RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6209 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

Recovery Boys Review

June 25 2018

According to some relevant factoids deployed at the end of Netflix’s new original documentary, 90% of Americans who need help recovering from drug addiction don’t...

Us and Them (Hou lai de wo men) Review

June 22 2018

Us and Them / Hou lai de wo men tells the story of how two strangers who met by pure chance during the Chunyun period...

Escape Plan 2: Hades Review

June 19 2018

In Escape Plan, the first film, Sylvester Stallone played Ray Breslin, a former prosecutor whose wife and child were murdered by an escaped convict he...

Succession Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – What Happened in “Lifeboats”?

June 18 2018

The lifeboats of this episode title are ideas – modern, exciting ideas, like virtual reality or, as new Waystar-Royco COO Roman Roy suggests, porn. “There...

Lust Stories Review

June 15 2018

New to Netflix, Lust Stories bring us four unique tales, all exploring themes of love, adultery and of course lust. Set in India, each short...

Sunday’s Illness Review

June 15 2018

A not particularly fun fact about me is that my father left my mother when she fell pregnant. I’ve never met him or communicated with...

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Episode 3 Review

June 15 2018

This review contains spoilers for Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Episode 3: “Stained Glass”. Hold on a minute, Marvel, I thought we were finished with Legion?...

Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Review

June 15 2018

When the first season of Marvel’s Luke Cage was released, a bulletproof black American was the most potent political statement one might hope to find...

Condor Premiere Review

June 11 2018

This review contains spoilers for the Condor premiere episode, “What Loneliness”. Okay, let me get this straight. First, in 1974, was the novel Six Days...

Succession Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – What Happened in “S… Show at the F… Factory”?

June 11 2018

Even though I rather liked the premiere episode of Succession, I can’t say I was particularly enthused about tuning in again today. There must be...

‘Vida’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Redefining Home in Episode 6

June 11 2018

Throughout the first season of Vida, Lyn, and Emma, and all the inhabitants of their East Los Angeles neighborhood, have grappled with the concept of...

‘Patrick Melrose’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – “At Last”

June 11 2018

“An orphan at last, just what I’ve always wanted,” says Patrick Melrose in the fifth and final episode of this wonderful series. Adapted from the...

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Episode 1 & 2 Review

June 8 2018

Despite being poised to become the next young-adult fascination, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger doesn’t really feel like a show for teenagers, or really like a...

Sense8 Season 2 Episode 12 Review

June 6 2018

In early 2017, Netflix notoriously undertook its very own canceling binge, discontinuing any show that did not meet the same viewing figures as shows perhaps...

Love Island Season 4 Premiere Review

June 4 2018

Editor’s note: I don’t watch Love Island because I’m a person who reads books. But my long-time partner Olivia watches Love Island, and because I...

A Very English Scandal Finale Review

June 4 2018

I’ve heard some complaints about the tone of the A Very English Scandal finale being wrong, and indeed that all three episodes of the BBC’s...

‘Vida’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – From Mourning to Revelry in an Evolving Neighborhood

June 4 2018

Vida Season 1, Episode 5 opened to the sound of rhythmic chanting as Eddy and a group of elderly Latina women fondled rosary beads and...

‘Patrick Melrose’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – “Mother’s Milk”

June 3 2018

In Patrick Melrose Season 1, Episode 4, adapted from Edward St Aubyn’s novel “Mother’s Milk,” an older Patrick, now a barrister and married with two...

Bulletproof Episode 3 Review

May 31 2018

There’s an overarching plot in Bulletproof, one involving a gunman with a skin condition whose weapon of choice is a firearm from the 1930s. We...

Sara’s Notebook (El cuaderno de Sara) Review

May 29 2018

Sara’s Notebook is remarkable throughout, raising important questions of morality and exposing the true fickleness of mortality. Following Laura, we are taken on a journey of...