Stomp This Way

For the middle chapter in the anime trilogy, the survivors of Godzilla Earth's attack must use the nanotechnology left over from the carcass of Mechagodzilla to defend themselves from the King of Monsters. But is this film an improvement over its predecessor? Or is this film's plot as static as its animation? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can co...

In this episode we discuss the 2010 Norwegian found-footage film Trollhunter, in which a group of college kids follow a hardened old man on his hunt for trolls. But does this film hold a candle to Cloverfield? Or is this movie little more than a 100-minute tourism commercial for Norway? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthiswa...

Between the two Hollywood films, Toho and Netflix collaborated to bring us the first Godzilla anime outing in Planet of the Monsters. But does this film do enough to please both Godzilla and anime fans alike? Or is this movie a disappointingly drab affair? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our soc...

This week we watch the second half of the Attack on Titan duology End of the World, in which Eren and co. have to overcome a series of increasingly difficult obstacles in order to seal the breach in the outer wall. This film definitely takes a much different direction than the anime, but it is a welcome change? Or will our hosts be more than happy to put these live-action adaptions behind them? Li...

In 2016, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and the special effects wizard behind the 90's Gamera trilogy came together to make Shin Godzilla, Toho's first live-action Godzilla film in 12 years. On paper, it sounds like a match made in kaiju heaven. But how did it translate to the screen? Listen and find out!    You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at st...

In a first for this adventure, we are reviewing an Ultraman "prequel" film! In the first episode of the Ultraman Cosmos show, it's teased that the main character, Musashi, had a past experience with Cosmos as a child. Well, this film is a 90-minute exploration of that fateful encounter. But is this film astronomically entertaining? Or is it a disaster of cosmic proportions? Listen and find out!  Y...

In this episode we review Shinji Higuchi's live action adaption of the popular anime Attack on Titan. Does this film capture the best elements of the anime and translate them to the big screen? Or does this film join the long line of live action anime adaptions that disappoint? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gma...

In May of 2014, Hollywood unveiled its second attempt at an American Godzilla movie with Gareth Edwards' Godzilla. As it turns out, the movie wasn't really about Godzilla, but instead it focused on his two new foes. But are the MUTOs at least worthy adversaries to Godzilla? Or does this movie die along with Bryan Cranston's character? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthis...

While Gareth was off making Godzilla, Vertigo Films decided they needed a sequel to Monsters, so they brought on Tom Green to helm the follow-up. What Green came out with was a war movie that happened to have monsters in it. But does this film compare favorably to other giants of the genre like The Hurt Locker and Saving Private Ryan? Or does this film get caught in quick sand? Listen and find out...

In the year 2000, Tsuburaya Productions reunited the cast of Ultraman Tiga for the film The Final Odyssey, in which Daigo must deal with demons from Tiga's past in order to save the world. But was this movie a worthy follow-up to Tiga? Or should this cast reunion have remained off-screen? Listen to find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com   You can contact us at stompt...

In 2004, it was Godzilla's 50th anniversary, and Toho wanted the big guy to go out with a bang. The product of this was Godzilla: Final Wars, in which Godzilla goes on a world tour beating down on all of his classic foes. But was this movie a blast from the past? Or was it an overcrowded mess? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com   You can contact us at...

Before he directed Godzilla, Gareth Edwards began his career with a low-budget indie feature simply titled Monsters. Did our hosts see in this movie what the execs at Warner Bros. must have seen to give Edwards the job of helming Godzilla? Or were our hosts waiting for a NASA satellite to crash down on them and put them out of their misery? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.st...

In the penultimate film of the millennium era, Godzilla must take on two of his oldest adversaries in a battle to the death in the streets of Tokyo. But does the addition of Mothra help this movie soar to new heights? Or is this movie just a jumbled rehash of better films of the past? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway...

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...