by Jarrod | May 31, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Jarrod Jones. By the end of the 1940s, Hollywood’s response to Superman’s popularity had been appropriate; between Max and Dave Fleischer’s stunning Superman animated shorts and Kirk Alyn’s 15-part movie serials, the Man of Steel was...
by Jarrod | May 23, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. Vengeful ghosts are constantly popping out of the damndest things. The Ring had a vindictive child wraith crawling out of a tv set. There’s a specter who knows the intricacies of Facebook bullying in...
by Jarrod | May 18, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. Scan any list of podcasts or streaming documentaries and prepare to be bombarded with true crime. The sheer amount of deep investigative dives into unsolved murders from journalists and armchair detectives alike is...
by Jarrod | May 12, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. Hypnotic is an all-is-not-what-it-seems movie made with a sharp eye for detail and dorky early-Aughts energy. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that the film, which was written in 2002 and feels like it, is...
by Jarrod | May 10, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. The historic exploits of Z Special Unit, the covert Allied special forces outfit established in 1942, seem tailor-made for a specific brand of war movies. Among their decorated feats were reconnaissance and...
by Jarrod | May 5, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy changed Marvel Studios for better or worse, depending on your point of view. His grungy space movies made Marvel weirder; that’s better in my book. That’s why...
