I’m at CO3.

Isabelle is too.

So is Maddie.

The snow is melting.

Jon is holding down the fort.

It’s the break week at the U.

Jon had some time to himself when Isabelle and I went away for a bit.

Jon has been watching hockey, curling and speed skating.

We want the USA to lose in hockey.

We did this one at my computer, rather than over zoom, as you can see in the pic.

So of course we recorded.

Also, I’m sort of burying the lede here.

Jon did his presentation in class today and he did a fine job.

He did all of the research himself etc.

He even made a joke during his talk.

Isabelle and I are very proud of you Jon!

It is Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Jon went to the gym with his trainer.

He did an exercise called a Superman, hence the pic.

Jon has a test this week.

I have tests to mark this week.

So we did.

The new school year is on.

We had our trip to Quebec.

Jon is taking animal behaviour.

Plus there is a psychology social he will be coming to.

Jon has been watching lots of What’s New Scooby Do.

The theme is great, and there are lots of cool guest stars.

Jon has been working out a lot.

Of course he has been buying his 4K movies as well.

We did this over Zoom, but in the house, because we are weirdos

So we had class today, and we talked about development.

Jon answered questions about his autism today in class, which I think was pretty cool.

We have been sick.

Jon asked some good questions today.

It’s been warming up, but it was very cold this morning.

So we had our class, intro to neuroscience, this morning.

We also had a presentation on student voting.

Jon asked questions in both bits. Good ones too. He recounted his experience voting without ID (you can do it).

Oh yeah, Canada won the four nations.

Well, it is the break week after all.

Oh and there was a plane crash!

Happily, everyone is ok. But when Jon heard about the crash at YYZ he knew we had a podcast topic.

So here is us, giving you plane crashe updates.

Enjoy.

It’s the break week.

Jon’s been going to the gym a lot.

Indeed, he went today.

He’s been playing video games, surprisingly…

Jon did very well on his neuroscience test.

Oh, as you can see, we did this one on Zoom, even though we are both home…

It’s me.

It’s CNDOP!

OK, it’s a day after CNDOP, but what the hell.

We got a LOT of snow recently.

It took us almost three hours to shovel it.

Jon’s been watching lots of sports.

Happy CNDOP everyone!!

So, today after class, Jon headed home and we did some recording!

Today we talked about stress and health in class.

Jon has been enjoying everything at the U so far.

The weather is getting cooler.

I’m not using one of my nice mics, so I don’t sound great…

Jon came up to me and said ‘we should be doing. apodcast’ and I figured he meant the Jonathan Files. Turns out he meant ‘We Have the Technology’.

You know what? We haven’t done one of these in ages, so let’s!

Jon is collecting movies.

Jon enjoyed his term at the university.

Jon is looking forward to the fall as well.

Hey, wait, let’s do a Jonathan Files!

let’s use more exclamation points!

Jon talked about the university, some of his wacky tv show ideas, what he’s been watching on tv, what he’s been listening to, you know, the usual.

MONTREAL WON THE GREY CUP.

Let’s say that again.

MONTREAL WON THE GREY CUP!

So we were in Sudbury over the weekend and we went to see the Super Mario Bros. Movie.

It was pretty good. I liked it, I’d give it 3 mushrooms out of five, Jon would of course give it perfect.

Oh right, this is full of spoilers.

We both l liked the music in the movie.

Isabelle showed a short film too!

Well, maybe it’s a one off for the Canadian National Day of Podcasting, but he seemed pretty positive during the recording.

Oh yeah, Dec 1 is Canadian National Day of Podcasting, so it makes sense that we do a Jonathan Files.

Jon talked about Transplant, and Children Ruin Everything, they are his favourite shows currently, though he likes Wynnona Earp Still as well.

Jon chose a song for this one that is one of the songs that has become very popular in Ukraine and is played a lot by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Jon and I stand for Democracy, we stand with Ukraine.

They are good opinions.

He liked everything about it (when he likes something he really likes it).

He’s also liked Star Trek: Below Decks. I’m not so sure about it, but I’m warming up to it.

He wants to see season 2 of The Boys. He didn’t watch season 1……

School is starting back up soon too!

