The start of the Monkey Monsterverse is here with a period piece Kaiju Kong film. Will a massive Hollywood budget be enough to help kickstart this monster? Or will this series need more to survive its sophomore second film? Find out with us as we take a look at 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island”
Read More Episode 183 – Kong: Skull Island (2017)
It is finally time to look at one of the most unique and frightening takes on Godzilla of all time. Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno decides to leave the Kaiju world in stunned silence with a masterpiece. Does this film hold up nearly a decade later? Find out as we fight for the survival of humanity in “Shin Godzilla”
Read More Episode 182 – Shin Godzilla (2016)
We quickly return to Japan and the mind of Minoru Kawasaki as he sets his sights on skewering both Kaiju and Por-Wrestling with some of Japan’s biggest stars from both. We set aside out biases and try to look at this fun film with fresh eyes as this week we are climbing in the ring with none other than 2016’s “Kaiju Mono”
Read More Episode 181 – Kaiju Mono (2016)
Anne Hathaway was looking for a weird project to help her break out of a creative box and boy did she find one. We take a look at one of the oddest entries on this list as Hollywood goes Kaiju with one of the biggest casts of all time in 2016’s indie darling “Colossal”
Read More Episode 180 – Colossal (2016)
We take a look at a mostly forgotten children’s show developed and aired on Netflix in a first for the streaming era. Will this show take the bottom spot of the animated Kong adaptations we’ve seen (so far) or will it make up for its tiny tyke audience? We dive into all that and more on this week’s episode looking at 2016’s “Kong: King of the Apes”.
Read More Episode 179 – Kong: King of the Apes (2016)
We take a look at Minoru Kawasaki’s hilarious take on generations of Ultraman parody this week with his love letter to both Showa and Heisei era TV kaiju. Will this more earnest and less farcical comedy stand out in his filmography or will this be a skippable offense of a film? Find out with us as we watch for the first time 2015’s “Outerman”
Read More Episode 178 – Outerman (2015)
We finish off the duology of Attack on Titan as live action cinema this week with a world-ending sequel that diverts from the source material. But will these changes sit right with fans, or will they have a hard time swallowing this bitter Titan pill? Find out as we stick our necks out into 2015’s “Attack on Titan Pt. 2”
Read More Episode 177 – Attack on Titan PT. 2 (2015)
We start in on two weeks of live action Attack on Titan reviews with this first part being a fairly faithful adaptation of the source material in the manga and anime. Will this more accurate depiction of the Giant-slaying world appease fan’s ravenous appetite for Titan content? Find out along with us as we look at 2015’s “Attack on Titan Pt. 1”
Read More Episode 176 – Attack on Titan PT. 1 (2015)
We finally finish the 4th film in the Mega Shark series, putting to bed one of the longest of the Asylum kaiju series. Will this film with its more traditional villain fit into the kaiju canon or will we get just more fin in this series finish? Find out as we brave the dark waters of 2015’s “Mega Shark Vs Kolossus”
Read More Episode 175 – Mega Shark Vs Kolossus (2015)
This week we set our sights on one of the most unique kaiju films on our watch list, and a sweet holiday film we should have done for our X-mas special. Will this Gamera and Ultra Q inspired love story resonated or does this movie deserve to be called a kaiju film at all? Find out what its all about as we look at 2015’s “Love & Peace”
Read More Episode 174 – Love & Peace (2015)