by Jarrod | Sep 30, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Kyle G. King. This is RETROGRADING, where we’re not a very good shot, but the Samaritan here uses really big bullets. THE FILM: Hellboy THE TIME: 2004, at a time when all the studios were snatching up every comic book property they could turn a profit on,...
by Jarrod | Sep 23, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where sometimes it’s good to do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. THE FILM: Frances Ha THE TIME: 2012, two years after Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach first took a chance on angsty romance...
by Jarrod | Sep 16, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Kyle G. King. This is RETROGRADING, where we want to apologize to Mike’s mom, and Josh’s mom… THE FILM: The Blair Witch Project THE TIME: 1999, a time of strange fears and even stranger hopes, when folks weren’t very well-acquainted with the...
by Jarrod | Sep 9, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is RETROGRADING, where we don’t need no stinking badgers. THE FILM: UHF THE TIME: 1989, the peak of MTV and the dawn of a new wave of pop-culture-reference humor. The days of biting satire like Network and Max Headroom were gone, replaced...
by Jarrod | Sep 2, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Kyle G. King. This is RETROGRADING, where an acute sense of touch gives us strength and balance. THE FILM: Daredevil THE TIME: 2003, or three years after Bryan Singer’s X-Men proved hero movies could be good again post-Schumacher, and a year after Sam Raimi’s...
