Stomp This Way

In this episode, we delve into the world of Stephen King with a review of The Mist. Were our hosts jovial about watching this dark and nihilistic film? Or were we ready to bail on this movie like the citizens of this small Maine town were ready to bail out of this fog? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com V...

For this film it is Mechagodzilla's turn for a millennium series revision, and they even change his name! But can Kiryu match up to the previous iterations of Godzilla's robotic counterpart? Or is this film as bare-bones as the original Godzilla's skeleton? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our soci...

Aaron & Andrew are delving back into the world of Ultraman, this time to review the Ultraman Gaia spinoff movie The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace. Is the team-up of Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia enough to make this film ultra-awesome? Or, like many movie spinoffs of popular TV shows, is this adventure through hyperspace ultra-awful? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean...

For their final collaboration, Henry G. Saperstein and Toho Studios produced the 1966 film War of the Gargantuas, in which two Frankensteinesque monsters battle it out in the streets of Tokyo. Does this film deserve the cult status it has obtained? Or is it one of Ishiro Honda's more forgettable works? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact...

Do long and elaborate titles translate into entertaining movies? Our hosts went on a journey to find out when they watched Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Does the return of Mothra and Ghidorah give the millennium era of Godzilla a much needed boost? Or is this movie as bloated as its title? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podb...

In this episode, we get to see a Kaiju-sized re-imagining of Frankentstein's monster, and as a bonus the misunderstood beast is dueling with Baragon! But is this whacky movie as classic as its titular character? Or does it belong buried along with Baragon? And don't forget to stick around to the end to hear Aaron and Andrew's thoughts on Zone Fighter!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway...

For his first film post turn of the millennium, Godzilla must deal with humanity's new grand idea to get rid of him: building a miniaturized black hole gun that they can fire from space to absorb the king of monsters. Problem is, they accidentally mutate a dragonfly during a test firing of the weapon and turn it into a giant killing machine. How will Godzilla handle all of these developments? How...

In this episode we venture a little bit outside of our wheelhouse and review the 2017 film Colossal, in which Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis discover that if they stand in their local park at the right time of day, they appear as giant monsters in the city of Seoul. Is this dramedy a piece of art? Or was it a 110 minute test of our patience? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www...

In this week's episode we kick off the millennium era of Godzilla with Godzilla 2000, in which an ancient UFO rises from the ocean depths to take on the king of monsters in a brutal battle to the death. Did this film bring Godzilla into the new millennium with a bang? Or was the franchise stricken ill by the Y2K bug? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com Y...

In this episode Aaron & Andrew venture into the world of Ultraman with Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light, a movie spin-off of the Ultraman Dyna TV show. What did we think of the first movie of the Heisei era of Ultraman? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias...

In this episode we take another quick breather from giant monster movies and review the Toho 1950's Sci-Fi epic Battle in Outer Space, in which the Earth is once again threatened by extraterrestrial forces and the nations of our planet must come together to avoid annihilation. Is this film the Star Wars of the 50's? Or does it spend too much time in board rooms like many of its peers? Listen and f...

Here is the commentary we did for the '98 Godzilla movie, in all of its 2 1/2 hour glory! Listen as we dissect Roland Emmerich's disaster film scene-by-scene, offering deep insights and professional critiques. Just kidding. We spent most of the broadcast laughing or dumbfounded. So join us on this ride and see if you want us to do more of these! *WARNING: This episode is not family friendly. A few...

In this episode, we review the found footage film Cloverfield. How does this film compare to other found footage giants such as The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity? Would this be a better film if it had been filmed in a more traditional manner? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social...

In this week's episode we review the film that concluded the Heisei era of Godzilla films: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. In this movie, Godzilla is headed towards a nuclear meltdown, while Destoroyah, a creature birthed from the Oxygen Destroyer, wreaks havoc across Japan. Was this a fitting conclusion to the Heisei era? Or did this film leave the franchise in desperate need of a reboot? Listen and fin...

Two of Godzilla's most infamous foes clash in the third entry of the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy. King Ghidorah is kidnapping children and storing them for a midnight snack, and Mothra must travel back in time to stop him. But is this film as 'grand' as its golden villain? Or do our hosts wish that they could travel back in time and unsee this movie? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at...

Godzilla has fought a robotic clone of himself, a plant clone of himself, and now he will fight a clone made of...crystals? Toho seemed to be running out of ideas for adversaries with Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, but does this film deserve the hate that so many seem to direct at it? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954...

Last time we saw Mothra, she was trying to stop deforestation. Now she's on a quest to end ocean littering. But does this sequel successfully set sail? Or does it sink like its water-logged protagonist? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com The final track is "Desperate Determination" by Toshiyuki Watanabe Do...

This week's resurrected foe from Godzilla's past is none other than Mechagodzilla. But he is not alone, as Rodan and Minya (kind of?) also return for their Heisei era updates. But was this reunion of old frenemies a blast from the past? Or does it leave its monster stars longing for the days of the Showa era? Listen and find out! WARNING: There is a massive spoiler for the end of the film 10 Clove...

In this episode, we cover Mothra's first solo outing since '61 in Rebirth of Mothra. Is the giant moth god able to carry this film on its own? Or does this film sorely miss a certain giant lizard? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com The final track is "The Battle with the Enemy of Life" by Toshiyuki Watana...

In this episode, we discuss Mothra's arrival to the Heisei era with Godzilla vs. Mothra. Is this film as beautifully made as its protagonist? Or does it borrow more of its traits from Battra and land itself as the black sheep of the Heisei series? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com The final track is "Moth...

In this week's review, we venture into the fantasy genre to review Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon. Does this film do justice to the myth that inspired it? Or did it deserve to be the flop at the box office that it turned out to be? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com The final track is "Rain" by Glay Don't...

In an attempt to bring the franchise back to its former box office glory, Toho decided to bring back Godzilla's arch nemesis in this week's film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. To make matters more interesting, they introduce time travel into the franchise! Did all of these elements mix? Or should Ghidorah have stayed retired? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbea...

In this episode, we are going back to the 50's for a classic Toho sci-fi romp: The Mysterians! Is this a fun, cheesy alien invasion movie? Or is it more of a boring political thriller? And is it really a giant monster movie? Listen to find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com The final track is "Furious Electron Cannon Assa...

In this week's episode, that all-important question of "what happens when a Godzilla cell, a human cell, and a rose cell are all combined?" is finally answered! But were our hosts satisfied with the answer? And is it really that exciting to watch Godzilla fight a giant rose? Listen and find out! You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean....

For this episode, we strayed a bit from giant monster movies and instead dug up a little-known film called Matango, in which a group of rich people get stuck on an island with no food or water. To make things worse, it soon becomes apparent that mushroom people occupy the island as well! But is this Ishiro Honda horror film scary at all? Or is it another cheesy romp? Listen and find out! You can c...