Tag: Japan
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Kaiju are huge. If this claim is one made in reference to their physical stature, then, yes, of course they are – the largest creatures have been confirmed to stand taller than 300 metres into the sky, confidently dwarfing any nearby structures, that are often scattered amongst the rubble around them anyway; if we are…
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by Christopher Stewardson Warning: this piece contains spoilers for Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return Posters for 1995’s Godzilla vs. Destoroyah proclaimed that “Godzilla dies”, a promise kept when the monster melts down at the film’s climax, accompanied by Akira Ifukube’s stirring melodies. Toho had put Godzilla temporarily to rest, closing their “Vs” run…
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by Joseph Ratchford When we think of ‘noir’ as a concept, the images and tones that come to mind are almost inevitable. A weathered, handsome man. The film is in black and white and so is his suit. Cigarette smoke dissipates across the screen. He walks across a street draped in carefully constructed, moody shadows,…
