Tag: Godzilla
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7 Best New Movies To Watch on Max in February 2024
A few TV shows will premiere new seasons on Max in February 2024, including the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Season 2 of Tokyo Vice. Although having new episodes to binge seems enough of a reason for subscribers to keep up their high spirits, several worthwhile films are joining the streaming platform this…
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Is A Godzilla Minus One Sequel Happening?
The taxonomy of Godzilla movies has been carefully considered and deliberately arranged for many years, cordoning off various “eras” of Godzilla movies — eras named after Japanese emperors — into their own, neatly distinguishable chronologies. 1954’s “Gojira” through 1975’s “Terror of Mechagodzilla” constitute the Showa era, encompassing 15 films. The series was rebooted in 1984…
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Godzilla Minus One Release Date, Cast, Director And More Info
Nearly 70 years ago, monster movies changed forever with the introduction of Godzilla. The Japanese prehistoric monster awoke from its slumber in 1954 to terrorize villagers from Odo Island, announcing its presence with loud, lumbering footsteps and a bone-chilling roar. Since the original “Godzilla,” kaiju movies have become a subgenre all their own, populated by…
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‘The Creator’ Effects Team Breaks Down That Terrifying Tank Attack Sequence
Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator” was a resourceful sci-fi endeavor with an $80 million production budget, but its visuals are on par with epic blockbusters that cost three times that amount. Rather than shoot on a studio backlot, the filmmaker behind “Godzilla” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opted to shoot in eight different countries,…
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The Creator’s Box Office Failure Says A Lot About The State Of Sci-Fi Cinema
Director Gareth Edwards returned after a nearly seven-year absence with his original sci-fi film “The Creator” over the weekend. It was his first movie since 2016’s $1 billion hit “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which was his second hit franchise blockbuster in a row following 2014’s “Godzilla.” Unfortunately, it looks like his attempt to…
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‘The Creator’s Gareth Edwards Makes Post-Apocalyptic Worlds Feel Like Home
Many directors who spend lots of time in the modern franchise movie machine end up sacrificing any sense of their own distinct creative sensibilities in the process. To work on one of these massive tentpole projects is to often give away opportunities to really speak to your own worldview and thoughts. While nobody will claim…
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Does ‘The Creator’ Have an End-Credits Scene?
The Creator marks a rare occasion in Hollywood: a completely original science fiction film that also happens to cost a fraction of other major blockbusters. Director Gareth Edwards is no stranger to spectacle, having kicked off Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse in 2014 with Godzilla and delivering arguably one of the best Star Wars films with Rogue…
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How Gareth Edwards Reintroduced Godzilla to a New Generation
Godzilla has had himself a major comeback, and we should all be thankful. The monster icon is in the midst of a huge renaissance, what with the ongoing Monsterverse franchise built around the presence of him and King Kong and the releases of Shin Godzilla and the upcoming Godzilla Minus One in Japan. Apple TV+…
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The Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine
Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacleThis colossal sci-fi thriller from Gareth Edwards features John David Washington and Gemma Chan in vast mysterious panoramas and vertiginous vistas which deserve to be shown at Imax-plus scale; it also shows that…
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Can The Creator Become A Rare Big Budget Original Sci-Fi Hit At The Box Office?
Director Gareth Edwards has had a surprisingly quiet handful of years after directing two massive hits, 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — back to back. He hasn’t directed a movie since. Now, the filmmaker is finally back at it with a big, original sci-fi film in the form of “The…