Jondee here in Uganda, Queen of Katwe is sublime. It is a cinematic experience to lift you up with hope. You will love this film if you are a human being. This film gives a true picture of Africa, not it’s conflict, or tribal people, all real, but this story reveals the spirit of Africa. […]

Jondee back here in Storybrooke, It begins with a recap special, “Evil Reigns Once More”, Once is a complicated story so it is great that specials can bring new viewers up to date. The evil Hyde has come from the Land of Untold Stories last season. The opening, “Many years ago…” which goes to the […]

Jedi Jondee here at Yarma, Season Two ended with our Rebels recovering from a run-in with Darth Vader and Maul, Ahsoka fallen, Kanan blinded, and Ezra in possession of a Sith holocron. A walker passes as the Rebels infiltrate a hangar with Ezra throwing off a stormtrooper. There is Zeb and Sabine with Chopper. They […]

Jondee here at Rose Creek, The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the 1960 western which in turn was a remake of the 1954 samurai film, Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa. Director Antoine Fuqua has a love of all of those films, the one movie that pointed this out to me, was his 2004 King Arthur film […]

Jondee here at the Dragon Void, The Dragon Void Run continues! Marjorie Liu is at the controls of the Falcon with Mark Brooks navigating the artistic waters. The comic book features a cover by Lee Bermejo of Han piloting with Falcon flying underneath him. A holonet reporter is covering the race with Leia watching a […]

Jondee here at the empty convention center,  Props from Con Man. I got to the convention at about 10:15, I then headed over to the Knerds of the Round Table room, again, then went to see the Wonder Woman Turns 75 panel with Susan Eisenberg. She spoke about auditioning for the role. “I had an […]

Jondee here at the Long Beach Convention Center, Day 1 of the con. There were the rows of fantasy cars, the Joker tagged police car, Jurassic Park jeeps, all in front of the food trucks. Long lines of fans waiting to get in, I heard that the fans paying at the door went straight in, […]

Jondee here on Battleworld, The Avengers movies start with Avengers: Infinity War on May 2018 and the final film is to be released on May 2019. After the Infinity War, what villain could follow Thanos? It seemed to be a question on Marvel fan minds, what villain would on the level of Thanos or stronger? […]

Jondee here at the Be Our Guest Restaurant, Beauty and the Beast is set for release on March 17th, next year. This is another in the line of Disney live action films with Jungle Book and Cinderella (2015), both excellent movies.  Then, Maleficent (2014), and Alice in Wonderland (2010) and it’s sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass, what […]

Jondee here at Warner Bros. Animation, Paul Dini is a central figure with Batman: The Animated Series and it’s placement in the Batman mythos. The graphic novel is released under the Vertigo label not DC Comics for its mature content, language, and personal exploration. The title is a nod to the classic cliche “A dark […]

Jondee here at Smallville, The DC Universe is set apart from our world with cities out of the imagination. Which means that anything can happen. The Marvel Universe is centered around New York City with invasions by aliens, demons, Atlanteans, and subterranean peoples that can be a stretch. One of the books laying out the […]

Jondee here in the Amphibilands, Kulipari: Army of Frogs is now streaming on Netflix. It is an animated series adaptation by the Splash Entertainment based on the book by executive producer Trevor Pryce with Joel Naftali. Pryce is the former defensive end of the Denver Broncos. Pryce and Naftali have a book series starting with […]

Jondee here at Rose Creek, Antoine Fuqua, who directed last year’s Southpaw, is back with the Magnificent Seven. This western is a remake of the John Sturges film with Yul Brynner (Chris Adams), Steve McQueen (Vin Tanner), and Charles Bronson (Bernardo O’Reilly) among the seven. The poster for the new film shows the seven with […]

Jondee here at Camp Stillwater, The end of summer, everything has changed, the exorcism didn’t quite work. Amy is cleaning Deb’s blood off of her face, flashback to the killer moment, now it is fresh faced Amy. Jessie looks at Joel’s video, Sykes checks on her, Alex is also there. There is some static at […]

Deputy Jondee here at Calico, Knott’s Berry Farm, the world’s first theme park, is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Ghost Town called Ghost Town Alive. This is the recreation of an Old West town, Calico, that was the interest of Walter Knott. Many of the buildings are open, that you could only see from the […]

