by Jarrod | Sep 15, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where this is the beginning. The beginning of everything. THE FILM: Noah THE TIME: 2014. Darren Aronofsky had just cashed in all his awards-season cache to make the ponderous and visually daring biblical epic that had been...
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 20, 2015 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Sean Penn, the actor/activist who netted his second Academy Award for portraying the martyred gay rights icon Harvey Milk, doesn’t seem like the kind of fella who would condescend himself for the generic action fare that’s waiting for...
