Tagged kaiju

The first thing to come to mind when someone mentions Pacific Rim – and now its sequel, out this Friday – is bombastic cartoon violence between kaiju monsters and giant mecha, writ large in 3D-IMAX glory....

In Japanese, the word "shin" can be translated as "new" – appropriate, considering Shin Godzilla is technically a soft reboot for Toho’s 50-year franchise – but it can also mean "pure" or "true". One...

You won’t see another film quite like Colossal this year. It’s best you know as little as possible going into this unique and wildly ambitious film, whose madness only just begins with the concept of...

2016 has some terrible writers. No one’s been found in the shower (yet) to reveal this was all a dream. Deaths, nasty politics, economic and social breakdowns; our flames of joy are being extinguished with...

With Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot roaring its way to cinema screens, ORWAV takes you on a rampage through 60 years of history and 29 films featuring the King of the Monsters. Godzilla. He may be known as...

Look, all the world wanted was a good kaiju epic. What they got was a smorgasbord of exposition (thanks Ken Watanabe!) masquerading as slow-burn buildup, culminating in five screen minutes of lame and generic...