RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved
Contribution5353 articles published since November 2017

Jonathon Wilson

Jonathon is one of the co-founders of Ready Steady Cut and has been an instrumental part of the team since its inception in 2017.

After leaving college, Jonathon ventured into the world of freelance writing to develop a portfolio. He was commissioned in multiple digital and print magazines for both 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, remaining 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 is also individually approved on Rotten Tomatoes and gained that status in June 2020: here is his Rotten Tomatoes Profile.

Articles by Jonathon Wilson

Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4, Episode 5 Is Firing On All Cylinders

October 2 2024

Slow Horses operates at such a consistently high level that it didn’t occur to me until midway through Episode 5 of Season 4, “Grave Danger”,...

Recap: ‘Murder in a Small Town’ Episode 2 Is A Step Down

October 2 2024

Murders in picturesque local towns are like buses. You wait ages for one, and then several come along at once. That’s how it must feel...

Recap: ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, Episode 6 Is Like Being Slowly Tortured

October 2 2024

On the one hand, Tell Me Lies Season 2, Episode 6, once again appropriately titled “Do Your Dirty Words Come Out to Play?”, is a bristlingly effective...

Recap: ‘Where’s Wanda?’ Episode 2 Adds A Few New Suspects

October 2 2024

Every episode of Where’s Wanda? is named after a family. The premiere focused on the Klatts, which is understandable since they’re at the very center of the...

Recap: There’s A Storm Coming In ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 9

October 2 2024

“The Calm Before the Storm” is a well-known expression, but it applies to Episode 9 of Bad Monkey more than usual since there is literally a storm...

Recap: ‘Where’s Wanda?’ Episode 1 Kicks Off A Funny, Intriguing Small-Town Mystery

October 2 2024

There’s a delicate balance to Where’s Wanda?, Apple TV+’s small-town German mystery series about a missing 17-year-old girl. Episode 1, “The Klatts”, is hilarious but deeply...

Recap: Mind and Body Are Separated In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 2

October 1 2024

I wasn’t sure about Brilliant Minds after a mixed-bag premiere, but I’m pleased to report that Episode 2, “The Disembodied Woman”, is a really good episode of...

Recap: ‘English Teacher’ Episode 6 Has The Best Guest Star of the Season

October 1 2024

The main joke of English Teacher Episode 6 isn’t that funny when you think about it. The youth of today is so sensitive, coddled, and reactionary that...

Recap: Sophie Turner Impresses in the Premiere of ‘Joan’

September 30 2024

Sophie Turner’s post-Game of Thrones career hasn’t exactly been prolific, which is surprising. Anyone who survives eight seasons of that show – especially the last...

Recap: Underdogs Unite In ‘The Penguin’ Episode 2

September 30 2024

Episode 2 of The Penguin, “Inside Man”, is as good as the premiere was, which got me thinking. Why? That isn’t a trick question. There...

‘Industry’ Season 3 Ends At Its Best – By Showing The Worst Of Everyone

September 30 2024

Industry Season 3 was never heading to a happy ending, but even I didn’t expect one quite so cynical as this. Episode 8, “Infinite Largesse”,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 14 Tees Up One Final Obstacle

September 29 2024

There’s nothing like a brush with death to put things in perspective, and that’s where Seung-hyo is at in Love Next Door Episode 14. Predictably,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Spins Its Wheels In Episode 13

September 29 2024

Love Next Door is falling off a bit, right? It might just be me. But Episode 13 felt like a show that should have already...

Recap: ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Raises Some Worrying Questions

September 29 2024

Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is subtitled The Book of Carol. I don’t like that for several reasons – “Book Of” sounds...

Recap: ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Livens Up In Episode 3

September 29 2024

Tulsa King hasn’t been in a rush to get going in Season 2, but that changes slightly in Episode 3, “Oklahoma v. Manfredi”. Quite a bit...

Review: ‘Will & Harper’ Is A Beautiful, Heartfelt Film That Everyone Should See

September 28 2024

I don’t go to Will Ferrell for emotional sentiment, so I was surprised when, in Will & Harper, he moved me to tears several times....

Review: ‘Wolfs’ Is A Laidback Good Time And Doesn’t Need To Be Anything More

September 28 2024

I know what you’re thinking. The correct plural of “wolf” is “wolves”. But that’s kind of the point of Wolfs, the Jon Watts movie streaming...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 2 Might Have Introduced the Killer

September 27 2024

The pilot episode of Grotesquerie was fittingly grotesque, and Episode 2, “True Crime Catholics”, doesn’t exactly become a comedy. In fact, it might be even...

Recap: ‘Grotesquerie’ Has An Impressively Grim Pilot

September 27 2024

You can’t have a spooky season without a Ryan Murphy show, and Grotesquerie fits the bill. Episode 1 introduces a couple of complicated protagonists, an...

Monsters, Mommy Issues, and Memory Trouble in the ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Finale

September 27 2024

I’m getting sick of having to say this, but the ending of Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 isn’t much of an ending. Episode 7 of the...