The final part of the Kiryu duology and director Masaaki Tezuka’s Millennium trilogy is up this week. Here we have another direct sequel to a Showa era film, but unlike the other films that springboard off of 1954’s Godzilla this week we see the first direct sequel to 1961’s Mothra. So join us in celebrating this week’s episode as we look at 2003’s “Godzilla: Tokyo SOS”
Read More Episode 137 – Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)We get to see director Masaaki Tezuka take another bite at the apple with the Big G, this time bringing back a fan favorite foe and reusing plots from his first outing. Will this movie delight audiences more than Vs Megaguirus? Will Tezuka get another chance to relive his Showa childhood in the director’s chair? Find out as we look at the history of 2002’s “Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla”
Read More Episode 136 – Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)We finally look at one of the most lauded and different films in the Millennium era of Toho films, as Heisei Gamera director Shusuke Kaneko is given the keys to the Big G kingdom. But does this movie hold up in the wake of more than 20 years of other kaiju films or does it need reevaluation? Find out as we take a long hard look at the history of 2001’s “Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!”
Read More Episode 135 – Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)We take a brief detour from monster movies to look at a very 90s take on everyone’s favorite ape. Join us this week as we talk quickly about the history on 2001’s “Kong: The Animated Series”
Read More Episode 134 – Kong: the Animated Series (2001)We are joined this week by filmmaker and writer Graham Skipper, author of the “Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters” to kick off this April Fool’s launch of Season 6 of the podcast. We look at the next film in the Millennium series as a new director and classic foe returns through a black hole portal from the past. Has Godzilla met his match? Find out along with us as we look at 2000’s “Godzilla vs. Megaguirus”
Read More Episode 133 – Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus (2000)This week we finish off the 5th season of the podcast by looking at one of our favorite decades of Kaiju cinema. Is this the best decade of monster movies yet or does the dreck drag it down? What was our top 5 of the last ten years? What was the worst in season 5? Find out all that and more in this weeks 1990’s Kaiju Cinema Recap!
Read More Episode 132 -Season 5 Kaiju Cinema Recap (1990-1999)A new era of Godzilla kicks off this week, only 4 years after the end of the Heisei era we get a new Big-G film rushed to theater. After Tristar’s take on the monster faltered, will Toho’s return to plotlines that cobble together elements of the monster’s almost 50 year history work in the new Millennium? Find out along with us as we take a look at 1999’s “Godzilla 2000: Millennium”
Read More Episode 131 – Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)The 1990s aren’t over yet as we have a Korean film to get to, one of the most expensive film in the nation’s film history. Will a big budget Tristar Godzilla inspired CGI Kaiju-fest be a hit or a bomb at the box office? Well strap on your jetpacks and explore with us 1999’s “Yonggary”
Read More Episode 130 – Yonggary (1999)The end of the 1990s is star studded with a last of the Gamera Heisei trilogy representing a capstone to this generation’s Kaiju film. Is this the best of the Gamera movies? Is this the best kaiju film ever made? Find out along with us and the amazing history of this fine film on this week’s looks at “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris”
Read More Episode 129 – Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)Walt Disney and RKO team up to resurrect a 1949 classic film. Will the rising star power of a young Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton be able to bring the giant monkey back to the big screen? Find out along with us as we talk about the folly of reimagining a 40’s film in 1998’s “Mighty Joe Young”
Read More Episode 128 – Mighty Joe Young (1998)