In present-day Japan, a series of destructive offshore phenomena leads to the appearance of a unidentified giant lizard-like creature. The mysterious nature of the beast and the destruction it leaves in its wake causes political confusion and paralysis within the Japanese government. A task force is created to research the creature and solve the puzzle of an enigmatic chart left behind by Goro Maki, a disgraced, anti-nuclear zoology professor, that might hold the key to stopping the creature. This week we discuss Shin Godzilla from 2016 as it is being re-released in theaters due to a 4K remaster.

Next week we will be discussing Highest 2 Lowest the latest Spike Lee joint starring Denzel Washington and screenplay by Alan Fox.

Works Cited:

• 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016)
• At The Movies, Season 11, Episode 36 - Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, 1997)
• The Batman (Matt Reeves, 2022)
• Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008)
• The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014)
• The End of Evangelion (Hideaki Anno, 1997)
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (Hideaki Anno, 2007)
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Hideaki Anno, 2009)
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (Hideaki Anno, 2012)
• Gamera, the Giant Monster (Noriaki Yuasa, 1965)
• “Gamera: Guardian of the Universe” (Roger Ebert, 1997)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (Shusuke Kaneko, 1999)
• GAMERA1999 (Hideaki Anno, 1999)
• Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954)
• Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014)
• Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Ishirō Honda, 1964)
• “I WENT TO THE “ICE OUT OF LA” PROTEST” (Hasan Piker, 2025)
• Love & Pop (Hideaki Anno, 1998)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Haim Saban, Shuki Levy, 1993-1995)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000, Season 3, Episode 2, Gamera (Joel Hodgeson, Frank Conniff, 1991)
• Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno, 2016)
• Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad (James Rowley, 1994-1995)
• War for the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2017)
• Twin Peaks: The Return, “Part 8 - Gotta Light?” (David Lynch, 2017)
• The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman, 1962)

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Ben Verschoor

• https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/
• https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/
• @benverschoor.bsky.social

Steven Santana

• https://breakingarrows.substack.com/
• https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/
• @number8axel.bsky.social

Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel

Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa

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