by Jarrod | Feb 3, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. There are few differences between an insult comic and your perverted uncle at Thanksgiving, but those differences do exist. While both are likely to play for shock value laughs with their ‘I can’t believe he said that’ punchlines, most stand up comics...
by Jarrod | Feb 2, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where today is tomorrow. THE FILM: Groundhog Day THE TIME: 1993, a surprisingly fruitful year for funny flicks (including gems like Mrs. Doubtfire and Dazed And Confused). Also, comedy icon Bill Murray was amidst one of several...
by Jarrod | Jan 27, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Brad Sun. This is RETROGRADING, where racing is religion and major sponsors are the devil. THE FILM: Speed Racer THE TIME: 2008, the year of hope and change. Oh, how naive we were. RECOLLECTIONS: It was a great time to be a geek at the movies. Robert Downey Jr....
by Jarrod | Jan 20, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. Is it appropriate to depict a character struggling with Dissociative Identity Disorder in a film that juggles multiple tones, most of which are decidedly sinister? Continuing the Shyamalan-aissance at his own peril, M. Night follows The Visit (a damn...
by Jarrod | Jan 20, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. This is RETROGRADING, where if you got the guts, drop the gun. THE FILM: Rumble in the Bronx THE TIME: 1995, when Jackie Chan was still a relative unknown in the United States. RECOLLECTIONS: Serving as his own stuntman and the film’s lead stunt...
by Jarrod | Jan 13, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. The man has the hair, the jawline, the furrowed brow. He has the charisma and the looks. There’s no argument that Ben Affleck is a tried-and-true movie star, but whoo — does this guy look awkward in a double-breasted suit. And yet,...
