RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6554 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

‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 10 Is A Sucker Punch Of Raw Emotion

December 11 2024

Watching an episode of Shrinking is hard work, sometimes. Here I was thinking that Episode 10 of Season 2, “Changing Patterns”, was an exclusively positive installment. It...

‘Get Millie Black’ Reveals The True Villain In Episode 3

December 10 2024

It might be a bit of a cliché that the white guy has turned out to be the villain in Get Millie Black, but this...

‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 7 Blessedly Focuses More On Poppa and Ivy

December 10 2024

It took seven weeks, but Poppa’s House finally has a premise I can relate to — Poppa has a bad back. His sciatica has flared up and...

‘Secret Level’ Recap – Our Take On Every Episode Of Amazon’s Anthology

December 10 2024

Amazon’s anthological series Secret Level is pretty unprecedented as far as such things go – a collection of animated video-game-inspired short films released in two...

Carol Becomes The Focus In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 1, Episode 11

December 10 2024

Carol has been a reliable but underutilized presence in Brilliant Minds thus far, so it’s nice that Season 1, Episode 11, “The Other Woman”, puts her firmly...

‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Blows Its Penultimate Episode On Sappy, Out-Of-Character Nonsense

December 9 2024

It’s easy to forget how good Yellowstone was at its peak because Season 5 is euthanizing it in record time. I suppose that’s grimly ironic...

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets A Bit Too Dense For Its Own Good In Season 1, Episode 4

December 9 2024

Dune: Prophecy is a lot better when Desmond Hart is around, isn’t it? I suggested that in my recap of the previous episode, which brushed...

‘Earth Abides’ Introduces A Little Hope In Episode 2

December 8 2024

The premiere of Earth Abides was, in a word, bleak. And that set my expectations for Episode 2, “The Space Between”, which to be fair...

‘Landman’ Finally Gets Going And Introduces Real Conflict In Season 1, Episode 5

December 8 2024

“Where Is Home” is one of those episodes you sometimes get in a Taylor Sheridan show where everything just goes to Hell. And Landman needed to go...

‘The Agency’ Continues To Be A Drag In Season 1, Episode 3

December 6 2024

I’m still not convinced by The Agency. In Season 1, Episode 3, “Hawk From A Handsaw”, it gets so gratingly serious and so obvious and...

‘Silo’ Season 2 Ratchets Up The Drama With A Shocking Death In Episode 4

December 6 2024

In most shows, Rebecca Ferguson doing an extended high-pressure underwater sequence like it’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation all over again would be the standout...

‘Before’ Is Even More Pointless Than Ever In Episode 8

December 6 2024

Before hasn’t exactly been riveting throughout, but Episode 8 is a collection of its very worst qualities. Running under 25 minutes, delivering no new information,...

‘Creature Commandos’ Makes The Necessary Introductions In Its Two-Part Season 1 Premiere

December 6 2024

Welcome, says the two-part premiere of Creature Commandos, to the new DC Universe. Well, new-ish, I suppose. Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 of Max’s...

The Ending Of ‘Black Doves’ Season 1 Is Surprisingly Hopeful

December 5 2024

Ending an espionage thriller conclusively is almost impossible, so you have to respect the effort Black Doves goes to in order to tie Season 1...

‘Black Doves’ Is A Fun Holiday Treat With Surprising Depth

December 5 2024

Black Doves, Netflix’s British action-thriller series from Giri/Haji’s Joe Barton, is technically a Christmas show. The holiday has nothing to do with the plot, which...

Breaking Down All Four Episodes of ‘Tomorrow and I’ On Netflix

December 4 2024

Thailand’s Black Mirror equivalent Tomorrow and I blesses Netflix with four – albeit almost feature-length – episodes of speculative science-fiction. They’re all separate stories in...

‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 9 Is Beautiful, Poignant, and Brilliant

December 4 2024

Whenever I do my obligatory promotion of these recaps, I usually mention in a casual way that Shrinking is one of the best shows on TV. I...

Eva Makes A Terrible Mistake In ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Episode 5

December 4 2024

“Boom” is about Eva in the same way that “Person of Interest” was about Becka. This is to say that Eva’s problems are foregrounded a...

‘Poppa’s House’ Descends Into Repetitive Rubbish In Episode 6

December 3 2024

Poppa’s House has an uncanny ability to make 20 minutes feel like an hour, and nowhere is that more true than in Episode 6, “Family...

‘Get Millie Black’ Offers A Smart Change Of Perspective In Episode 2

December 3 2024

It’s official – Get Millie Black is really good. It was obvious after the premiere but Episode 2, which valuably switches perspective to better hone...