Jon’s back talking about his favourite show.

It had a love scene that Jon really liked.

He rates the episode 5 out of 5.

Did I mention he liked the love scene?

It seems to be aimed right at the male 15-24 demo to me.

Jon liked the love scene, did I mention that?

It’s great to be back ding these with Jon.

He really loved the episode, which should surprise nobody.

I didn’t ask him for a star rating, but, he did say it got 91 on IMDB.

We also talked a bit about hockey, it’s coming back!

Oh right, this is a Jonathan Files review, so, suffice it to say, it’s full of spiders.

Enjoy

Well we were out for a drive, and decided to record.

Jon’s been doing a lot of stuff during the pandemic, keeping up with friends over google meetings, playing games, watching his favourite shows, and, working on what he calls his projects.

These projects are basically Jon reimagining what various buildings in the city should look like. It’s kind of neat. He has the style of school architecture down pretty well.

Happy Canada Day to everyone.

So, because of that, Jon and I recorded on November 30, which some purists will probably see as cheating or something.

Jon hasn’t done one of these in a while, not since his review of the finale of Killjoys. Well he’s back.

We get an update on what he’s been up to.

We also get some interesting Canadian TV ideas.

Happy Canadian National Day of Podcasting from Jon and me!

As regular listeners to the podcast know, Jon is a big Wynona Earp fan. He also got into Killjoys. Well it had its finale last week and Jonno loved it.

We’ve missed a whole season (summer) without an episode, so we’ll try to put these out more often.

We talked a bit about our summer too, camping in Michigan, trips to London, spilling Sprite on a MacBook air, stuff like that….

Yesterday Jon saw ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’. When he came home he told me he gave it 10 out of 10, so as usual, he liked it.

Jon’s Oscar pool is done, and Michelle Sullivan won! Congratulations Michelle.

The March break is this coming week, so, I’ll check with Jon to see whats sort of stuff he has planned. Right now I can hear him listening to the Greyhounds’ game on the radio.

So Jon of course has his review of North 82. He liked it a lot, giving it 10 chicken fingers out of 10.

Jon’s been pretty busy with various stuff including a dentist visit, and working on his movie and TV show ideas, so he hasn’t yet determined who won his Oscar pool, but that’s coming.

Oh Jon has heard rumours that Wynonna Earp is being canceled. Let’s hope that isn’t true.

Jon had wings as well as deep fried pickles

I had a burger.

Isabelle had deep fried pickles as well as mac and cheese.

Jon was impressed with Montana’s and would give it 10 wings out of 10. He claims it is his favourite restaurant. That said, he claims all of them are his favourite.

Jon has started an Oscars pool. You should enter it!

Jon’s back of course with a movie review.

He just saw ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ with his friend Daniel.

I’m typing this before he goes, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say he liked it.

We talked a bit about other stuff too, like what we’ve done over the holidays, that kind of thing.

I hope you all like the episode.

Last night the two part season finale was aired.

So we decided to do a Jonathan Files review of the show.

It should also be noted, as it has before on Broken Area, that Jon got an autographed Wynonna Earp graphic novel (or comic book, whatever) from Greg David.

I think this is Jon’s first TV series review.

It is a movie I didn't even know existed. He may be beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel. Then again, maybe it's good.

Anyway, the movie is 'Little Italy' which I've not heard of, a romcom sorta deal.

Let's find out what the boy thinks.

Oh it turns out to be a Canadian movie, who knew?

Thats two reviews this week.

This instalment is his review of Alpha. I had not heard of this movie, and after having read the synopsis on wikipedia, I kinda want to see it.

I am interested in Jonno's thoughts though.

Jon really liked this one. He says it would be a good family movie, though, there is some violence.

Enjoy.

Today it's 'Crazy Rich Asians'. It is getting great reviews, so I imagine Jon will like it.

(You can probably tell from the tense in that sentence that I'm writing this before he goes)

Ooh he really liked it, says this one should get Oscar consideration.

We also talked a bit about our recent coming trip..

Today he saw Hotel Transylvania 3.

It seems to have quite a cast, including Adam Sandler, and other SNL alums.

Jon really liked it, and gave it 10 out of 10, as is his custom. His friend Daniel gave it 7.

