Derek Winnert

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Godzilla vs Megalon [Gojira tai Megaro] * (1973, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi) – Classic Movie Review 5390

‘GIANT AGAINST GIANT…the ultimate battle.’ In director Jun Fukuda’s 1973 Japanese sci-fi horror action adventure sequel to his 1972 Godzilla versus Gigan [aka Godzilla on Monster Island], Godzilla, the dinosaur with radio-active breath, fights Gigan […]

May, 04

The Son of Kong *** (1933, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor Wong, Lee Kohlmar, Ed Brady) – Classic Movie Review 4658

‘SEE! The cannibals! The earthquake! The sea serpent! The fighting monsters of ages past!’ It is irresistible, isn’t it? Probably the first monster movie sequel, it starts by announcing itself as ‘a serio-comic phantasy’. Producer Merian […]

Nov, 15

Godzilla *** (2014, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche) – Movie Review

The 355-ft fire-breathing Japanese lizard is back, and so is wide-eyed, constantly frowning 5ft 11in Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a US naval officer in San Francisco who goes to Japan to help his troubled scientist dad […]

May, 15

Godzilla [Gojira] *** (1954, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Haruo Nakajima) – So Bad It’s Good Movie 4

‘Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!’ The 1954 Japanese Godzilla movie Gojira has legendary cult status and it’s a classic horror film. It was then Japan’s most expensive movie but, with its very elementary special effects, […]

Nov, 18

Pacific Rim **** (2013, Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, Charlie Day) – Movie Review

The deservedly admired Guillermo del Toro’s much anticipated sci-fi action adventure focuses on a troubled future world, in another post-apocalypse scenario, where this time alien monsters called Kaiju (Japanese for giant beast) that look remarkably […]

Jul, 07

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