by Jarrod | Aug 26, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Matt Fleming. This is Retrograding, where movies don’t mean a thing if they ain’t got some swing. THE FILM: Spider-Man THE TIME: 2002, two years after Fox’s first X-Men, proving that superheroes could still be viable post-Batman & Robin. RECOLLECTIONS: Sam...
by Jarrod | Jul 8, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. This is RETROGRADING, where we actually do wanna fight, thank you very much. THE FILM: Only God Forgives THE YEAR: 2013, two years after Nicolas Winding Refn knocked the art house on its ass with Drive and a year before Ryan Gosling tried to do the...
by Jarrod | May 6, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. This is Retrograding, where sometimes we wanna watch a movie just to let off some steam. THE FILM: Commando THE TIME: 1985, specifically the time when the CIA was pretty adept at deposing leaders, inserting dictators and running drugs. Predator, a...
by Jarrod | Apr 22, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming. This is RetroGrading, where we look back and find that ‘dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight’ can still make for a great Friday night. THE FILM: Batman THE TIME: 1989, with roots in a 1983 script by Tom Mankiewicz. This is the comic book film...
by Jarrod | Dec 19, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming. RETROGRADING is my attempt to parse the films of yesteryear, just to see if they hold their ground. Prologue: “The Ghost of Bill Murray’s Past.” With the possible exceptions of bacon and Jennifer Lawrence, Bill Murray has become something of a sacred...