Jon burps in this episode, right in your ears, plus, he rubs his razor tumble on the mic. Ahh the joys of living with Jon.

Jon says the movie would be good as family entertainment, and that it is not boring like, say, the Emoji Movie....

I've neglected to ask him for his ratings lately, so I won't forget this time.

So, it turns out that Jon liked it a lot. Both he and his friend Daniel give it 10/10.

Of course Jon talked about the various previews he say, and told us more about his movie ideas.

We visited family, including Julie, Bernard, Maxime, Mémé, Grandma, Dan, TD, Ross, and of course ,Jon's sister, Maddie (who you may know from the wildly successful Third Degree podcast, available on this site).

Jon was pleased of course that we stopped for fast food. I imagine he rated all of the places highly.

We took our bikes with us, so we went on some bike rides as well.

We also shopped at a store with the reddest or orangest floor ever.

I'm typing this before we record, but, my guess is that he really liked it.

I bet we also talk about the movie trailers.

I wonder what Jon will give it out of 5?

Turns out that there's a pretty cool soundtrack as well.

Jon really liked it, giving it his standard rating.

Jon's class is having another BBQ at his teacher's house. Jon's teacher is a saint of some sort I imagine.

We both hope you like this instalment.

Anyway, yeah Jon saw Infinity War and liked it as you can see.

Oh look there are spoilers, deal with it.

He's also been working on his ideas over at his blog.

His teacher had a party for the whole class last week, a BBQ for all the kids, pretty nice of her.

Jon also told me about the previews he saw, and there were five of them. He thinks the new Mission Impossible movie looks good.

Oh he liked Deadpool 2.

He's been putting his movie ideas on his new blog.

Plus, I bought Jon a new bike, and he likes it a lot, though he has fallen once. Damned city still hasn't cleaned up all of the sand they put out in the winter.

Today he went to see Peter Rabbit.  I had no idea it was some sort of irreverent comedy. Having watched the trailer I think it actually might be funny.  I'll wait for Netflix though...

Jon seems to have liked it which is a good thing.

The movie had a song in it that Jon has been playing for at least a year.  Turns out when you listen to the whole song, and not just one bit of it, it is not that bad a song.

Jon has changed over to a rating scale out of 10 with surprising results.

We got vaguely serious for a second, Jon prefers 'person with autism' to 'autistic'.  Cool.

Jon went with his friend Daniel to see Black Panther.  Of course, as usual, Jon loved the movie.  I've heard so many great things about the movie, both for it's oh, cultural impact let's say, and because it is supposed to be so good.  I honestly am not really into super heroes, but Jon is.  

He gave it what he gives movies.

Jon also came to one of my classes today and acted goofy, which was fine.

We're at the Radisson and it is attached to a (somewhat lame) mall.

Well it does have a theatre, so while Isabelle is at the Francoplay, Jon and I went to see Game Night.

It was a lot of fun.  It was funny, had some pretty good action and, well, you know what Jonno gave it out of five...

Jon really liked it, heck, action / comedy, he's in the target demo.

Of course you know what he gave it.

Jon also talked a bit about Christmas, and stuff he got and what he's been up to.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Jon and Me.

So Madeleine is here, Isabelle is back from work, and hey how about a short familycast?

We talked about Jon's recent adventures, his work at the bushplane museum, and a few other things.

Everyone except me was yawning.

Today though Jon came to visit me at work and then we took the bus to Mac's and walked home.

What a perfect time to record.

Well perfect except that it is unseasonably cold and snowy.

Oh you probably guessed what he gives Casey's out of Five.

Wow, we haven't put any out in so long and now two in the span of a week.

Both Jon and I saw the previews for Dunkirk last year and we looked at each other and said 'let's see that when it comes out'.  So, we did.

It was, frankly, a great movie.  We both liked it a lot.  I didn't record our scores but we would both give this one five out of five. 

Jon's also been working at the digital creator space in the public library, making animation, which is cool.

We went for a walk in the Hiawatha Highlands (a park/conservation area in town) and Jon and I realized he hasn't put one of these out in a Pope's age, so, we did.

