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...
by Jarrod | Apr 26, 2019 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
THIS REVIEW OF ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CONTAINS VERY, VERY MINOR SPOILERS. Image: Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Pictures by Jarrod Jones. 22 films, 11 years, and a whole bunch of billions in-between, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has captivated a generation of...
by Jarrod | May 5, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
WATCH OUT FOR MINOR SPOILERS, TRUE BELIEVERS By Jarrod Jones. Sequels, particularly superhero sequels, often find themselves lurking in the darker corners of a franchise’s id. That’s partially what makes the sequel a more engaging film in the blockbuster...
by Jarrod | Aug 19, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle King. Propaganda that softens the brutality of war for the public palette is embedded deep within the DNA of cinema. But in Todd Phillip’s latest film War Dogs, the propaganda at play isn’t a 1940s rallying cry for nationalism, but rather an early 2000s...
by Jarrod | Aug 14, 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, we get pretty indignant over Josh Trank’s widely reviled Fantastic Four. We talk about shifting blame, putting...
