Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Looking back, Gamera’s rebirth was almost inevitable. History repeats itself and the movie industry eats its dead. Inspired by the success of the modern Godzilla films (beginning with 1984’s Godzilla...
View ArticleGamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)
A large meteor Falls to Earth near Sapporo Then the fun begins As far as director Shusuke Kaneko is concerned, “Gamera 2 focuses on the war aspect of giant monsters.” A “kaiju big battle” is, for once,...
View ArticleGodzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monster All Out Attack (2001)
Like most middle-aged men, Godzilla suffers from a deplorable excess of emotional baggage. After fifty years of high highs and low lows his identity has become erratic. Toho, Godzilla’s production...
View ArticleGamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
Until 1995, Gamera was the joke: about as low as you could go in the land of Giant Monsters…unless you went to the real out-of-the-way backwaters, like Hong Kong, or South Korea. He was, at best, a...
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