RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6539 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

Review – Hitman: Agent 47

April 6 2017

In the Hitman video games, the most prestigious ranking you can attain is that of “Silent Assassin”. Earning the moniker isn’t easy; to do so,...

Review – Spy

April 6 2017

Paul Feig – bespectacled, rumpled, perpetually-tailored, like a harangued insurance salesman – doesn’t look like an especially funny guy. He must be, though, to keep...

Review – Starred Up

April 6 2017

When particularly violent criminals are prematurely transferred from Young Offender Institutions into adult prisons, their files are marked with stars identifying them as troublemakers. This...

Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

April 6 2017

There’s a moment in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (the fifth of these movies – they don’t always put numbers on them) in which Tom...

Review – Nightcrawler

April 6 2017

If it bleeds, it leads. That’s the slogan of Bill Paxton’s ambulance-chasing “nightcrawler” Joe Loder; the words of dubious wisdom he bestows upon gaunt, bug-eyed...

Split (2016) Review

April 6 2017

We review the 2016 film Split, which does not contain any significant spoilers. Everyone loves a comeback story. In sports, in the movies, in life;...

Review – Logan

April 6 2017

You’d need all ten fingers and probably six claws to count the ways in which Logan shouldn’t work. For one thing, it’s not an X-Men...

Warcraft – Review

April 6 2017

Warcraft has the best-looking Orcs I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. Honestly. Despite all the horrible things I’m going to say about this...

‘Southpaw’ | Film Review

April 5 2017

There have only been a handful of times that I’ve felt truly uncomfortable being a sports fan, and almost all of them are attached in...

‘Dead Space: Aftermath’ | Film Review

April 5 2017

Whenever I watch a horror film, I like to play a little game. The objective is to guess how and when each of the characters are...

‘Creed’ | Film Review

April 5 2017

At about the halfway point of Creed, the seventh entry in the forty-year-old Rocky saga, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) fights a fellow undefeated light...

‘Jurassic World’ | Film Review

April 5 2017

The other morning, I awoke to an email from a friend concerning his opinion on Jurassic World: “I’m glad they finally realized how fucking stupid...

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Review

April 5 2017

The best scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron is, unsurprisingly, one we saw in the trailers, which I had the pleasure of reviewing. It’s not...

Dead Space: Downfall (2008) Review

April 5 2017

As a general rule, video games make terrible movies. This is a fact. Browse briefly through the catalogue of German madman Uwe Boll. Take a...

Review: ‘Arrival’ – A Sci-Fi Journey with a Contentious Ending Explained

April 5 2017

Arrival is a movie about humanity’s first contact with an unknowable alien race, which is funny because sometimes I feel like I’m the only person...

Review: ‘Annabelle’ – A Disappointing and Unoriginal Horror Spin-Off

April 5 2017

As a fun little exercise, I’d like you to imagine that every time I use quotation marks in this review of Annabelle, I’m also making...

Foxcatcher (2014) Review

April 5 2017

When I sat down to watch Foxcatcher, ready to review, I had no knowledge of Foxcatcher. Didn’t know it was a real-life tragedy; I had...

A Serbian Film (2010) Review

April 5 2017

As you are about to read this review, we have one warning and don’t worry, we’ll explain, but please, never watch A Serbian Film. That...

The Equalizer (2014) Review

April 5 2017

I know what you’re thinking as you ponder over this review. – and so does The Equalizer. Most critics won’t ever peep their heads out...