RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6208 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

‘Budapest’ Review – Fails to Deliver for the Audience

March 1 2019

Netflix’s Budapest tells the story of two lifelong friends who are fed up with the same old rat race. Acting as the office underdogs and...

Losers Season 1 Review

March 1 2019

Sport is defined by its successes. To win is to gain everything: fortune, adulation, immortality. To lose, well that does not bear thinking about. Fans...

Northern Rescue Season 1 Review

March 1 2019

John West (William Baldwin) is a search and rescue-er, the kind that rescues people after climbing accidents or the like, rather than an adventuring mouse....

‘River’s Edge’ (2018) | Netflix Film Review

March 1 2019

Netflix, savvy as ever, is no stranger to the teen drama. Admittedly such things are usually laced with comedy or comic-book-y weirdness, as in Riverdale,...

Coiled Spring: An Interview with Jack Spring

February 27 2019

Let’s face it, getting any film made is an achievement. Persuading the right people to part with large amounts of cash to back your vision...

‘Destination: Dewsbury’ | Film Review

February 27 2019

You can check out our exclusive interview with the director of Destination: Dewsbury, Jack Spring, by clicking these words. Since moving into my thirties I...

‘Flesh City’ | Film Review

February 22 2019

In Roger Ebert’s Little Rule Book, (which every aspiring film critic should read, by the way), he states that all good critics should be prepared...

‘Paris Is Us’ (‘Paris est à nous’) | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019

Paris Is Us has evolved from its early crowd-funded origins into an elegant feature depicting and exploring the obscurities that rear themselves in times of...

‘The Drug King’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019

Unimaginative title notwithstanding, Min-ho Woo’s The Drug King is nonetheless certain to find an audience on Netflix given how it falls right at the intersection of...

‘The Photographer of Mauthausen’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019

We live in the age of the selfie, a time where all of us carry cameras with us at all times and every conceivable moment...

‘Firebrand’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019

The cultural importance of Netflix can’t be understated, and it isn’t for the reasons you’d think. Sure, it’s notable that Roma, an unashamedly self-indulgent Spanish-language...

‘New Amsterdam’ Episode 14 – “The Forsaken” | TV Recap

February 20 2019

This recap of New Amsterdam Episode 14, “The Forsaken”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....

Proven Innocent Season 1 Episode 1 Recap

February 16 2019

Fox’s new legal drama Proven Innocent is the worst kind of posturing, holier-than-thou hogwash. In it, Rachelle Lefevre plays Maddie Scott, a self-righteous know-it-all attorney...

‘Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho’ | Netflix Special Review

February 15 2019

It’s rare to come across a stand-up special that is somehow less funny than spending the equivalent amount of time feeding your hands into a...

‘The Dragon Prince’ Season 2 | Netflix Original Review

February 15 2019

I very much enjoyed the first book of Netflix’s Original series The Dragon Prince, and its high-fantasy take on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Xadia is a...

‘Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy’ Season 1 | Netflix Review

February 15 2019

The ability to laugh at ourselves and others has long been the sword and shield that humanity wields in the great, merciless colosseum of life....

‘New Amsterdam’ Episode 13 – “The Blues” | TV Recap

February 13 2019

This recap of New Amsterdam Episode 13, “The Blues”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....

‘I Am the Night’ Episode 3 – “Dark Flower” | TV Recap

February 12 2019

This recap of I Am the Night Episode 3, “Dark Flower”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...

‘Departures’ (‘Then Came You’) | Film Review

February 11 2019

Departures is directed by Peter Hutchings (The Outcasts), stars Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Nina Dobrev (Fam) and is an...

‘The Divorce Party’ | Film Review

February 11 2019

Life is full of surprises, only a few of them pleasant, so a charming and simplistic rom-com like The Divorce Party should be appreciated, if...