MONSTER MOVIE OF THE WEEK: GHIDORAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER (1965)

GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER (1965)
Director: Ishiro Honda
Genre: Kaiju eiga
Country: Japan

THE MOVIE

Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster is significant for several reasons. First it marks the point at which the Godzilla series starts its descent into camp with its fatal introduction of extraterrestrial elements into the movies (as if asking the audience to accept giant monsters wasn’t enough). Secondly it starts a weird trilogy of mid sixties Godzilla movies that feature roughly the same plot in which Earth’s monsters team up to fight an invading space monster. This trilogy of loose remakes concluded with Destroy All Monsters which is the most spectacular and monster filled of the bunch. Lastly, Ghidorah introduced us to one of Godzilla’s most memorable and popular foes, the golden triple headed space dragon, King Ghidorah, who is second only to Mothra in number of appearances in the series. Much like Mothra, he has been pimped out whenever Toho was feeling nervous about the box office prospects of their next movie hence his replacement of the lesser-known Varan in 2001’s GMK. Several versions of Ghidorah also appeared in two of the 1990’s Rebirth of Mothra movies.

As for the movie itself, it’s pretty typical mid-sixties Showa stuff. It involves a intrigue between Japan and a fictional foreign country, a missing princess claiming to be from Venus, and a mysterious meteorite housing a certain space monster. And it marks the start of silly season. There is even a conversation between Godzilla and Rodan that is translated for us by the Mothra larva and her twin fairy friends. In a little over ten years Godzilla had gone from a nuclear hell beast to a misunderstood kid fighting on a playground.

MONSTERS PRESENT

Godzilla
Mothra larva
Rodan
King Ghidorah



MONSTERS/EFFECTS

Until this movie, Toho’s monsters were always based on real creatures: Godzilla was based on a couple of dinosaurs; Rodan was based on a Pteradactyl; Mothra, a butterfly. King Ghidorah was the first truly original Toho monster, loosely based on mythic Asian dragons but ultimately the necessities of realizing the creature via suitmation gave Ghidorah his own oddly vertical form and structure. In his debut movie he is as much puppet as suitmation actor with his heads and double tails being controlled by wires (as famously glimpsed in the finale of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure).

As if three heads and wings weren’t enough to make Ghidorah stand out, he is also given beautiful golden scales all over his body and an unearthly chirping vocalization. Oh. And he shoots lightening from each of his three mouths. One can say that the success of creating this new monster from scratch gave Toho the license to create such outlandish alien characters as the avian cyborg Gigan and the beetle-like Megalon.



With the exception of his appearance in GMK, Ghidorah is one of Godzilla’s consistently evil and powerful opponents. He finally got his own (alternate) origin story and even his own mecha in 1991’s Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah. Funny that it took so long to have a movie with that title.

DVD AVAILABILITY

Recently released in a restored deluxe version with both the American and Japanese versions.



MOST MEMORABLE SEQUENCE

Eh.

SEQUELS

Immediately followed by the very similar:

Invasion of the Astro Monster (1965)

and a few years later by

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

SEE ALSO

Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah (1991)
GMK (2001)

TRAILER

Alternate Movie Tag Line: Sex & The City 2!

This one's for all the ladies out there. With a Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls roar, "I'm talking to you! And you! And you girl! Not you! And you over there, yeah girl you too, hey girl! Yep! For you as well!".

PPR 2010

It's been a slow start to the 2010 movie season for me, with a few personal things happening, as well as just trying to get caught up on 2009 Academy Award Nominees. I still have some more Oscar Noms to get to, but in the meantime, I've actually seen a newly released film. I'll give you 2 guesses as to what it is.

If you said Valentine's Day... you're so close. Shutter Island, Marty Scorcese's trip down Cape Fear lane, is the most recent 2010 I saw. I'm not going to try and review it here, that's not my job. I'll let Ricky handle the trailer and Patrick can handle the in depth analysis. I'm condensing it for those of you who just want rankings.

1. Shutter Island - Scorcese does a good job with this material, creating a moody and fun film about what happens when you go to an island full of lunatics. Hilarity ensues.
2. Book of Eli - After having seen the movie a few weeks ago, I remember Denzel's restrained performance the most.

Academy Award possibilities?

Best Picture: Shutter Island
Best Director: Martin Scorcese
Best Actor: Denzel Washington
Best Actress: Haven't seen any standout performances yet. Maybe because I've only been to the show twice.
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Beals
Best Supporting Actor: Nothing jumps out at me.

I certainly hope to update this a little more often. Once the Oscars are over, and I start renting films from 2010 I should have a few more options on here other than just these two.

Monster Movie of the Week: The Black Scorpion (1957)

THE BLACK SCORPION (1957)

Directed by Edward Ludwig

Genre: Natural Horror

THE MOVIE

The Black Scorpion is notable mainly as having been worked on by the great Willis O’Brien, the animator behind the original King Kong. O’Brien here animates a bunch of giant scorpions. The movie is also unique in its Mexican setting, of which it only barely makes use. Otherwise, we have a pretty standard 1950’s giant bug movie.

Mexico clearly does not have the same level of monster preparedness as, say, Japan.

When a series of mysterious earthquakes strike rural Mexico, American Geologist, Dr. Hank Scott and his sidekick Dr. Arturo Ramos are dispatched to investigate. They discover a newly formed volcano and evidence of non-geological violence. The volcano erupts again and a group of giant scorpions are unleashed upon the countryside. After a recon trip into a fissure deep below the earth, the scientists, an annoying kid, and the Mexican military decide they can seal the scorpions under the earth by blowing up the fissure. However, the scorpions find a way to escape and the largest (and blackest) scorpion makes its way to Mexico City to wreak havoc.

