RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6501 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

Call Your Mother review – another bland, formulaic network sitcom

January 14 2021

The point of parenting is to do a good enough job at it that your kids don’t need you anymore – but what do you...

Search Party season 4, episode 3 recap – “Escape to Nowhere”

January 14 2021

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 3, “Escape to Nowhere”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. The central question driving Search...

Search Party season 4, episode 2 recap – “Something Sharp”

January 14 2021

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 2, “Something Sharp”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. How do you move on from...

Search Party season 4, episode 1 recap – “The Girl in the Basement”

January 14 2021

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 1, “The Girl in the Basement”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always thrived at imbuing classic genre...

Batman: Soul of the Dragon review – it’d be better without Batman

January 12 2021

There are many ways to skin a cat and a seemingly infinite number of ways to make a Batman movie, but that isn’t to say...

Tiger review – a solid sporting documentary that can’t quite back its own claims

January 11 2021

Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek (and executive producer Alex Gibney) would evidently like Tiger, a two-part, four-hour documentary streaming on HBO, to be the latest...

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy review – exploring an epidemic

January 11 2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy debuted on Netflix on January 11, 2021. With all the talk of pandemics these days, it’s easy to forget about...

Pretend It’s a City review – a warm and enthusiastic look at New York

January 8 2021

Nobody from New York has ever been shy about telling people they’re from New York, which is probably just as well for the purposes of...

Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons season 5 review – banged up again

January 8 2021

Raphael Rowe is an interesting guy, and Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons is interesting largely because of him. You’d think doing 12 years’ hard time after a...

Search Party season 4 review – milennial thriller takes psycho turn

January 7 2021

This review of Search Party Season 4 is spoiler-free. Few shows are more difficult to categorize than Search Party, the fourth season of which premieres...

All Rise season 2, episode 6 recap – what happened in “Bounceback”?

January 5 2021

This recap of All Rise season 2, episode 6, “Bounceback”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these...

A Perfect Planet review – another can’t-miss David Attenborough series

January 4 2021

There are so many David Attenborough documentaries that keeping track of them is almost impossible – but it’s impossible to get sick of them. That’s...

The Outpost season 3, episode 13 recap – “Violence is Futile” ending explained

January 4 2021

This recap of The Outpost season 3, episode 13, “Violence is Futile” (ending explained) contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...

Pennyworth season 2, episode 4 recap – “The Hunted Fox”

January 4 2021

This recap of Pennyworth season 2, episode 4, “The Hunted Fox”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...

Your Honor Season 1 Episodes 5 and 6 Recap – “Part Five” and “Part Six”

January 4 2021

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know, or at least that’s how the saying goes. But Your Honor seems determined the prove the...

Børning 3: Asphalt Burning review – absolute garbage

January 2 2021

Well, it certainly didn’t take long for Netflix to give its many detractors some ammunition this year. On just the second day of a new...

Shadow in the Cloud review – a genre mash-up that just about stays airborne

January 1 2021

There’s something to be said for bonkers genre movies that seem to make a conscious effort to be nuttier than a squirrel’s fart, and that’s...

What Happened to Mr Cha? review – a satire that can’t get out of its own way

January 1 2021

This review of What Happened to Mr Cha? is spoiler-free. Korean comedy What Happened to Mr. Cha? is the directorial debut of Kim Dong-kyu, and...

The Minimalists: Less Is Now review – is this the time to start letting things go?

January 1 2021

The word of the day is “stuff”. We all have too much of it. And how much stuff do we really need? This is the...

Cobra Kai season 3, episode 10 recap – the ending explained

January 1 2021

This recap of Cobra Kai season 3, episode 10, “December 19”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...