RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6163 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

‘Red Eye’ Is A Serviceable Airborne Thriller That Swiftly Loses Altitude

July 22 2025

Richard Armitage was built for streaming. Stick this guy in a ropey thriller with any concept you like and he’ll do a halfway decent job...

Breaking Down Every Steamy Twist In ‘The Hunting Wives’

July 21 2025

Murder! Affairs! Megachurches! The Hunting Wives has an awful lot going on, and a lot of it is deliberately ridiculous and sensational. Across eight episodes, it weaves...

The Ending Of ‘The Hunting Wives’ Is Crazy, But Annoyingly Inconclusive

July 21 2025

Where to even begin? It was obvious from the start that The Hunting Wives was going to take some crazy turns, but following a penultimate...

‘The Hunting Wives’ Is An Unashamedly Trashy And Ridiculous Binge

July 21 2025

The Hunting Wives, created by Rebecca Cutter and based on the book by May Cobb, wears its original destiny as a Starz show like a...

‘Trainwreck: P.I. Moms’ Tells A Story So Wild It Could Only Be True

July 21 2025

Trainwreck: P.I. Moms tells the kind of wacky true story that, if it were the plot of a movie or TV show, you’d write it off...

Guilty As Charged: TV Might Be The Best Way Of Challenging Big Ideas

July 21 2025

Prime Video’s Justice on Trial, created by and starring Judge Judy Sheindlin, has a very clever premise. Perhaps more importantly, it’s a premise that could...

‘The Institute’ Barely Gets Going In Episode 3, But Signs Are Promising

July 20 2025

I get that prison breaks are a pretty complex undertaking, but The Institute needs to speed things up.

Breaking Down the Secretive, Maddening Ending of Netflix’s ‘Delirium’

July 19 2025

Netflix’s eight-episode Colombian drama Delirium is an ambitiously knotty exploration of generational trauma, secrets, and madness, and its ending is a twisty old thing that...

‘Delirium’ Tackles Heavy Subjects In Interesting Ways, But Something’s Missing

July 18 2025

It’s easy to be cynical about any show marketed on its sexuality. Not that there’s anything wrong with a bit of sauce, obviously; we’re not...

The Ending Of ‘Wall to Wall’ Is Mostly Just A Mess

July 18 2025

Years ago, when I lived alone, my neighbours were bonkers nocturnal drug addicts who never stopped banging on the walls for reasons I could never...

‘Wall to Wall’ Builds Strong Foundations But Takes A Hammer To Them

July 18 2025

Wall to Wall is essentially two movies in one. The first is a genuinely involving and claustrophobic thriller with proper themes and compelling mysteries. The...

‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 3 Brings The Dark Passengers Into Conflict

July 18 2025

The premiere wasn't a fluke. Episode 3 of Dexter: Resurrection, aptly titled "Backseat Driver", feels like a return to the franchise of old with a tight focus on Dexter himself as he works to claim another victim.

‘Smoke’ Gets More Right Than Wrong In Episode 5

July 18 2025

I’m not going to lie to you, I had written Smoke off. The previous episode was so deeply awful and misguided that it seemed incomprehensible the show...

‘Untamed’ Answers Every Question In A Satisfying, Conclusive Ending

July 17 2025

Credit where it’s due – Untamed hasn’t exactly been a remarkable crime thriller, featuring many of the overly familiar hallmarks of shows in the genre,...

‘Untamed’ Feels Restrained In Episode 5, But Still Shows Depth

July 17 2025

“Terces” feels quite light for a penultimate episode, clearly saving up most of its big revelations and developments for the finale.

‘Untamed’ Digs For Gold In Episode 4, But Doesn’t Quite Find It

July 17 2025

As it turns out, Vasquez’s near-death experience in the previous episode is the most major breakthrough of the case thus far.

‘Untamed’ Delivers Its Best Suspense Sequence In Episode 3

July 17 2025

This, I think, is more like it. With the identity of the mysterious Jane Doe having been discovered, several new lines of inquiry open up in Episode 3.

‘Untamed’ Episode 2 Provides A Breakthrough in the Jane Doe Case

July 17 2025

By the end of Untamed Episode 2, Vasquez has figured out who the mysterious Jane Doe is, which is good news.

‘Untamed’ Episode 1 Builds To A Played-Out Twist

July 17 2025

The first thing you’ll notice about Untamed is that it doesn’t look great.

‘Untamed’ Is An Outdoorsy Crime Thriller With A Contradiction At Its Core

July 17 2025

Untamed is a much less interesting show than I expected it to be. This is a criticism, I suppose, but it feels like more of...