assassin thriller with...

‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Everything Happens All At Once

September 26 2025

I’ve been waiting ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to really get going. I thought the process might be incremental, but in Episode 6, it happens all at once.

‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Information We Probably Didn’t Need to Know

September 26 2025

Invasion Season 3's clear turning point was the reveal that Infinitas weren't just some anti-government hacker collective, but an alien-worshipping death cult.

‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ Episode 7 Recap – Another Kind Of Prison

September 24 2025

And just like that, Amanda Knox is free. But there’s a difference between “free” and “not in prison”.

‘Murder in a Small Town’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – How Many Murders Is Too Many?

September 24 2025

How many murders have to happen in a small town before it stops being a noteworthy enough occurrence for a show title?

‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – It’s Game Over for the Game Maker

September 24 2025

And just like that, the Game Maker mini-arc that has been the focal point of High Potential in both the Season 1 finale and the Season 2 premiere has come to an end.

‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Celebrity Deathmatch and Cipher’s Power Revealed

September 24 2025

Cipher, the new dean of God U, immediately became one of the more interesting figures in Season 2 of Gen V.

‘Alien: Earth’ Ending Explained – Oh, How the Tables Have Turned

September 24 2025

It only took all season, but I finally learned the technical term for “Species 64”, otherwise known as the “creepy tentacled eyeball octopus”, which is...