by Jarrod | Jul 26, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay, Kate Kowalski, and Jarrod Jones. *Reading Watchmen upside-down* Oh, hello! I didn’t see you there. *Sets book down* Did you know that DoomRocket, your second- or possibly third-favorite review site, launched 10 years ago this month?...
by Jarrod | Jul 28, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where the dream is over and the insect is awake. THE FILM: The Fly THE YEAR: 1986. At the tail end of the American horror movie movement of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the genre was dominated by comedic thrill rides like...
by Jarrod | Jan 23, 2018 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Joe Hemmerling. Disney’s recent 66 billion-dollar purchase of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment portfolio poses some provocative questions. Questions about the ramifications of consolidating so much intellectual property under one roof, about the future of the...
by Jarrod | Jan 5, 2018 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. For those of you who don’t remember, DoomRocket began as a film review site. It’s since shifted its focus to the comics medium, but that shouldn’t suggest that its heart still doesn’t belong to the silver screen. Here are the...
by Jarrod | Jul 14, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. “I did not start this war.” So says Caesar, the star attraction of the re-imagined Planet of the Apes trilogy, more eloquent these days and speaking with the weary guttural boom of Andy Serkis’ voice. The ape has a point —...
