This high-concept reworking of an old-fashioned creature feature is a 21st century Godzilla movie with a DIY aesthetic. Matt Reeves directs and J.J. Abrams produces.
Category: giant monsters
What to stream: ‘Cruella’ on Disney+, ‘Love and Monsters’ on Hulu, Spike Lee’s ‘NYC Epicenters’ on HBO Max
Plus ‘The Water Man’ and ‘He’s All That’ on Netflix, ‘The Unusual Suspects’ on Hulu, ‘The Courier’ on Amazon, and more…
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ – Clash of the titans on HBO Max
The biggest movie stars of the “Monsterverse” finally meet in the inevitable giant monster battle in a sprawling spectacle that includes hollow earth theory, conspiracy theorists, and a new take on the Mecha-Godzilla robot.
‘The Iron Giant’ – A boy and his robot buddy – free on Hoopla
BThe giddiest moments of The Iron Giant (1999), a delightful throwback to the classic era of hand-drawn animated movies, deliver the most amazing little boy wish fulfillment fantasies. But there’s much more to Brad Bird’s cartoon fable in science fiction clothing and fairy tale trappings is a delightful throwback to the classic era of hand-drawn animated movies.
‘Fantastic Planet’ – the animated cult classic on HBO Max and Criterion Channel
La planète sauvage, the original French title of Rene Laloux’s legendary animated feature Fantastic Planet (France, 1973), is a better indication of the torments that await the inhabitants of this cult science fiction classic. The oppressed (and very human-like) Oms live in a world ruled by blue-skinned giants called the Draags, who treat the diminutive […]
What to stream: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and ‘Made for Love’ on HBO Max, ‘Concrete Cowboy’ and ‘The Serpent’ on Netflix
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … The two biggest movie monsters around go toe-to-claw in “Godzilla vs. Kong” (2021, PG-13) after the lizard king attacks Florida and the giant ape is set free from Skull Island for the […]
The original ‘King Kong’ on HBO Max
King Kong (1933) is the king of the jungle of giant creature features. The acting and the dialogue verges on kitsch, but the production from explorers, adventurers, and real-life adventure filmmaking pioneers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack is still awe-inspiring and the special effects of Willis O’Brien, groundbreaking in their day, are beautifully […]
J.J. Abrams channels Steven Spielberg for ‘Super 8’ on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu
J.J. Abrams, the high-concept super-producer turned director, writes and directs Super 8 (2011) but the DNA comes right out of Steven Spielberg. Set in 1979, before the home video revolution put video cameras in the hands of movie-mad kids, this is a monster movie adventure powered by creative kids, a love of movies, and an […]
‘Godzilla 2000’ – The lizard king returns on Hulu
To most American viewers, the original run of Japanese Toho Godzilla films will never be more than exercises in camp. In the age of CGI, who’s going to take a man in rubber suit stomping on toy trucks and miniature cities seriously? The country that gave birth to the lizard king, of course. After Roland […]