Tag: Andrew Roebuck
The Weird World of Kongsploitation: From 1933 to 2020
This week for Toku Tuesday we are delving into a truly bizarre subgenre in the world of giant monsters, Kongsploitation. This is a subgenre...
Reptilian (2001): A Good-Bad Time
The term “good-bad movie” has come under some fire as of late. How can a movie truly be bad if you find yourself enjoying...
A Toku Tuesday Look at Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is not a nice game. It challenges you at every turn and any mistake you make will be met with...
Toku Tuesday: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)
Eventually, this article series will get into the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise and my complicated feelings upon it. The ambiance and small moments of...
Toku Tuesday: Project Nemesis, the Series
In the past we discussed the comic adaptation of Jeremy Robinson's novel Project Nemesis, this week we're discussing the series as a whole. Lasting...
Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, A Canadian-Italian Kaiju Fever Dream
A few months ago we discussed Kaiju and giant monsters that have attacked Canada. In my research for the article, I missed the biggest...
Exploring Eugene Lourie’s The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Giant Behemoth (1959) is the third giant monster flick by filmmaker Eugene Lourie. Lourie is much more well known for The Beast from...
Reading Project Nemesis: the Comic
Project Nemesis began life as a novel by Jeremy Robinson written in 2012 and it has become one of the most popular entries in...
Reevaluating Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
In the realm of Kaiju fandom, there is a lot of stigma and critical assumptions you have to combat. People write off the films...
American Tokusatsu: A Look At Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie
The year is 1995 and one Tokusatsu show rules North America. The Power Rangers. Rangermania didn't last long (it was eventually usurped but for...
Canada’s Kaiju: An Exploration of the Great White North’s History of Giant Monsters
Canada is the second largest country in the world, as such if giant creatures were to exist you'd expect for at least a few...
Taking a Bite Out of the Godzilla: King of the Monsters Novelization
The wait is finally over, after 5 years of dormancy the King of the Monsters has arisen once again to take his place in...
Ultraman By Way of Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike is one of Japan's most prolific directors. At the age of 60, he has donned the director cap 104 times. In North...
Replanting Godzilla Vs. Biollante (1989)
Originally the Big G was intended to sit out of this column for quite some time, as there have been a copious amount of...
A Beast Called Gorgo: Exploring the King Brothers’ Kaiju Comic
Gorgo is a 1961 monster film funded by King Brothers Productions after they had a huge success distributing the American version of the Japanese...
Introducing ‘Toku Tuesdays’ with Kamen Rider J (1994)
Tokusatsu, in its simplest explanation, is a Japanese special effects film. In the west, the most well known Tokusatsu franchise is easily Godzilla. The...