by Jarrod | Mar 10, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we can never just stop. THE FILM: The Proposition THE TIME: 2005 featured a number of unique takes on the Western, such as Serenity, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Brokeback Mountain. But it was John...
by Jarrod | Mar 3, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Wolverine is a curious little critter, make no mistake. He’s short, scuzzy, hits on his teammate’s girlfriend, smokes too much, drinks too much, and, when his blood gets up, has a tendency to stab people to death with these gross blades...
by Jarrod | Feb 27, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. There are several instances during Get Out that visually reference Kendrick Lamar’s video for the song “Swimming Pools,” moments when a black man is suspended in encompassing emptiness, fully devoid of control. Whereas the song is a treatise on...
by Jarrod | Feb 24, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR, ANTI-MONITOR PODCAST, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where hey, Bub — we’re not finished with you yet. This week, Jarrod & Birdy celebrate Hugh Jackman’s seventeen year-stint as Wolverine by assessing James Mangold’s...
by Jarrod | Feb 24, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where we commit to be excellent to each other. THE FILM: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure THE TIME: 1989, during the waning heights of the brainless teen comedy. RECOLLECTIONS: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a...
