RoleSenior Editor
LocationWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ExpertiseEditorial, Film and TV, News, Entertainment, K-Drama, Pop Culture, Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Editorial
Contribution6216 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

Recap: ‘The Atypical Family’ Episodes 9 & 10 Are the Best Yet

June 3 2024

The Atypical Family has been improving every week, and that trend continues with Episodes 9 & 10. The K-Drama is finding a real love story...

Recap: Human Relationships Take Center Stage In ‘The Atypical Family’ Episodes 7 & 8

June 3 2024

Time travel is a theoretical superpower that people tend to covet. It’s attractive because it gets at a fundamental desire in human beings to be...

Recap: ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3 Is Deadlier and More Chaotic Than Ever

June 2 2024

Taylor Sheridan continues to be the creative crown jewel in Paramount+’s streaming strategy, and for proof look no further than Mayor of Kingstown. Season 3...

Recap: Billy the Kid Is Back With Multiple Bangs In Season 2 Episode 5

June 2 2024

After a very long wait since Episode 4, MGM+’s most underrated original, Billy the Kid, is finally back for Episode 5 of Season 2, “A...

Too Old for Fairy Tales 2 Ends Exactly How You’d Think

June 1 2024

You could predict the ending of Too Old for Fairy Tales 2 based entirely on reading the premise. If you’ve ever seen a movie, you...

Review: ‘Too Old for Fairy Tales 2’ Is A Pointless Sequel

June 1 2024

It might just be me, but I didn’t think Netflix’s so-so Polish coming-of-age movie Too Old For Fairy Tales really needed a sequel. You can’t...

Review: ‘Eric’ Is A Wildly Ambitious And Powerful Drama

May 31 2024

You could tell that Eric was going to be good. Why else would so many serious actors be attracted to a small-scale Netflix project? What...

The Ending of ‘The Sympathizer’ Casts The Entire Show In A New Light

May 27 2024

Throughout The Sympathizer, we’ve always known that The Captain would end up back in Vietnam, being interrogated by the people he has spent the entire...

Recap: Dark Matter Episode 4 Squanders Its Potential

May 22 2024

Episode 4 of Dark Matter is emblematic of everything I really don’t like about this show. There’s so much potential here, and “The Corridor” shows...

Recap: The Captain Has Had Enough In ‘The Sympathizer’ Episode 6

May 20 2024

If Episode 6 of The Sympathizer has a point, it’s that being a spy is a lot of work. The logistics are a nightmare. Once...

Recap: There’s A Wedding In ‘The Atypical Family’ Episode 6

May 19 2024

There are several levels on which The Atypical Family doesn’t work. It’s an oddly structured and paced show that sometimes seems to be making things...

Recap: Past And Present Intertwine In ‘The Atypical Family’ Episode 5

May 18 2024

Families are trouble at the best of time, but the Boks are a nightmare. The Atypical Family is weirdly titled, really, since superpowers notwithstanding, they’re...

The Ending of ‘The 8 Show’ Is As Miserable As The Rest Of It

May 18 2024

The obvious question to ask about the ending of a series like The 8 Show, which is based around a bizarre reality TV competition that...

‘The 8 Show’ Review: When You Have ‘Squid Game’ At Home

May 18 2024

Whenever I write about a K-Drama, I typically avoid played-out comparisons to Squid Game, which seems to be the only Korean show Western critics have...

Outer Range Makes No Sense, Which Is Probably Why It Has Been Cancelled

May 17 2024

After two seasons, Outer Range has been canceled at Prime Video, nixing any possible plans for Season 3. After the ending of Season 2, there was...

Outer Range Season 2 Barely Ends At All

May 16 2024

For such a deliberately complex series, the ending of Outer Range Season 2 is simple enough. In fact, Episode 7 could be described – uncharitably,...

Review: Outer Range Season 2 Is Boring Nonsense

May 16 2024

Outer Range has one of the best elevator pitches in the business. What if Yellowstone, but it’s a bit like Lost? Genius! And while Season...

‘Dark Matter’ Episode 3 Slows To A Crawl

May 15 2024

Dark Matter was better when it was bonkers. I think that’s fair to say after Episode 3, “The Box”, which settles down to a glacial pace...

Dark Matter’s Premiere Is Too Familiar For Its Own Good

May 14 2024

These days, the word “multiverse” is pretty inexorably tied to Marvel, since we’re all simpletons. But Dark Matter on Apple TV+ hopes to fix that...

The General Has A Plan in The Sympathizer Episode 5

May 14 2024

The Captain’s adventures in moviemaking in Episode 4 of The Sympathizer were, in a word, unsuccessful. But the deviation into outright parody was a somewhat...