Who is Star-Lord and what is a Groot were just a couple of questions that the bulk of the movie going public were asking when James Gunn released the original Guardians of the Galaxy back in 2017, not being based characters with the public awareness of likes of say Spider-Man or Captain America, but now…
Tag: science fiction
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) – Review
With the amazing success of the rather goofy King Kong vs. Godzilla, it’s not surprising that the franchise would continue in that rather campy direction and if people wanted to see giant monsters duking it out then by god that’s what Toho Studios would give them.
Mothra (1961) – Review
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…
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – Review
There is something about seeing a giant monster rampaging through city streets that stirs the imagination, from as far back as 1925’s The Lost World, where dinosaurs were let loose in the streets of London, to Warner Brother’s latest take on Japan’s biggest export Godzilla in 2014, that shows that we as a culture have…
Who Remembers Saturday Afternoon Children’s Matinees?
Movies were a big part of my life growing up, and certainly why I’m such a lover of them now, but there was something special about going to movies when you were a kid, the magic on the screen was as real to you as your parents were, and most likely more interesting as well.