Godzilla Minus One
22 Godzilla Monsters, Ranked From Best to Worst
When it comes to the question of which character has the best rogue’s gallery, most people immediately go with Batman or Spider-Man. Some of the more initiated might even go with The Flash. But be encouraged to think bigger — much bigger. Over 69 years, and four eras — Showa, Heisei, Millennium and Reiwa — […]
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review: Dull Humans Prove a Drag on Monster Mayhem in So-So Franchise Entry
The big guys patch up their differences to battle a common foe in this latest Warner Bros. MonsterVerse entry, starring Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry.
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Oscars: Takashi Yamazaki Discusses Similarities Between ‘Godzilla Minus One’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
In so many ways, Christopher Nolan’s intricate, making-of-the-bomb biopic Oppenheimer and Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki’s monster blockbuster Godzilla Minus One couldn’t be more different. But as the two films made their way through awards season this year, many fans began to comment on some of the two titles’ surprising thematic similarities — chiefly, a guilt-ridden meditation […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Makes Franchise History With First Oscars Win
The King of Monsters finally has his share of Oscars glory. In an ironic triumph of small over large, Japanese monster movie sensation Godzilla Minus One — which was made for only about $15 million — beat out four big-budget Hollywood tentpoles to win the best visual effects category. It’s the first time in decades […]
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Berlin: Toei Animation’s Yoshi Ikezawa on Ambitious New CGI Feature ‘Hypergalactic’
Instrumental in bringing anime to the world through properties such as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball and One Piece, Toei Animation is now on a mission to reach even wider audiences by combining Japanese aesthetics with storytelling and themes from around the globe. The storied studio, where Hayao Miyazaki began his career, landed a huge hit […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ VFX Oscar Nom Seemed to Be an “Unreachable” Goal
A joyful clip of an ecstatic Godzilla Minus One visual effects team recently went viral, featuring the moment Jan. 23 when it was announced that their film had earned a VFX Oscar nomination — something that must have seemed improbable, or impossible, when the lean 35-person team tackled the Toho Studios’ film that was made on […]
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Anime and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Push Japan’s Box Office Higher in 2023
Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 billion (221.5 billion yen) in 2023, driven again by a strong slate of anime and a steady return to theaters. Hollywood films maintained the same market share of around 31 percent as the previous year, though a very weak yen reduced earnings in […]
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Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Dances Past ‘The Beekeeper’ to Win Slow Weekend With $6.9M
On Sunday, both Mean Girls and The Beekeeper claimed victory amid an otherwise sluggish weekend at the domestic box office. It turns out Mean Girls was right. Weekend actuals show Paramount’s musical teen comedy earned $6.9 million, compared to $6.7 million for Amazon MGM Studios’ The Beekeeper. Both films came in behind initial estimates after […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Sets Black-and-White Release in Theaters
The awesome destruction of the iconic kaiju unleashed in post-war Japan will be on display when a black-and-white version of Godzilla Minus One hits theaters later this month. The 37th installment in Toho International’s long-running monster franchise is, after all, a period piece showing Godzilla wreaking havoc as Japan struggles to recover after World War […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Could Land a Rare VFX Oscar Nomination
This weekend the visual effects branch presented its annual bakeoff, a pre-nomination-voting event featuring its category’s 10 shortlisted movies. Branch members got a look at an impressive and diverse range of work from big-budget tentpoles such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, to the $15 million Godzilla Minus One from Japan’s Toho, to […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ to ‘They Cloned Tyrone’: Heat Vision’s Top 10 Movies of 2023
The year began, as they usually do, with so much promise. This was, after all, supposed to be the year that DC came roaring back, with Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the long-awaited The Flash, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Marvel had its own big slate. We were to be in a […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: A Kaiju Feature as Emotionally Involving as It Is Scary
The legendary monster returns in this Japanese film in which he rampages through Tokyo yet again.
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