Jondee here on Electric Island (Dendo shima), I’m a fan of Kenji Tsuruta, his Spirit of Wonder published by Dark Horse was brilliant, and now he has Wandering Island from Dark Horse Manga. It is in the handy manga size with a cover featuring our heroine, Mikura Amelia, a lanky girl with two long braids […]

Jondee here On The Road, Camp Stillwater, 1970, a flashback to a younger Deb at a dance, a boy, Keith, takes her out to the woods at night, he has a box with Dharma Bums from Jack Kerouac which he puts in the box. Depeche Mode’s “Blasphemous Rumors” plays as they kiss and then we […]

Jondee here at National City, This is previously posted review revised for it’s transmission on the CW. Supergirl in the comics was the best title in the New52, they emphasized that she was an alien, the re-design of her outfit was strangely Kryptonian, and she had difficulty adjusting to this new world when she grew […]

Jondee here at King’s Cross, I took the Veritaserum, No Spoilers! basic plot and characters.  The story was by J.K. Rowling, but the new play is by Jack Thorne with John Tiffany also noted as a writer. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is divided into two parts with two acts each. The play begins […]

Jondee here at Okinawa, Japan, Batgirl has gone through many incarnations through the years, maimed in The Killing Joke, turned into the cyber intelligence of the Oracle, forming the Birds of Prey, and then back in action in the New52 with Gail Simone revealing that she had experimental surgery and year of recovery, then given […]

Jondee here at “fantastical” Japan, Kubo and the Two Strings is the next Laika film. Every frame looks beautiful, but now we get a glimpse at the monsters in the Creatures of Darkness featurette. They are kaiju in the Harryhausen tradition including the massive skeleton in the Hall of Bones, the Undersea Creature, the Garden […]

Jondee here at sea, The new trailer for Ben-Hur . Ben-Hur returns to the screen with Timur Bekmanthov’s new film. Ilderim (Morgan Freeman) asks the man his name and how long he was a slave. Jack Huston replies that his name is Ben-Hur. He tells about his family’s betrayal by his brother, Messala (Toby Kebbel). […]

Jondee here at Belle Reve, The DC Universe: The Exhibit is worth the price of a ticket alone. Not on a crowded convention floor, plus there is some interaction, handling Kryptonite with gloves, and a photo op behind Belle Reve bars. At the front is banners of the Justice League, plus comic books featuring the […]

Jondee here at Warner Brothers (really!), Summer, my birthday is coming soon, what to do? Go to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour! I haven’t been there since two years ago. The Beavis exhibit went up and now DC Universe: The Exhibit. It is interesting since after the security check-in, they moved the studio store and […]

Jondee here under the Blood Moon, Joel’s older brother, Michael, gives him his Dodger jersey while he films him with a Super 8 camera. He stares at the wind moving through the window. He is getting ready for his prom. Joel enters with the jersey to see the other counselors. They know he went somewhere […]

Jondee here in the Dark Dimension, At San Diego Comic Con, the new poster for Doctor Strange dropped. It has the good doctor in full Sorcerer Supreme outfit emerging from the window of his Sanctum Sanctorum surrounded by mandalas of New York. The new trailer has the narration by the Ancient One played by Tilda […]

Jondee here at National City (now relocated to Toronto), Last installment, here are the shows that hit Comic Con and made an impression. Dead of Summer, loving this show, consistently good writing and acting, I don’t know what was revealed at Comic Con. American Gods, I didn’t finish the Neil Gaiman novel, but this is […]

Jondee here at Riverdale, Movies had some big announcements, but also the different tv shows were the talk of Comic Con. Wynonna Earp, covered the beginning of the season, but got too busy. I do like that it’s renewed, maybe we will get closer to blonde Wynonna. Legends of Tomorrow, lost interest about half way, […]

Jondee here at Wakanda, Black Panther, best part of Captain America: Civil War, a fulfillment having the character on screen, the cast is a who’s who of talent especially the additions of Danai Gurira and Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger, Ryan Coogler really seems like a fan, and it looks like the film is the […]

Jondee here at Hall H, First, this is a moot question, one does not win Comic Con, you can go and attend Comic Con, but the winners are those who survive Comic Con and think yeah, I should go next year. Next, there were a number of panels movie and tv that hit Comic Con […]

