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

‘Lost in Starlight’ Review – A Beautiful Animated Romance Treads New Ground

May 30 2025

Lost in Starlight is something of a first. It has been branded as Netflix’s first Korean animated feature, which is technically accurate, despite the prevalence...

‘Murderbot’ Episode 4 Recap – Confident and Conceptually Audacious

May 30 2025

Murderbot still has the usual problems in Episode 4, namely being too rushed and clipped for its own good, but “Escape Velocity Protocol” brings everything together well despite those quibbles.

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides Some Big Emotional Payoffs

May 30 2025

The ending of Your Friends & Neighbors hinges on one key question — is Coop going to prison? From the very beginning of Episode 9, contemplatively titled...

‘Mad Unicorn’ Review – Thai Netflix Series Tells A Lively True Story

May 29 2025

A unicorn in a business context refers to a privately owned startup company valued at over a billion dollars. Whether it’s mad or not seems...

‘Dept. Q’ Ending Explained – A Satisfying Finale Provides A Lot Of Well-Earned Payoff

May 29 2025

The ending of Dept. Q is all about payoff, which is perhaps just as well given how long it took us to get here. The mystery of...

‘Dept. Q’ Review – Netflix’s Answer to ‘Slow Horses’ Is A Little Too Long For Its Own Good

May 29 2025

The comparison to Slow Horses is unavoidable and unfortunately does Netflix’s Dept. Q no favours. An adaptation from Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) of the...

‘Tastefully Yours’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – Expected Developments Lose Some Small-Town Intimacy

May 27 2025

Ladies and gentlemen, Tastefully Yours has reached the stage of any self-respecting romantic K-Drama where the giggly first-date awkwardness permeates the whole thing, which is coming a little earlier than expected after the ending of the previous episode.

‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – This Show Isn’t Going to Commit to Its Most Daring Idea

May 26 2025

There’s a kernel of a good idea in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, but the chances of the show committing to it are so slim as to be virtually non-existent.

‘Heavenly Ever After’ Ending Explained – A Slightly Random Conclusion Caps Off A Mixed-Bag Season

May 26 2025

It’s probably fitting that a show as mixed as Heavenly Ever After has an ending to suit, with Episodes 11 and 12 providing some answers...

‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 Ending Explained – A Messy But Mostly Effective Finale

May 26 2025

The Last of Us already peaked in Season 2. It was in the penultimate episode where some minor storytelling changes improbably improved the original version.

‘MobLand’ Episode 9 Recap – There’s A Rat In the Kitchen (And Armed Police)

May 25 2025

The games are very much afoot in MobLand, and it’s beginning to seem like Harry holds many more cards than he has let on.

‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review – Standalone Slasher Fails to Live Up To Its Title

May 24 2025

Hey, remember the Fear Street trilogy? What a surprising success that was for Netflix. At least partially a consequence of an unprecedented global health crisis...

‘Fountain of Youth’ Review – An Uninspired Forgery Of Countless Better Treasure-Hunting Classics

May 24 2025

There’s a moment in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth when treasure hunter Luke Purdue (John Krasinski, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) steals a Rembrandt painting from...

‘Murderbot’ Episode 3 Recap – The Tight Runtime Continues To Feel Too Limiting

May 23 2025

I’ve identified a key issue in Murderbot. To be fair, I mentioned it in my recap of the two-part premiere, and nothing has changed; it’s just twice as noticeable because Episode 3 is obviously half as long.

‘Sirens’ Review – Crackling Class Satire Gives Way To A Truly Moving Family Drama

May 23 2025

In Greek mythology, sirens were creatures who lured sailors to their deaths with beautiful singing and a fetching feminine top half, hiding some sort of...

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 8 Recap – Actions Have Consequences

May 23 2025

"How Did We Become These People?" is, like the previous episode of Your Friends & Neighbors, something of a slow chapter.

‘Miss Governor’ Part 1 Ending Explained – A Major Cliffhanger Tees Up Season 2

May 22 2025

You know when a show is released in two parts – as is the case with Tyler Perry’s Miss Governor – that the “ending” is really...

‘Miss Governor’ Review – For Once, Tyler Perry Is Actually Trying to Be Funny

May 22 2025

Everything Tyler Perry does is funny, usually for entirely the wrong reasons. On that level, at least, Miss Governor feels like a step in the right...

‘The Studio’ Ending Explained – Matt Finally Gets His Win, But Not Without Effort

May 21 2025

Based on everything we’ve seen from The Studio thus far, it was hard to imagine that even its ending would give Matt a break. And all throughout...

‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 4 Recap – Another Fun Team-Building Exercise

May 20 2025

Tastefully Yours is still in that early team-building stage, as evidenced by Episode 4, which uses the tried and tested technique of a bit of competition to solidify the core dynamics.