Browsing: Kaiju

Who doesn’t love giant robots and monsters fighting from the first Pacific Rim film? No one I want to be friends with, that’s for sure.  The highly anticipated sequel to the original Guillermo del Toro film has had some starts and stalls, but after a few pushbacks it finally is getting to theaters. Is it terrible?  Not really, […]

It’s always good when a film we’ve looked forward to is worth the wait, and Colossal certainly is. This is a completely different kind of monster movie, one that seeks to confront the root of uncontrollable destruction that dwells inside some of us.  Spanish writer/director Nacho Vigalondo completely delivers with this film. I’ll do my best not […]

Mixing Oscar winning actress Anne Hathaway and giant kaiju-esk monsters is a brilliant plan, and Colossal looks like just the right levels of awesome.  Director Nacho Vigalondo’s upcoming film Colossal has a pretty impressive cast, from the aforementioned Anne Hathaway to Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, and Tim Blake Nelson.  I mean come on, frakking Bear McCreary is […]

You ever have one of those days when you want to summon a giant creature to lay waste to cities and see the hordes of screaming people run from the destruction?  Oh good, I’m not the only one.  Colossal is about EXACTLY that occurrence. Oscar winner Anne Hathaway stars in the upcoming film Colossal directed by Nacho […]

What an age we live in where one of the most anticipated sequels of the decade includes giant mech robots and sea monster alien things.  Of course, I’m talking about 2013’s Pacific Rim from visionary director  Guillermo del Toro. After much bouncing around in development hell, it would seem the jaegers are again powering forward toward […]

This may be the single greatest kitch for a bar in Japan ever, other than the various ‘cosplay cafes’.  BUT KAIJU!  Giant aquatic monsters who might possibly….drink like a fish?  WHERE DO WE SIGN UP? There are important rules posted on the wall, such as “No superheroes and no members of the Science Patrol allowed”.  Kaiju Sakaba […]