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

‘Blood Brother’ | Film Review

December 4 2018

Blood Brother is a film that is a little bit better than you’d think and a lot worse than it might have been. Any low...

‘Burning’ | Film Review

December 3 2018

When the first teaser trailer dropped for Lee Chang-Dong’s Burning, it was a shock to the senses. As trailers go, Burning ticked all the right boxes,...

‘Bodied’ | Film Review

December 3 2018

My love for battle rap predates my current career as a mean-spirited producer of words, but the two things are inextricably linked. The underground world...

Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – “Torches and Pitchforks”

December 3 2018

This recap of Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 2, “Torches and Pitchforks”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking...

Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 1 Recap – “All That We’ve Left Behind”

December 2 2018

This recap of Nightflyers Season 1 Episode 1, “All That We’ve Left Behind”, contains spoilers. The latest work of George R. R. Martin to be...

‘Prodigy’ (2018) | Film Review

December 2 2018

Prodigy is from writer and director Nathan Leon in his feature film debut, starring Cory Kays, Hailey Henry and newcomer Embry Johnson, and is a...

‘1983’ | Netflix Original Series Review

November 30 2018

A dystopian thriller, 1983 is set in an alternative 2003. Poland is subject to totalitarian rule ever since a terror attack twenty years earlier which...

‘Nicky Jam: El Ganador’ | Netflix Original Series Review

November 30 2018

New on Netflix today, at least in Latin America, Spain and here in England, is Nicky Jam: El Ganador, the biographical original series that chronicles...

‘Baby’ | Netflix Original Series Review

November 30 2018

For the same reason that passing motorists pull over to gawp at car crashes, I’m attracted to film and television that is mired in controversy....

‘The Tribe’ | Netflix Film Review

November 29 2018

I’m not entirely sure who a movie like The Tribe is for. The film, which debuted on Netflix last week, is an Italian comedy about...

‘How to Get Over a Breakup’ | Netflix Film Review

November 29 2018

Now that Netflix is so intimately tied to the very idea of relationships, it only makes sense that the streaming giant should cater to those...

‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ | Netflix Film Review

November 29 2018

I hate to rain on any parades here, but I think we really should be way more excited about Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle when...

‘New Amsterdam’ Episode 9 – “As Long as It Takes” | TV Recap

November 28 2018

This recap of New Amsterdam Episode 9, “As Long as It Takes”, contains spoilers. Wednesday mornings are for plotting the downfall of my many enemies,...

‘Imitation Girl’ | Film Review

November 26 2018

Imitation Girl saunters around with the best of science-fiction, in my opinion, because it introduces sci-fi elements into a world otherwise recognizably modern. While there...

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ | Second Opinion

November 26 2018

After travelling to the Disney fansite Oh My Disney!, there is a scene in Ralph Breaks the Internet in which Vanellope comes face to face...

‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’ | Film Review

November 25 2018

With it being fight month here at Ready Steady Cut what better time than to revisit an early version of the boxing movie, one of...

‘Wakefield’ (2016) | Film Review

November 23 2018

Nathaniel Hawthorne is the grandfather of the American Novel, and he is to date still one of the genre’s best practitioners, certainly with such novel...

‘Astral’ | Film Review

November 22 2018

  Written by Chris and Michael Mul and showcasing Chris’ directorial debut is the goosebumps-inducing Astral, 83 minutes of chills to satisfy your cravings for...

‘I Am Paul Walker’ | Film Review

November 22 2018

On the date of November 30th 2013, Paul Walker was involved in a tragic car accident which took his life at just 40 years old...

‘The Grinch’ (2018) | Film Review

November 21 2018

Call me a snob, I don’t care, but the difference between the Grinch as a character and someone who’s human is as large as the...