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ULTRAMAN RISING MOVIE REVIEW Every parent wants their child to shine on the stage of life and honour the sacrifices made to raise them into a brilliant independent hero amongst so much mediocrity. What happens though if the child in question is pushed in two different directions by their parents? Ken Sato (Christopher Sea) is […]

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE MOVIE REVIEW This new film in the monsterverse continues the story from the last film where Godzilla was VS Kong instead of X Kong (which we’re still not sure what the x is specifically supposed to mean as they never multiply them by each other). To be clear, this […]

GIGANTICAST EPISODE 32: TRANSLATING GODZILLA Matt gets obnoxiously cerebral in that way you all seem to like when he brings on Jeffrey Angles, Professor of Japanese at Western Michigan University, and translator of Shigeru Kayama’s original GODZILLA novellas from 1955! You can purchase the book right here:     YOUR HOST   Matt Frank (Giganticast, […]

SKULL ISLAND SERIES REVIEW Where do monsters come from? Under the bed? From the deepest darkest places of the human mind? The Sewer? Netflix presents King Kong’s animated feature Skull Island created by Brian Duffield. Charlie (Nicolas Cantu) and his bestie Mike (Darren Barnet) are on an oceanic expedition led by Charlie’s dad Cap (Benjamin […]

GIGANTICAST EPISODE 31: SHIN ULTRAMAN Matt and Tessa managed to finagle their way into Fantastic Fest to catch Shin Ultraman! Were they dazzled by the giant silver alien and his monstrous adversaries? NOTE: Apologies for the weird audio early on, all kinds of tech problems these days that should be sorted before the next episode! […]

GIGANTICAST EPISODE 30 – A CHAT WITH NORMAN ENGLAND Matt managed to lock down writer/director Norman England to talk about his new book, BEHIND THE KAIJU CURTAIN, and chat about life and writing and directing and politics and zombie movies!   YOUR HOST   Matt Frank (Giganticast, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad) Matt Frank is […]