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
I’ve admitted in the past to having a fondness for Godzilla movies. (Real Godzilla movies, that is, not the mutated iguana of the recent Hollywood version.) Gamera was another movie monster I had a fondness for, but I always thought of him as a lesser quality replacement for Godzilla. WhenContinue Reading
In the May 23, 1998 issue of TV Guide, director Roland Emmerich is quoted as saying that “if people don’t like the characters, they won’t want to watch the explosions.” In Emmerich’s new version of Godzilla, one wishes the characters would explode so as to free the audience from having toContinue Reading
This Americanized version of the 1954 Japanese release, Gojira, inserts Raymond Burr as Steve Martin, a reporter who just happens to stop in Tokyo when Godzilla makes his first appearance. When ships start mysteriously bursting into flames, an expedition is made to a small island south of Japan. While there, aContinue Reading
Well, I have to confess something up front before I write this review. I am a dyed-in-the-wool Godzilla fan. I actually own King Kong vs. Godzilla on videotape. Okay, how’s that for sad? Now, I realize that Godzilla films can be viewed in two ways: 1.) As really awful and cheap-looking kiddieContinue Reading
The summer movie season has kicked off and the movie that ended up being the first out of the chute is most typical of summer film fare. It’s big, loud and chock-full of special effects and stupid characters. Granted, no one goes to the summer action films to be educated.Continue Reading