In this very special, “theatrical” edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle and Trevor review Adam Wingard’s eagerly anticipated daikaiju blockbuster, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)! The equivalent of The Avengers for Legendary studios’ Monsterverse franchise, the film is a briskly paced, crowd pleasing affair that wisely delivers no more or less than it’s almost comically…
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Episode 124 – Shin Gojira (2016)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s March of the Monsters event month, we review Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s modern monster classic, Shin Gojira (2016)! Produced only a few short years after the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011, the film boldly reinstates Godzilla’s status as the living…
Episode 123 – King Kong (1976)
Catching Up On Cinema’s March of the Monsters event month continues with a review of John Guillermin’s King Kong (1976)! The brainchild of prolific Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, the film is a tepid remake of the 1933 original, swapping stop-motion for suitmation, and the premise of a film project gone wrong to an…
Episode 122 – King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
March of the Monsters continues at Catching Up On Cinema with a review of the original Japanese cut of Ishiro Honda’s, King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)! The first Godzilla film to be shot in color, as well as the first to debut many of composer Akira Ifukube’s most iconic theme musics for the Big G,…
Episode 121 – Gojira (1954)
March of the Monsters month at Catching Up On Cinema continues with a review of Ishiro Honda’s groundbreaking daikaiju masterpiece, Gojira (1954)! A grim, allegorical tale of the horrors of nuclear weapons from a uniquely Japanese perspective, the film is often mistakenly thought of as just another dime a dozen atomic age B-movie, largely due…
Episode 120 – King Kong (1933)
This March is “March of the Monsters” month at Catching Up On Cinema! In celebration of the imminent release of Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Trevor and Kyle will be reviewing the titular monster’s films all month long. To start things off, the boys sit down to review the earliest film in the chronology of both…
Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf – 4k Fandango
It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly Tales From the Shelf episode: The 4k Fandango! In this installment, Trevor and Brad of the Cinema Speak podcast probe the depths of their movies collections to swap some stories about their 4k discs. Movies discussed in this month’s episode include: Brad’s Picks: Hereditary The…
Episode 60 – Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion (1996)
It’s the first week of December, which means it’s time to review some wintery and vaguely holiday related films! First up this month is the 2nd in Shusuke Kaneko’s Heisei era trilogy, Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion (1996)! Briskly paced and cleverly shot and edited, the film is among the very best of the…
Catching Up On Blu-Ray: October 2019
It’s a new month, which means it’s time for our monthly “Catching Up On Blu-Ray” episode! Some of the highlights among the physical media releases this October include: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019, 4k) The Shining (1980, 4k) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, 4k) Zombieland (2009, 4k) Chernobyl (2019) Gremlins (1984, 4k) Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War…