Jon's been learning to ride a bike.  We already ride the tandem, but this time, he's doing it on Isabelle's bike.  He'll be getting his own soon.

We also talked a bit about what been up this summer, things like Jon doing Chinese calligraphy, and how Yooper's voice sounds somehow like Patton Oswalt's.

It's nice to be back doing this with Jon, hopefully we'll have more soon.

I needed a haircut and didn't feel like going out by myself so I asked the boy if he wanted to come. 

We took the bus and then recorded this on the way back. 

Jon's been having fun at school, especially in his drama class where he's doing the sound effects for a radio play.

Much of this was recorded on the bus, and Jon insists on sitting at the back near the engine.  I hope you all can hear us.....

Enjoy

Jon and I haven't seen a movie in quite a while, and, frankly, there's a new Star Wars movie out, so, off we went!

It was either Rogue One or Assassin's Creed, which Jon informs me is supposed to be terrible.

This is a Jonathan Files review, it will be full of spoilers, so just please keep that in mind.

Here's a spoiler, there are space ships and what have you.

Enjoy, and Happy New Year from Jon and me.

So, we just got back from Toronto.

This was Jonathan's first plane trip that he remembers (there were a couple when he was a baby) so it was eventful.

We went to a bunch of different restaurants, and of course to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Jon reviewed them all, out of 5.

We recorded this just before takeoff on our way home.

Enjoy.

Well, Jon and I know about that, so we recorded a little something on November 30 on our way to school/work.

We talked about what Jon likes about podcasting, about his current school year and made predictions on when the school bus would arrive.  He was right by the way, 8:06 on the button....

Enjoy.

So Jon really wanted to go watch his school's basketball team play tonight, so we went for a bit.

They started late, so we only watched the first quarter.  We left because it was about a thousand degrees.  Nonetheless, it was good fun.

When we left Jon's school's team was up 18-6.  

We then talked about Jon's day and about a movie idea he had.

Hope you guys like it.

We went out for dinner tonight, and on the way home Jon wanted to record

First off, today Jon used Garageband to create a new theme for his podcast, what do you think?

Then Jon talked about his idea for a movie about Confucius.  He's been interested in this for quite a while.

We had fun recording as we always do, and this time Isabelle is also on the podcast.  We hope you like it.

So Jon and I went to see the Greyhounds vs the Ottawa 67s. 

We've had bad luck so far this year as have the 'Hounds at home.  Oddly they haven't lost on the road.

so we recorded this one waiting for Isabelle to pick us up.   Happily the Greyhounds won in OT.  You'll even get the sound of an overtime goal thrown in.

On the left you see the game winning goal being scored, as mentioned in overtime.  It was exciting, and great to see the 'Hounds win in OT, but really, they shouldn't have let Ottawa hang around that long.

Anyway, enjoy.

This sort of cries out for a Jonathan Files, so, we recorded.

I got a new phone, let's see how it does with the recording and such.....

everything was fine until the third period when Windsor scored 5 unanswered goals. 

Still we had fun.  Oh I swore a couple of times in this one, sorry.....  Update!  It turns out that woman was flashing her lights at Isabelle because she didn't have her lights on, so she was trying to be a good Samaritan, yet, we hate on her in this episode.

Hi everyone.

It has been quite a long time since Jon and have done one of these.  Things have been very busy for the both of us, Jon has started his second year of high school, and I'm back to teaching from my sabbatical.

Anyway, we're back with a review of 'Sully' which we just saw.  IT'S A PLANE CRASH MOVIE OF COURSE HE LOVED IT.  I was quite enamoured of it as well, though I don't think they treated the NTSB very fairly in the movie.

They have these reserved seats at the theatre, Jon and I didn't get them as it didn't seem necessary.

Hopefully we'll do a few more of these in the near future.

We recorded this one in our trailer while we were camping.  We're back to having internet now, so I'm posting this.

We took the Chi cheemaun ferry from South Baymouth to Tobermory Ontario and then camped on the Bruce peninsula.  We stayed there for a couple of days and then moved on down to London to visit Maddie and grandma.

The ferry was fun, much smaller than the one we took from Newfoundland, but still it was impressive.

Jon ate on the ferry as well.

