While Ishiro Honda will always be most famous for unleashing a 165 foot tall irradiated lizard onto the world as it masqueraded as the social
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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
Atragon (1963) – Review
Ishiro Honda rightfully is held aloft as one of Japan’s leading purveyor of sci-fi and adventure primarily because of his most famous creation, the city
Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) – Review
Fate has a funny way of working out sometimes. Take the two Mechagodzilla movies Toho put out in the mid-70s for example what was supposed
Ebirah: Horror Of The Deep (1966) – Review
An attack of the crabs is never pretty, especially from one the size of Madison Square Garden, but that’s unfortunately only one of the issues
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
Son Of Godzilla (1967) – Review
By the time Godzilla’s career had reached 1967, the salty tempered saurian had pretty much done it all. He’d been cast as a villainous metaphor
Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) – Review
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Godzilla wades ashore without warning and proceeds to lay waste to the surrounding area with not a hint of the nice-guy
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