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ONE OF THE BEST GODZILLA THRILL ...
By doktordemon in doktordemon Blog
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"A truly great classic Godzilla film!The story, acting (including a well done english dub), spectacular effects by fx wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, a great score by music maestro Akira Ifukube and directing by Honda all make this one of the greatest big G films of all-time, period!The story begins when a mysterious object appears in Japan's coastal waters. It's Mothra's egg washed ashore by a recent typhoon which has flooded a local construction project and the beach area surrounding it. The egg is claimed by Happy Enterprises run by the greedy and unscrupulous Kumayama who works for the even greedier and very wealthy entreprenuer, Torahata. When the Shobijin (Mothra's tiny twin priestesses) come to reclaim the egg they are rudely refused by the two business men, who plan to exhibit it along with the Shobijin.Unknown by the locals, the same storm that brought the egg has buried a more deadly secret beneath Karada beach. Godzilla's sleep is disturbed by renewed construction activity, and he ... " [More]

SDCC '08: The Wolfman At Your Door
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"When man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night becomes a wolf when a wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright, you damn well better turn to Rick Baker to pull the whole hirsute ordeal off. If you don't, it's like an insult thrown in the face of God. After all, he (Baker, not God) created arguably one of the greatest werewolf transformations in history with An American Werewolf in London - which garnered him an Academy Award. The producers of The Wolfman - Universal's remake of the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. - thankfully recruited Baker for wolf wranglin' duties and not those behind limp lupine fare like The Howling III.An update yet still a period piece, this Wolfman stars Benicio Del Toro as Larry Talbot, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving. John Johnston took over directing duties when Mark Romanek hopped off his rumored bumpy ride through pre-production. And on Saturday, July 26th, Universal and Rick Baker unleashed upon San Diego Comic-Con a ... " [More]

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