As for the song, well I had literally one song on my iPad which we used for this, and the funny thing was I mispronounced the name of the song to hilarious results!

We hope you like this one.

Yup, after having no episodes all summer, Jon's done two in two days.

So we just saw Star Trek Beyond.

Jon loved it.

I loved it.

Isabelle loved it.

It was really good!

So you know, we had to record a little something.  Anyway, enjoy.

There's another new burger restaurant in town, so we went.

Of course, we also had our devices, which meant Jon could do a review of the place on the way out.  I thought it was pretty damned good, and man, umm, ok we're all full.

Jon of course rated it out of five, as is his custom.

Hard to believe that this is our first one of the summer.

Jon has been working on odd movie ideas that involve hacking.  I assume the FSB is involved somehow.

Well as we all know Jon loves movies.

We also all know Jon gives all of them 5 out of 5, well, except for back when he gave them 3 out of 5, and he did give Gnomeo and Juliet 1 out of 5.  OK, maybe he just likes ALMOST everything.

Anyway, Jon and his pal JC went and saw Neighbours 2 yesterday.  Of course the world needs a Jonathan Files review.

I'm guessing five out of five on this one, hell, it is a Seth Rogen vehicle.....

We recorded this one on the way home, as I met him at his school bus stop.

Jon also lists the probable causes of the recent Egypt Air crash.

Enjoy.

Today Jon and I went to see Money Monster, the George Clooney/Julia Roberts vehicle.  It looks interesting (I'm writing this before we go) and has gotten fair to middling reviews, with a 55 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Here's a guess, Jon will love it, and I will think it was ok.

Hopefully I can get Jon to talk a bit about the movie, the cast and such as well as his recent interest in dubstep and electronic music, which, while I find odd, I think it is a good thing.

We're dedicating this one to our buddy JC.

Enjoy.

It is a pretty standard pub type place.  Jon had chicken wings and fries.  Then he had some of my onion rings.  Then he had some of my burger (which was really good by the way).  Then he didn't feel like recording on the way home because, well, because he had eaten way too much.

Jon really liked the place, I did too.  Jon gave it his standard score.

We talked a bit about super hero movies in this one too.  Jon is into them, I have had just about enough.  I'm old.....

Jon went to see Batman v Superman today.  This is really aimed right at his demographic when you think about it, superheroes, explosions etc.

He really enjoyed it and he gave it his typical rating.

We did this one not on my phone but 'in the studio'.  Partially because I like typing 'in the studio' and partially because we don't have long walks to school any more.  We might once the weather warms up.

We hope you like this one as much as we liked doing it.

We decided to go out tonight for something to eat.  So, of course, Jon decided we should review the restaurant, Stackburger, which is a local place here.  They do, well, I mean burgers obviously.  Sort of a Five Guys thing.

Anyway, let's see what Jon gives it out of five. 

I'm going to guess five, I'm just a risk taker like that.

Yup, we went to three different art events today.  It was quite the whirlwind.  Now Isabelle had a piece in a student show which was where we went first, then it was off to a cafe where Isabelle is showing some stuff, and finally we went to the mall where there is a photo competition.

On the way home we talked about this stuff and about Jon's week, with the March break, with his sister being home and with his new love of the radio.

Isabelle, Jon and I went to see hail Caesar tonight.  

So, of course, Jon did a review on the way home in the car.

I'm writing this in the afternoon, and we have not seen it yet, and I am wondering, five out of five again?  Or will Jon not be enamoured of the Coen brothers?

It turns out that Isabelle and I liked it a lot, indeed I think we were the only people in the theatre who picked up on the homages to 1940s movies.  Jon of course loved it.

Well, last night was the Super Bowl.  We watched it along with Isabelle and our friend Ken.

There were snacks.

There was a halftime show.

Jon took lots of pictures of the snacks, and the TV.  I wonder how he rated the game and the snacks and the halftime show?  Of course Jon also loved the commercials, especially the movie trailers.  He's intent on seeing them all.

Today was also the first day of a new semester for Jon.  We talked a bit about that as well.

We're back, Jon's back, with another movie review.  

I didn't see this one, Jon went to see this one with his friend, who is also named Jon.

