by Jarrod | Jul 25, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where a good death is its own reward. THE FILM: Man of Steel THE YEAR: 2013, one year after Christopher Nolan changed the superhero landscape, for better or worse, with his Dark Knight trilogy,...
by Jarrod | Jun 13, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. It’s both interesting and disheartening that superhero movies have morphed into garish cameo cavalcades that pull visuals — and sometimes even actors — from decades-old superhero movies to sell...
by Jarrod | 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 Jarrod | Mar 21, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, ANTI-MONITOR PODCAST, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where we have powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal geeks. This week, Birdy & Jarrod expound on their feelings concerning Zack Snyder’s ‘Man of Steel’, a film so...
by Jarrod | Dec 4, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Zak Rye. Between low-brow and no-brow, this is unCultured, where we attempt to shed a new light on some of our favorite misunderstood and often overlooked films. Alison Maclean’s 1999 adaptation of Denis Johnson’s romantically drug infused short stories...
