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 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 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 Washington D.C., The Purge (2013) was an interesting concept, starting with the house defended by Ethan Hawke, it was a next door future (2023) where crime is legal for twelve hours. The premise is that one night of sin purges all of it for the rest of the year, but it ends […]

Jondee here at the Belgian Congo, The “Me Tarzan” stereotype is persistent, even nodded to in this film, but the character apart from Johnny Weismuller to Ron Ely went through many incarnations. The closest was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, but that film went astray and of course there was even a Disney cartoon. I […]

The sequel to 1996’s ‘Independence Day’ is now out in theaters nationwide. The new film features a recurring cast from the first film with big names such Jeff Goldblum reprising the role of scientist David Levinson, Judd Hirsch as David’s father Julius Levinson, and Bill Pullman as President Whitmore who gave the famous Independence Day […]

Jondee here at Morro Bay, California, The short at the beginning of Finding Dory, “Piper”, was directed by Alan Barillaro. It has the shore with the fun, piper birds waddling out and in to catch clams before the waves roll in. Piper is the baby piper whose mother wants her to go out and find […]

Jondee here at the Magic Kingdom, Here we go with the top three Disney Rides into Movies. 3 Tower of Terror (1997). This was an early attempt at making a film of a ride, made for television, it starred Steve Guttenberg which took away interest in this film, but he works here. It gives the […]

Jondee here at the Happiest Place on Earth, Unfortunately, it is early in the game to see other studios and parks making the cross over, but I could see Universal Studios seeing possibilities. I would like to see the Jurassic Park river ride find its way into a Jurassic World sequel. There have been mixed […]

Jondee here on Cydonia, Mars, Last year, there was The Martian, but on seeing recently Mission to Mars, that film is like an expanded segment of this film with a lost astronaut surviving on Mars and a recovery mission. The film was directed by Brian De Palma, an acclaimed director known for Carrie (1976), Scarface […]

Jondee here at Enfield, The first Conjuring was brilliant, it had me almost from the opening image wanting to leave the theater, and again, but there was enough of the family and normal life that kept me to the end. Conjuring 2 is not at the same level of sheer terror, but once it started […]

Jondee here in the Jungle, First, you may have seen the animated Jungle Book (1967), but you haven’t this Jungle Book. Second, this is a visionary film on the level of Avatar (2009), and has similarities there since it was filmed entirely on a film set in Los Angeles. Also, comparing the two films, if […]

Jondee here on an unknown planet, The mystery of C-3PO’s red arm from The Force Awakens is finally revealed in this comic book that was delayed from February. It has hit the comic book stands with the Starman team of James Robinson and Tony Harris. The artwork has the thick lines of an independent comic, […]

By Lil’ Yoda, Before we get started, I feel like I should address the elephant in the room. Marvel vs DC. Being the largest comic book providers they are constantly compared, especially their movies. However, I’m not going to do that. The simple fact is, when one looks at them from an impartial point of […]

Jondee here at the Library of Thoth, The trailer for Gods of Egypt was intriguing, I missed it’s opening, and then heard about all of the hate towards the movie. Actually watching the movie, I don’t understand the hatred, it is a fun movie. There was criticism about the ethnicity of the cast, but this […]

Jondee here at Bunny Burrow, Zootopia is the best film of 2016! It accomplishes not only entertainment; laughs, action, and lovable characters, but complex themes that are extremely topical for our time. It is impressive that the story team with a screenplay by Jared Bush and Phil Johnston, joined by Byron Howard, Rich Moore (co-directors […]

Jondee here at the House of Tei, Netflix is premiering the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which covers the last book, Iron Knight, Silver Vase, in the Crane Iron Pentalogy by Wang Dulu. The film was released on February 26th on Netflix. The dialogue is in English all provided by the actors. It is […]

Jondee here at the In Between, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PPZ) was directed and written by Burr Steers who also directed Charlie St. Cloud (2010). It is of course based on a novel by Seth Grahame-Smith who also wrote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which had a film out in 2012. Both works serve two […]

Jondee here at Pittsburgh, Concussion is hitting theaters December 25th so it’s time to look over some of Will Smith’s most powerful movies. Some say CONCUSSION is Will Smith’s best role, what do you think? Let’s take a look at some of his best films throughout his career. CONCUSSION (2015) SEVEN POUNDS (2008) A man with fateful […]

Jondee here with the fight fans at Philly, This is the film to put the Rocky franchise back on track, all thanks to writer/director Ryan Coogler, who directed Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013). It brings it back to the first Rocky (1976) with mentions of what occurred in the sequels. The film begins […]

Jondee here at Pangea (the super continent of the prehistoric era), The Good Dinosaur is the second Pixar movie this year after Inside Out. Sure, Jurassic World had dinos, but it didn’t have Spot or even the hedgehogs that pop out of their holes. The Good Dinosaur is directed by Peter Sohn who led it […]

Jondee here at the Pride Lands, Lion Guard: Return of the Roar is a 44 minute movie that leads to the Lion Guard animated series on Disney Channel. The Lion Guard was created by Ford Riley. Simba (Rob Lowe) tells the Circle of Life story to his daughter, Kiara (Eden Riegel), who will soon be […]

Jondee here at the Capitol, The final Hunger Games film has entered the arena of fall films and it is a sobering look at the cost of war where there are no heroes or villains. Jennifer Lawrence is central to the films as Katniss Everdeen and the last book split into two movies works here. […]