I'm writing this blog post a couple of hours before Jonathan gets home from school, but I'm going to guess 5/5 and that we will hear about the trailers.

Oh, we did this one in the podcast studio, outside in the winter is rough on my phone, and of course Jon doesn't have a long walk any more as he just comes from the bus stop.  Plus, I like saying 'in the studio'.

OK, we saw Star Wars the Force Awakens, Jon loved it, I gave it 3.5/5.

Plus, I almost lost my wedding ring during the movie and Jon almost lost his gloves.

Oh, it also snowed a lot here.

Again, there are spoilers, listen at your own risk.

Jon is back to reviewing movies.

On our way to the bus stop Jon wanted to review the movie he saw last night, The Night Before.  It is a Seth Rogen movie, so I am sure it had its laughs.  Jon loved it.  Isabelle, who went with Jon, was not as big on it.

Of course Jon mentioned the trailers as well.

We hope you like it.

As a compromise I suggested that if he stayed home he would have to do something about heroes.  So, of course, we recorded a podcast.

Jon and I talked about what makes a hero, who some of our heroes are, and are heroes born or made.  It was a lot of fun to have Jon in the 'studio' (which is just his sister's old room) in front of a mic and not walking home with me or something.  

We hope you like it.

Yesterday Jon and Isabelle went to see the new Bond movie, Spectre, so here is the Jonathan Files Review.

Jon liked it a lot, calling it 'wicked great'.

Isabelle, not as much.  Though I think she liked it.

Jon will tell you what previews he saw and all of that.

Jon recorded this one on his iPad using Bossjock.

So Jon has decided to join the school's curling team.  So yesterday he had his first practice.  This seemed excellent fodder for a Jonathan Files report.

We also talked about some other stuff on the way to his school bus stop this morning.  Jon seems to be enjoying high school and he has met a lot of new people.

His most recent movie idea is a religious epic!

Jon and I went to the movies today and saw 'The Martian'.  It has received rave reviews and neither of us were disappointed. 

We recorded this one on the bus on the way back from the movie.

Jon also got a hair cut today which is always exciting.

Apparently high school consists of going to vending machines and the cafeteria.

As is his custom, Jon went to a movie this weekend.  This time it was Hotel Transylvania 2.  Listen in to find out what he thought of it, what trailers he saw, and you know, standard Jon stuff.

We also of course talked a bit about other things.  I really don't know what though as I am pre writing this post......

(I'm going to meet him at the bus stop in like 15 minutes....)

Today we talked about Jon's week at school, about the upcoming federal election and of course about Jon's movie ideas.

Well the first week of high school is in the can so Jon is back at his normal schedule.  Yup, he's got a movie to review.

On the weekend Jon saw 'No Escape'.  It is getting mixed reviews from other non Jonathan reviewers but Jonno loved it.

You'll have to listen in to get a sense of what he gave it out of five....

So, he decided he should record us while we ate dinner.....

So, on the way home (it was a half day today) we recorded some.  Jon is, to say the least, rather nonchalant about the whole deal.  I wish to hell I could have had that attitude when I started high school....

Yeah I know there are supposed to be periods after each letter in UNCLE, I just didn't feel like typing them.

So Jon went and saw the Man from UNCLE and really liked it.  It is actually getting pretty good reviews, so his rating (five out of five) is not ridiculous.

He then told us about his various movie ideas.

Oddly, he asked if he could climb on to the roof of the house.  I figure this would be a bad idea.

Well, I just got back from the Marshall McLuhan Podcaster Roundtables, where I met a few Jonathan Files fans, and Jon, of course, had some time without his father which, well, if you know me, is probably a blessing....  

Jon claims he did not stay up too late when I was gone, but I simply don't believe him.

So, Isabelle took Jon to see Pixels. Now I have heard nothing but bad things about this movie, but, Jon loved it.  You know, in a way that is Adam Sandler's business model, make crap that people like.  

Jon went and saw Spy this weekend.  He loved it and gave it five our of five.  Now the time I didn't question him because critics are loving it.  

He also was lucky enough to get a new poster for his room.  The people at the local theatre are really great that way, they save them for him.  This one is for the remake of Poltergeist, which he won't be seeing.

