If Godzilla is “The King of Monsters” than Mothra is clearly the queen and with the increasing popularity of kaiju it’s fascinating that the next biggest star to Godzilla would be a creature that didn’t rampage out of malice, like its peers Godzilla and Rodan, but instead was on a rescue mission, albeit a rather…
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Rodan (1956) – Review
Catastrophic monster fights now in colour! Toho’s 1956 film Rodan was the first of their kaiju (giant monster) films to be shot in colour and it deals with the first appearance of one of Godzilla’s primary foes.
The Return of Godzilla (1984) – Review
Also known as Godzilla 1984 (or Godzilla 1985 if you were in North America) The Return of Godzilla was Toho’s reboot of the Godzilla series in the hopes of boosting dwindling ticket sales that the franchise had been getting of late.
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Tarzan is no novice when it comes to war, in Tarzan the Untamed he mowed down countless Germans during WWI, but in Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, we get a book that feels like more a military adventure story than Tarzan the Untamed did; which mostly resembled a standard Tarzan adventure that just happened to…
Old Games Had Some Crazy Commercials
Today’s video game commercials are very straightforward. Generally they will depict some gameplay video, show some screenshots or other in-game assets, and then call it a day. In ancient times though, during the age when a game featuring being able to move in 8 directions was an impressive feat, TV ads had to be a…