by Jarrod | Jun 26, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we know who we are, we know who we want, and ain’t nothin’ gonna change that shit. THE MOVIE: But I’m a Cheerleader THE YEAR: 1999. The 90s were a decade of liberal family values, making it safe for kids to come out and yet...
by Jarrod | Apr 25, 2023 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. THE FILM: Blade Runner THE YEAR: 1982. Ridley Scott leverages the power of Alien’s success to attempt another sophisticated genre film. Scott’s focus on making a...
by Jarrod | Jul 28, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where the dream is over and the insect is awake. THE FILM: The Fly THE YEAR: 1986. At the tail end of the American horror movie movement of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the genre was dominated by comedic thrill rides like...
by Jarrod | Jul 1, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where I wuz born with a heavy-duty pulse-machine-laser in my hand! THE ISSUE: Lobo Annual #1, “Hounds of Blood.” (Outbreak, Part One.) THE TEAM: Alan Grant (writer), Christian Alamy (artist), Carla Feeny, Gene D’Angelo, Stuart...
by Jarrod | Apr 29, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we know better than to mess with monks when martial arts are involved. THE FILM: A Touch of Zen THE YEAR: 1971. King Hu had left Shaw Brothers and Hong Kong for the creative freedom of his own Taiwanese production company,...
