by | 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 | Sep 8, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where we could eat a peach — you know what? No. THE FILM: Face/Off THE TIME: 1997. Ah, the 90s. A neon-splattered era of plenty. For the summer blockbuster, however, the decade’s excesses had devolved the genre into a...
by | Aug 4, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we all follow the beam. THE FILM: The Mist THE TIME: In 2007, a year of two successful Stephen King adaptations, 1408 and the Frank Darabont-helmed The Mist. RECOLLECTIONS: The Mist was originally a novella about a small...
by | Jul 14, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we’d rather be watching the original. THE FILM: Planet of the Apes THE TIME: 2001. If there was ever a filmmaker with a passion for yesteryear cheese and a distinct aesthetic more qualified to reboot Planet of the...
by | Jun 16, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where it’s more or less safe to go back in the water. THE FILM: Jaws 2 THE TIME: 1978. In 1975, Steven Spielberg had created a new genre with Jaws: the summer blockbuster. This film, along with 1977’s Star Wars, created a demand...