Jondee here at the Dark Sea, The Globe Theatre located on the London section of Universal Studios Hollywood showcased From Coraline to Kubo: A Magical Laika Experience. This exhibit closed on August 28th. Guests waited patiently outside as small groups were led inside for the tour. The first room had displays of artwork from the […]

Jondee here at Woodbury, The Walking Dead mazes are incredible at Halloween Horror Nights. Now, there is the Walking Dead Attraction all year round at Universal Studios Hollywood. It officially opened on July 4th for the summer season. First I’ll note that I love Walking Dead, the first season, the following seasons departed from the […]

Jedi Jondee here at the Jedi Archives, The dating system for Star Wars in the Expanded Universe was BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and ABY (After the Battle of Yavin). This is unusual in that the Battle of Yavin is not a pivotal event in the history of the galaxy, it is for the […]

Jondee here at Home aka Camp Stillwater, The misty night, a blue car has it’s hood up, a woman, Krissy from the first episode, gets a ride. At the cabin, Amy pleads tied down in a chair, everyone is there. Holyoake reveals a lid, Sykes opens it, Holyoakes says it’s a purification, the last pure […]

Jondee here at Antarctica, This issue is basically Aquaman and Mera vs. the U.S. military. The cover by Bradley Walker has Aquaman tearing off a cannon from a tank while bullets strike his orange scaled armor next to Mera. This part of The Drowning, “Executive Sanction”, is by Dan Abnett with Philippe Briones continuing the […]

Jedi Jondee here on Scarif, The prequels and Rogue One invalidates much of the Expanded Universe lore on the Death Star. It was said to be designed by Bevel Lemeisk who was introduced in Kevin Anderson’s Darksaber (1995) novel. The real designer was Qwi Xux, a bird-like woman with blue skin, her race is identified […]

Jondee here at The Scabbard, Supergirl has gone through a mind-bending number of reboots (protoplasm from another dimension merging with a human and turning into an angel), retcons (Superman’s daughter altered by Brainiac), and reworking (back to Kryptonian landing on Earth except it was in Siberia) that any version is fine at this point. Now […]

Jondee here in the Vastlands, Kubo and the Two Strings is a Laika production that combines stop motion animation with computer generated imagery to create something beautiful. It is an animated film that stands apart from the other Laika films which are great, in that the darkness of the story does not overwhelm the fun, […]

Jondee here in Chicago, The horror of Camp Stillwater has ended, with two episodes left, it really has only begun and now we get Jessie’s story. Chicago, 1988, an el train passes and Jessie walks up apartment steps. She opens a smoke filled, crowded room with Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative” playing. She finds her mother, […]

Jondee here at Millhaven, The original Pete’s Dragon took place in the early part of the 20th century in Passamaquoddy, somewhere in the northeast of the country. The recent Pete’s Dragon discards the setting, the characters; Lena, Lampie, and Dr. Terminus, the songs, basically everything except Pete and his dragon. The heart of the story […]

Jondee here at the droid factory, A sighing noise from R2. News has come in about the passing of actor Kenny Baker at 81 after a long illness. He of course was known as Artoo Detoo whom he last played in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. The design of R2 is perfect as is his […]

Jondee here at the Bleak House,  The Angel of Death. The Guillermo del Toro exhibit, At Home with Monsters, is currently at LACMA and ends on November 27th. If you have any interest in any of del Toro’s films, you must immediately get in your car and drive down to LACMA. The exhibit is located […]

Jondee here at Stillwater, Kids on bikes in Stillwater, 1982. One, Garrett Sykes, (Anton Starkman) is 14 and takes out a bat to take revenge on the principal for putting them in detention. He gives the bat to another kid, Damon (Lucas Wyka) who walks up to a car hits the window and the alarm […]

Jondee here at the Hillcrest Department, Issue #4 has an incredible variant cover by Joshua Middleton, Aquaman is diving down towards you with the green of the depths and the head of a Poseidon statue, it is the best underwater cover I’ve seen. This is of course the fourth part of The Drowning, “Semper Fidelis”, […]

Jondee here at Midway City, The Suicide Squad has hit movie screens, but this covers their comic book appearances. The original Suicide Squad was set in World War II led by Colonel Rick Flag. The original character was created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru, first appearing in Brave and the Bold #25 (1959). It […]