Released in 1987, Predator is an interesting blend of action, science-fiction and Reagan-era machismo. Featuring then box-office king Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by John McTiernan, who would later direct the Die Hard films, Predator is a relatively solid film with only few glaring problems that keep it from being aContinue Reading
In 1998, when the American remake of Godzilla was being hyped to death, Tri-Star released a slew of Japanese Godzilla movies that had never been available before in the United States. While most of the hardcore Godzilla fans had already seen them, those without a connection to the kaiju underground were finallyContinue Reading
In 1993, the original Jurassic Park wowed moviegoers with on-screen dinosaurs the likes of which had never been seen before. Animals that hadn’t walked the Earth for millions of years were (seemingly) alive and terrorizing the cast. The film packed theaters and sold a lot of popcorn. I actually went to seeContinue Reading
I’m a big fan of Japanese monster movies. I grew up on them and I’m constantly trying to see as many of the old ones as I can. When I saw that Frankenstein Conquers the World was going to be on TV one night, I decided I’d better watch it.Continue Reading
In 1998, Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin unleashed their horrible American version of Godzilla on unsuspecting audiences. With computer-generated special effects, a mutant iguana and a ridiculous premise, Godzilla totally missed the point of what makes a Godzilla movie great: the rubber suit! The whole idea of suspending your disbelief for twoContinue Reading
When a submarine is destroyed by what appears to be a dinosaur, the work of an old scientist who’s been ridiculed out of mainstream science becomes deadly to the human race. It seems that Dr. Shinji Mafune (Akihiko Hirata) can control a dinosaur, named Titanosaurus, through the use of aContinue Reading
After 1992’s abysmal Alien 3, the masterminds at 20th Century Fox just had to find a way to bring back Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) for one last go round in the Alien universe. One would think that after five years of brainstorming and script options, they would have created aContinue Reading