by | 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 | Apr 15, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. To be kind, I will admit that the idea of a live-action/CGI adaptation of Disney’s The Jungle Book had me perplexed. I’ve been scoffing at very concept of photorealistic animals singing and prancing about a computer-generated jungle since the...
by | Oct 9, 2015 | ANTI-MONITOR, ANTI-MONITOR PODCAST
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. It’s Anti-Monitor, where we believe that some films are best handled with the utmost incredulity. This week, Jarrod and Birdy wax nostalgic over the follow-up to arguably the greatest comedy of all time — ‘Ghostbusters...
by | Dec 29, 2014 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. After the dust settles and the tears have been shed, when the we find ourselves in a better place where we can speak of the horrors that happened to us, that’s when Oscar-Bate rears its monolithic head to recount the year that...
by | Dec 19, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming. RETROGRADING is my attempt to parse the films of yesteryear, just to see if they hold their ground. Prologue: “The Ghost of Bill Murray’s Past.” With the possible exceptions of bacon and Jennifer Lawrence, Bill Murray has become something of a sacred...
