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151 Proof Movies: Godzilla (1998) Drinking Game
What a month for giant monsters with a new King Kong hitting theaters today and Power Rangers in just a few weeks. With that in mind, we are doing a…
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Shin Godzilla Review
When Shin Godzilla (AKA Godzilla Resurgence) was originally announced in late 2014, it was difficult not to be skeptical. After all, Western filmmaker Gareth Edwards proved earlier that same year…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla Video Games (Part 2)
Last week, we took a look at Godzilla's 8-bit adventures, which ended with the tragically misguided Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters. While things didn't immediately turn around quality-wise after that tactical…
Comic Review: World War Kaiju (Book One)
Writers: Josh Finney & Michael Colbert Artist: Patrick McEvoy Editor: Kat Rocha The graphic novel World War Kaiju (Book One: The Cold War Years) imagines an alternate history in which…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla Series Summary
After recently re-watching every Godzilla film in chronological order and allowing some time for my thoughts on the series as a whole to solidify, I thought it would be a…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
There’s no denying that 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars is the most divisive film in the entire franchise. It’s an attempt by Toho to repeat a feat they successfully pulled off a decade prior,…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
2003’s Godzilla: Tokyo SOS is a direct sequel to Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla, but often feels like a more ambitious retelling of the same story. A new cast of characters is…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
The beauty of the “Millennium” series of Godzilla films, which lasted from 1999 until 2004, is that the producers were pretty much given “carte blanche” to do whatever they wanted…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah (2001)
Interest in the Godzilla series was rapidly declining after Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus were met with middling reactions by both fans and critics. Fearing another commercial disappointment, Toho once again proved that…
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Kaiju Kommentary: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
The second film in the “Millennium” series of the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, opens with a startling revelation: The events of the previous year’s Godzilla 2000 never happened. No…