by Jarrod | Jan 29, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. In The Finest Hours, Bernie Webber (Chris Pine, here to make Boston accents sexy again) calms the nerves of his sweetheart by telling her the swelling void beneath the ocean before them isn’t anything to fear. “It’s just more water,” he...
by Jarrod | Jan 15, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. Between republicans shouting conspiracy over a lack of executive action and democrats crying lies about a lack of stand-down orders, the details surrounding the 2012 Benghazi attacks have been vigorously mashed into a cacophony of distracting...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Tom Platt. As it is with every adventure story built on a verbal retelling, the blanks get filled in with embellished detail. But if the adventure is enrapturing enough, no matter whose version you hear, the core of that story will always remain true. So...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. Cultural appropriation and Japanese horror have been cozy bedfellows for years, with films like Ringu and Ju On: The Grudge inspiring uninspired (or altogether lousy) American remakes. Though jump scares and creepy ghost-girls are firmly entrenched...
by Jarrod | Jan 4, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. Now that we can look back on 2015, especially after watching Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, it would seem that the digital revolution in cinema has become nothing more than a mere afterthought. Sure, Jurassic World resurrected old (and...
