by Jarrod | Jul 12, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER-FREE. by Jarrod Jones. Mission: Impossible has operated in a state of constant change for decades. The stylish spycraft of Brian De Palma’s 1996 film turned into an operatic exercise in extreme sports mayhem courtesy of John Woo’s...
by Jarrod | Jul 10, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Arpad Okay. Losing your grip on reality is a lot easier when you’re on your own, and each day blends into the next. Scientists who study nature are a fascinating contradiction where they want a healthier planet for all,...
by Jarrod | Jun 30, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER-FREE. by Jarrod Jones. When Harrison Ford rode off into the sunset at the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, it was an indelible movie moment — remember, if you can, a time when pop movie characters could say goodbye and mean it....
by Jarrod | Jun 26, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we know who we are, we know who we want, and ain’t nothin’ gonna change that shit. THE MOVIE: But I’m a Cheerleader THE YEAR: 1999. The 90s were a decade of liberal family values, making it safe for kids to come out and yet...
by Jarrod | Jun 26, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
WARNING: ANIMAL HARM. by Jarrod Jones. When you read about Hairball, the new horror series from Matt Kindt and Tyler & Hilary Jenkins, you get the standard elevator pitch: “Junji Ito meets Hayao Miyazaki meets Stephen King. Cats.” And, I mean, sure....
by Jarrod | Jun 21, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson’s third film and arguably the first to fully unleash the director’s meticulous eye for vintage detail, was a sad movie that was also hilarious. Asteroid City, the...
by Jarrod | Jun 21, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
Required Reading is DoomRocket’s love chest, opened once a month to champion a book that we adore and you should read. The latest: K Briggs’ adaptation of Macbeth, available now from Avery Hill Publishing. by Arpad Okay. From a circle of blood, a ghostly face...