Jondee here at Avalor, Elena of Avalor debuted on the Disney Channel.  The storybook opens to the narration of Elena (Aimee Carrero) telling about her story, she is given a magical amulet that will protect her, then a sorceress, Shuriki, works to take over Avalor. The royal wizard, Alakazar, places Elena’s sister and grandparents into […]

Jondee here at the masquerade, As the Phantom song goes, “Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you!” This applies to one of the most mysterious counselors at Camp Stillwater, Drew played by Zelda Williams. A girl, Andrea, posts a picture of girl with a red balloon in Chicago, 1978. The picture […]

Jondee here at the Paley Center, The Disney Channel animated series is set to debut this Friday and a Los Angeles premiere was held with cast at the Paley Center on July 16th. They included the creator and executive producer of the show, Craig Gerber, the princess herself, Elena, played by Aimee Carrero, Jillian Rose […]

Jedi Jondee here at Scarif, Celebration Europe came to the ExCel Center in London this weekend. One of the highlights was the Rogue One panel that brought the cast, director, Gareth Edwards, Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, Kiri Hart, part of the Lucasfilm Story Group and producer of Rogue One, and John Knoll, visual effects […]

Jondee here at Shanghai, Gene Luen Yang has brought in a new Superman to the DC verse. He was known for American Born Chinese, a brilliant graphic novel as well as many others including Paths & Portals in the Secret Coders series, Avatar: The Last Airbender comics for Dark Horse, and a run on the […]

Jedi Jondee here at Lucasfilm (via live streaming), Art of Storytelling panel. Knoll explained the Lucasfilm motto, “Is there a better way of solving a problem.” LED screens showing the graphics projecting around the spaceship set. The second shot was the ship headed towards the beach. Knoll also added that it helped actor performances. More […]

Jedi Jondee here on the Ghost, Warwick Davis host intro clip was shown. He went through the audience on a hover board to get to the stage. He showed some photos of Star Warriors sent in. Davis summed up Season 2. He welcomed Dave Filoni and actors of Star Wars: Rebels; Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren) and […]

Jedi Jondee here in London (via live stream), The audience for the Anthony Daniels was cautioned about asking questions about the red arm in Force Awakens even though this was revealed in the C-3PO #1 by James Robinson and Tony Harris. All of the main stage panels were moderated by Warwick Davis. There was an […]

Jedi Jondee here at Star Wars: Celebration Europe, The live stream returned to Andi with Ashley Eckstein and Dave Filoni. They just finished the Ahsoka panel. She introduced the “Ahsoka’s Untold Tales” with Pablo Hidalgo and Dave Filoni. The empty chair between them was “symbolic” Filoni joked before Ashley Eckstein was brought on with the […]

Jedi Jondee here at the Excel Center (via the live stream), The Star Wars Show is streaming Star Wars: Celebration Europe 2016 live on Star wars.com. Host Andi Gutierrez did the requisite London opening next to Big Ben running down the events for the Celebration. On the show floor, Andi and co-host, Peter Townley, came […]

Jondee here in the woods, This episode focuses on “Cricket”, Carolina Diaz. It opens at a bathroom, a hand reaches for a robe, it’s Cricket. She hears a door close, then walks into the foggy night with a flashlight. Several Satanic figures appear from the shadows. On the television, Cricket’s mother, Marta, is making bacon […]

Jondee here at NYC, Actor, Jaime Camil, of Jane the Virgin, attended last night’s screening of Elena of Avalor with his daughter, Elena in New York. He is one of the performers on the soundtrack of the show. Also at the event was Aimee Carrero (voice of Elena) and Jenna Ortega (voice of Elena’s sister […]

Jondee here at the city (not identified, New York? Metropolis?), Bryan Hitch has guided the greatest super team into the Rebirth, the special has a Bryan Hitch cover with the Batman and Superman in the back and the other Leaguers, now with two Green Lanterns, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, facing front. The Justice League […]

Jondee here in Fair Verona “where we lay our scene”, Shakespeare is fascinating in the different time periods revealing something of the characters and forms (a musical like West Side Story). In this case, the Kenneth Branagh co-production, is filmed in black and white to bring a film noir quality. The starkness of the film […]

Jondee here at chariot races, Just in case, you didn’t see the 1959 classic, here’s the Press Release: BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family […]