It might be hard to believe, but the third and final installment in Shusuke Kaneko’s Gamera trilogy might just be the best of the bunch. This film has it all from breakneck […]
Trilogy’s End – Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
Finally, Some Justice – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
After being absent for fifteen years, it was thought to bring Gamera back to theaters and the results were better than ever anticipated. Here was the kaiju Gamera was always meant to […]
Living Amongst… – Monsters (2010)
It was said before, but there are only so many things you can do in a giant monster movie, at least with the monsters that is. What you can do to differentiate […]
Villain Becomes Hero – Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera vs. Barugon, the second movie of the franchise continues right off of the first film but is also the start of a series that finds the prehistoric turtle facing off against […]
Godzilla, I Think Not – Giant Monster Gamera (1965)
There are a lot of giant monsters in the film world, and having gone through a renaissance of late, there are more than ever. Pacific Rim, Monsters, Super 8 and Cloverfield with […]
The Telltale Mind Presents… A Giant Creature Christmas!
This year, I figured I would do a theme for the films I look at this Christmas, but instead of just doing what everyone else is doing, I thought I would change […]
The Future? – The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Giant Behemoth is a documentary directed by Eugène Lourié and Douglas Hickox and released in 1959. It looks at the effects of nuclear testing and the disposal of waste on the […]
The King of the Monsters – Godzilla (2014)
Too many humans, not enough Godzilla, but otherwise… it was awesome. Go see it. 4.5 out of 5
Just That – Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954)
There is no subtlety, no subtext, no hidden themes or meanings in this film. It is just a straight up, old-school monster movie. There is a beautiful girl, a handsome guy and […]
The Telltale Mind 