Congrats Maddie!

So today Jon started a cooking class.  It was pretty cool and he met a couple of other kids.

They learned how to make lasagna roll ups, which were, well, I shouldn't have to explain this to you so I won't.  Anyway, there were two kinds of those, one with spinach and ricotta, which Jon liked ok, though he removed most of the spinach in his, and one with chicken and bacon.  He had two of those....

It is a great thing that autism Ontario put on, thanks to them.  The guy doing the instruction was really great as well.

Jon describes it as a 'romantic drama' which sounds quite devoid of explosions.  Nonetheless, Jonathan gave it his standard score.

We talked a bit about his movie ideas as well of course.

As is often the case, Jon went to see a movie over the weekend.  Jon is sort of a the Leonard Maltin of Sault Ste. Marie, without the beard, though, he now shaves, so you know, I mean he could get a beard, but I digress.....

He rated it highly, out of five.

It is finally spring, and we got to walk to school today in 8 degree weather, rather than -10.

So, over the weekend Jon went to see 'Get Hard', the Will Ferrel, Kevin Hart vehicle, with Isabelle. Fine by me as I am not a big fan.  

Jon of course quite liked it.  I think he thinks it is the pinnacle of filmmaking.  Hey, its taste, you can't really argue taste, even if he is wrong.....

We also talked about the trailers he saw of course, and some of his new movie ideas.  He seems stuck on this 'Mission Failed' idea with Liam Neeson.

Anyway, happy Easter from us.

So Jon had a big day today, it was science fair day at his school.  

All of the grade 8 kids presented their experiments/demonstrations, and Jon's was on Salt Flats.  He made his own salt flats out of salt and dirt and baking soda.  He did some really nice observations in his microscope of the salt flats as well.

He doesn't seem to care much, but says he got an A, which is pretty damned fine as far as I am concerned.

We then talked about some of the other projects, including one that was basically a 2 x 3 factorial design.  I think the kid should have used a factorial ANOVA to analyze his data, which illustrates why I am not an elementary school teacher.

Jon then regaled us with some of his movie ideas.

Way to go son, I am very proud of you.

You may have heard on Broken Area that we went to Sudbury for Jon's birthday.  Well, this messed with his, and everyone else's, sleep.  So, Jon was a bit tired on Monday.  They watched a film about drunk driving and Jon slept.  A wise move I say.

Jon's class has been reading the classic SE Hinton book, 'The Outsiders'.  Recently they watched the movie as well.  Jon liked the movie but believes he has a great remake idea, his casting ideas are brilliant, if eccentric.

Finally, Jon graduates from elementary school this year, and we got his pictures!

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Jon and I took in a Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds game this evening.  The 'Hounds look really strong this year.  

Anyway, they won, and we recorded a podcast after the game.

As is often the case, Jon went to a movie this weekend.  This time it was 'Sponge Out of Water', which apparently is a Spongebob vehicle....

Jon liked it, and liked the trailers.

We also went out to dinner on Sunday, and, we had a relaxing Family Day.

Over the weekend Jon saw Project Almanac.  He gave it a very high rating, though I think that has something to do with a contrast effect as he saw Taken 3 most recently.

So we talked some about the movie, which, as mentioned above, Jon liked.  After that we talked a bit about how Jon's big sister has been accepted to graduate school and how she will be moving away.  Jon was hoping he would get a new sister out of the deal, alas, no...

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We talked a bit about school and a bit about what he did when I was away in London.

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As he often does on weekends, Jon went to see a movie.

This time it was 'Taken 3', a movie in which nobody is actually taken apparently.  Nonetheless Jon liked it.  You will have to listen in to hear his rating out of five.  Keep in mind that while it is not getting stellar reviews, Jonathan, being a 13 year old boy, is right in their target demo....

We then talked a bit about what Jon is doing at school lately. 

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As the Christmas holidays wind down Jon is having his last present.  Jon loves hotels and elevators as you know, so, one of his Christmas gifts is a night in a local hotel.

Earlier in the day Jon went to see The Gambler.  Not the old made for TV movie with Kenny Rogers, no no, the new movie with Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman.

John liked it, and rated it accordingly.

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