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60 Years of Godzilla: A History and Critique of the Greatest Monster Movie Series in Cinema

**Massive spoilers for every Godzilla movie, with the exception of the 2014 reboot, and Mothra follow** August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all …

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Resistance Fighters Unite to Steal Plans for Death Star in first image for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

Gareth Edwards‘ Star Wars: Rogue One is still over a year away, but Disney has just released a first look at the cast of the upcoming spinoff film about a group of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans from the Death Star. Thanks to D23, the very first official photo has been revealed, …

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‘Godzilla 2’ will be released in June 2018

After the recent announcement at Comic-Con that Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah will appear in Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla sequel, Legendary has officially dated Godzilla 2 to be released on June 8, 2018. This means fans will have to sit through and excruciating four year wait, but this is mostly likely to give Edwards’ time to …

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Classic kaiju set to appear in Gareth Edwards’ ‘Godzilla 2’

In series of tweets reporting from their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary Pictures just gave some of the best news that any Godzilla fans could hope for. After a brief video message from Godzilla director Gareth Edwards, who could not attend due to his hectic Star Wars schedule, three classic monsters’ names were revealed …

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“Not After Nagasaki!” Before and After Blowing Up Buildings Was Cool

“May we live without destruction May we look to tomorrow with hope May peace and light return to us” Thus is the prayer the Japanese around the country sing in harmony to befell a giant lizard. Before the giant, reptillian explanation for seven mysteriously vanished ships lumbers over Odo Island in 1954’s Godzilla, the mysterious, …

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‘Godzilla’ a genuinely exciting spectacle with incredible setpieces

Godzilla Written by Max Borenstein Directed by Gareth Edwards USA, 2014 It’s been almost 16 years to the day since Roland Emmerich attempted and failed to bring Godzilla to a wider American audience, a mistake almost as gargantuan as the monster itself was an accident of nuclear radiation and mutation. Surprisingly, the concept of making …

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Best Films of 2010 – part 3

#10 – Let Me In Directed by Matt Reeves Based on the best-selling Swedish novel “Let The Right One In” by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and the highly-acclaimed film of the same name, Let Me In is a haunting, provocative thriller and in many ways is better than the original. While originally pegged as their own …

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‘Monsters’ is an exhilarating triumph that serves as a strong contender for the film of the year

“Like a youthful Terrence Malick directing an early script revision of Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Monsters is an exhilarating triumph that serves as a strong contender for the film of the year.” Monsters Directed by Gareth Edwards A cloud of extra-terrestrial excitement descended on TIFF this year as the chatter surrounding Monsters reached …

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Frightfest 2010: Monsters: Incredibly emotive, sad, funny, thought provoking, calming and patient.

Monsters Directed by Gareth Edwards Monsters begins with a flurry of panicked hand-held night vision shots as troops battle with a looming, Lovecraft-ian creature that towers above them, tentacles rippling through the night sky. It’s an arresting first impression and one whose key tone – realism – is maintained throughout the rest of the movie. …

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