by Jarrod | May 25, 2018 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS REVIEW OF ‘SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY’ CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. By Jarrod Jones. I couldn’t have been the only person who was a parsec away from writing this movie off, could I? Who among us was able to dodge those sketchier-than-Mos-Eisley reports...
by Jarrod | Jul 14, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. “I did not start this war.” So says Caesar, the star attraction of the re-imagined Planet of the Apes trilogy, more eloquent these days and speaking with the weary guttural boom of Andy Serkis’ voice. The ape has a point —...
by Jarrod | Feb 26, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Jarrod Jones. If you ask me, one of the bigger selling points to John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 has been the opportunity to see how Gal Gadot — our future Wonder Woman — can tackle a movie about grumpy boys fighting amongst each other. Her other movie...
by Jarrod | Nov 21, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Playing catch-up with last year’s Catching Fire seems to be the primary focus for much of the first half of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. And while that does provide some narrative relief for those of us who don’t agonize over...