Jon Espino
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Jon would say that as a writer, he is a self-proclaimed film snob and a pop culture junkie. Always gives his honest, critical, and maybe a little bit snarky opinion on everything. He's very detail oriented and loves anything involving creativity and innovation. You're better off asking him who his favorite director is rather than his favorite film. So beware and get ready to be entertained. You can contact him at jon@theyoungfolks.com or follow him on twitter @DystopianHero. (Also, he doesn't always refer to himself in the third person, but sometimes he just has to).

Jon’s Movie Review: “If I Stay” Will Make You Wish You Had Left

Very rarely does a film come along that parallels exactly what you’re going through in your life. Even rarer is the film that exactly mirrors what you’re experiencing at that precise moment. If I Stay is that rare gem. Mia Hall’s (Chloë…

Geek Peek – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser Trailer is Here!

  It’s finally here! Not the movie of course, but the teaser for the epic final entry in the Hobbit film trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. “The Hobbit” is easily my favorite of Tolkien’s books, and…

Jon’s Movie Review: “And So It Goes” Takes Us Nowhere

For the most part, I take great pleasure in visiting my grandparents. Listening to stories of bygone days, daily struggles made irrelevant by new technologies, and cyclical hardships that seem to echo through the decades and show up in different…

Jon’s Movie Review: “I Origins” Won’t Enlighten, But Will Entertain

I love a good pun. Part of the reason being that the people who don’t outright think it’s clever and funny will unabashedly hate it. There is no middle ground on puns. I personally don’t feel the bad rap puns get is…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ brings new hope this summer

The sun falls on the age of human dominance, much like the collapse of the Roman Empire. No one ever thought it would ever happen, but that’s what made us so ill-equipped for when it finally did. When homo sapiens…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Snowpiercer” is hotter than most summer blockbusters

The good thing about legends is that withstand the test of time, and Snowpiercer has the makings of a long lasting cult status film. This dark horse is still in the race.

Jon’s Movie Review: A legend lives on through “Life Itself”

I can only write about what I know and what I’ve experienced. Anything else would come off as false and disingenuous, but worst of all readers tend to pick up on that easily. This was never a problem for the great…