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 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,...
by Jarrod | Jan 6, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, ANTI-MONITOR PODCAST, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where we don’t have time for your goody two-shoes bullshit, Colossus. This week, Jarrod & Birdy assess ‘Deadpool’, literally the last good movie in the X-Men franchise since...
by Jarrod | Jan 6, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. Repackaged fairy tales are yet another tactic for the Hollywood studio system to release “new” movies at a minimal risk. J.A. Bayona’s latest film, A Monster Calls, based on a novel by Patrick Ness (who also wrote the screenplay), is an audio and...
