by Jarrod | Sep 15, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where this is the beginning. The beginning of everything. THE FILM: Noah THE TIME: 2014. Darren Aronofsky had just cashed in all his awards-season cache to make the ponderous and visually daring biblical epic that had been...
by Jarrod | Aug 23, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, NEWSWIRE
By Brandy Dykhuizen and Jarrod Jones. If a character has ever deserved a do-over in recent years, it’s the Joker. With Jared Leto’s bejeweled grill leaving an acrid taste in many a fan’s mouth, a palate cleanser is ever in order. Was this what we had in mind? A solo...
by Jarrod | Aug 4, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, ANTI-MONITOR PODCAST
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where we don’t give a single ladybug. This week, Jarrod & Birdy dust themselves off and recount their bewildering experiences watching ‘Maximum Overdrive’. They discuss the...
by Jarrod | Aug 4, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we all follow the beam. THE FILM: The Mist THE TIME: In 2007, a year of two successful Stephen King adaptations, 1408 and the Frank Darabont-helmed The Mist. RECOLLECTIONS: The Mist was originally a novella about a small...
by Jarrod | Jul 28, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. It’s the “trust no one, look fabulous as you do it” sort of flick, with the same level of propulsive action that made John Wick so devilishly watchable. And, of course, that’s deliberate. Nothing comes across as effortless...
by Jarrod | Jul 26, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matthew C. Brown. 1. The Mole. One Week 2. The Sea. One Day 3. The Air. One Hour. These three temporal locations are the focal points of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. The measure of time after each refers to the duration of the events we see in each location. In...
