John Jashni

Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla (2014)
Rating: ★★★½
May 17, 2014Giant Monster Bash
A slightly different beast to its Japanese counterparts, this is an impressive revival of the long-running series. Gareth Edwards, who made the excellent Monsters, delivers mass destruction on a mind-bogglingly vast scale in ways that approaches painterly beauty at times
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The Great Wall (2016)

The Great Wall (2016)
Rating: ★★
Mar 26, 2017Historical Fantasy Epic
Matt Damon helps defend the Great Wall of China against invading monsters. Directed by Zhang Yimou, this should be seen for its breathtaking visuals – of vast battle scenes, the lavishness of the costumery – but you wish there had been more substance than that
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 15, 2017Giant Ape
Not a sequel but a reboot where King Kong is now part of a shared universe. This means we get less a tragic love story about Kong falling for a girl and being brought down by civilisation than Kong has become a heroic defender fighting off other monsters
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Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Rating: ★★
May 5, 2018Giant Mecha Robots
Pacific Rim wasn't Guillermo Del Toro's best film but it was a fun attempt to imagine giant Japanese mecha robots battling giant monsters. This is a sequel but without Del Toro it is reduced to no more than one of Michael Bay's Transformers films
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