Godzilla Chronicles: Unveiling the Golden Age of Kaiju Cinema Part 2
Welcome to part two of the Godzilla Chronicles, celebrating 69 years of the big guy in cinema (see part one here). In part one I covered the years 1954 with … Read More
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Godzilla Chronicles: Unveiling the Golden Age of Kaiju Cinema Part 1
On November 3, 2023, the world celebrated 69th anniversary of the release of the original Godzilla movie in 1954. The Showa era of Godzilla films is a remarkable and iconic … Read More
Monstrous Siblings Unleashed: The Kaiju Showdown in WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS!
WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS is a Japanese kaiju film released in 1966, directed by Ishiro Honda and produced by Toho Studios. It is a sequel to the 1965 film FRANKENSTEIN … Read More
THIS SATURDAY ON SVENGOOLIE (April 29, 2023): Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Prepare to witness the greatest monster battle of all time when Svengoolie presents the 1968 Toho classic, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS! Earth is under attack by a group of giant monsters … Read More
THIS SATURDAY ON SVENGOOLIE (February 25, 2023): War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Don’t miss the Toho classic WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS this Saturday night. This kaiju film was directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Referred by film historian Stuart Galbraith IV as a … Read More
THE BASEMENT BOOK SHELF: “SF: The Japanese Science Fiction Film Encyclopedia” by J.L. Carrozza
At the time of this writing we are a month into 2021. There has already been two books published on the subject of giant monsters and science fiction; the first … Read More
KAIJU KONNECTION: Mothra (1961)
The 1961 film MOTHRA was a solo monster flick, featuring a giant caterpillar that then turns into a giant moth. This was not a versus movie but by introducing the … Read More
KAIJU KONNECTION: Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1965)
I started watching Godzilla movies at such an early age that to be honest, I do not remember a time when Toho monsters were not in my life. One monster … Read More
KAIJU KONNECTION: The Mysterians (1957)
Welcome to another edition of KAIJU KONNECTION. In this entry I will be discussing the 1957 movie THE MYSTERIANS (CHIKYU BOEIGUN in Japanese, translated to Earth Defense Force), that came … Read More
THE BASEMENT BLU-RAY REVIEW: “GODZILLA: THE SHOWA-ERA FILMS, 1954–1975 The Criterion Collection”
I have been a lover of Godzilla movies since the early 1970s, when I could watch them almost weekly on the various UHF stations that were available in my area. … Read More