The Mysterians (1957) – Review

There’s a test I tend to put on the works by Japanese filmmaker Ishiro Honda that I like to call the Godzilla test. It’s born

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Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Review

Unhelpfully renamed “Gigantis: The Fire Monster” in the U.S. – presumably because “Godzilla Raids Again” calls up unwanted images of Gojira driving into the front

Godzilla (1954) – Review

Before 1954, filmdom’s premier leading man in the giant monster stakes was King Kong. A roaring slice of romanticized Americana and an unabashed helping of