THE MONSTER EFFECTS

If Ray Harryhousen is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of stop motion effects, then Willis O’Brien was the Yoda (or at least the Qui-Gon Jinn). The scorpions look and move beautifully in any long or medium shot but like many movies that feature stop motion creatures, The Black Scorpion relies on a larger puppet for close-ups. This particular puppet is pretty wacky looking with googly eyes and a drooling mouth. What’s worse it that it looks like the same painfully slow dolly shot is used EVERY time we get a close up. It must be repeated four or five times in the movie.

"Get back, man! Don't make me steeeng you!"

MONSTERS FEATURED

A group of scorpions and some other subterranean creepy-crawlies.

DVD AVAILABILITY

A bare bones version is available on Netflix.

Was also featured on an episode of MST3K.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT

The cave sequence is particularly creepy.

"This senorita likes her scorpions like she likes her men..."

SEQUELS

None, but this film would be a good candidate for a remake with nice effects and that makes more use of the Mexican flavor.

SEE ALSO

Them! (1954)

TRIVIA

Another claim to fame that this film has is that spider and worm that were featured in the cave sequence were actually leftovers from King Kong That in itself is not that interesting as all the dinosaurs from that movie were leftovers from the earlier unfinished film Creation. However, the spider and the worm were featured in the infamous and lost “Spider Pit” sequence from King Kong. This was a sequence (with a counterpart in the 2005 version) that was supposedly filmed and then cut from the movie and misplaced and all that remains from it are a few reference photos. So the spider and worm give you a glimpse of a couple of creatures from that famous lost scene.

TRAILER

Happy Ash Wednesday!

Happy Ash Wednesday from one of our greatest heroes of all, Ash.

MONSTER MOVIE OF THE WEEK: OUTLANDER (2008)

OUTLANDER (2008)

Director: Howard McCain

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Historical Epic

THE MOVIE

Outlander is an intriguing mix of genres. It combines sci-fi and action with the historical epic, which in itself is interesting and deserves a rental. It is like Lord of the Rings meets Predator, or more accurately Alien3 meets Beowulf. It very much resembles some early concepts for the third Alien movie, which was to have Ripley and the xenomorph crash land on a medieval planet. Here, James Caviezel plays an interstellar soldier who crash lands into 8^th Century Norway, along with a dangerous alien stowaway, called a Moorwen. There are many connections here with the Beowulf story, as this movie was originally supposed to have been an adaptation of that famous English poem, but with the introduction of science fiction elements, it evolved into something else. Nevertheless, you will find various plot points and character names kept as homage, or at least the literary equivalent of a fanwank.

There are some very cool genre nods in the casting as well. You might remember the always-raspy John Hurt from when that creature that popped through his chest in Alien. Hellboy’s Ron Perlman makes an appearance as a rival leader, although he looks strangely like a biker. And he is very tentatively sporting some kind of Irish brogue (or something).

Why smoking and canoeing don't mix.

THE MONSTER/EFFECTS

The somewhat Avatary monster in Outlander is given an interesting bit of backstory. Human beings apparently spread to its planet and wiped out all of the Moorwen population. The one that hitched a ride on the doomed ship was possibly the last of its kind. We are treated to an interesting montage of these creatures systematically being wiped out and the movie clearly presents this as a kind of genocide and leads us to sympathize with them to a degree and even implies that they are semi-sentient.

The Moorwen were designed by Patrick Tatopolous, and recall his work on both Godzilla and Pitch Black. The face and head resemble the American Godzilla but the sharp and skeletal body and multi-ended whip tails recall the creatures from the latter movie. The monsters are given the rather neat effect of being bioluminescent, a very eerie and cool effect as they will suddenly light up in da-glo shades of electric blue and magenta. Other than looking cool, I’m not sure what purpose this is supposed to serve.

Presumably not a stealth predator on its homeworld.

BEST SEQUENCE

The last quarter of the movie is pretty solid as our team of heroes descends into the very hellish lair of the Moorwen, complete with lava and stacks of decaying body parts.

SEQUELS

None! This movie tanked at the box-office, as it was only released for about a week with no marketing support. Hopefully, it will find a life for itself on home video.

I'd like my Moorwen extra crispy, please.

DVD AVAILABILITY

On DVD, with lots of deleted scenes and a commentary track. Blu-Ray should be out in the near future and I have a feeling this will be a good one to see HD. Put it in your Netflix queue!

SEE ALSO:

Alien 3 (1992), Predator (1987) Avatar (2009)

THE TRAILER

Hey Have You Seen The New Last Airbender Trailer?

M. Night, M. Night, M. Night. It saddens me to admit that I have given up on you even though you've made one of my favorite movies ever Unbreakable. Why did I give up on you? Because you also made a movie that made me furious while I was watching it in the theater, The Village. You might have lost the ability to make me go see one of your movies but I always seem to love watching the trailers to your movies and this one is no exception. This is the trailer to The Last Airbender which is going to run during the SuperBowl this Sunday. The Last Airbender arrives in theaters this summer.



My favorite M. Night Shyamalan trailer and movie Unbreakable:

Hey Have You Seen The Losers Trailer?

Did somebody watch the trailer for the A-Team and think, "This is how it should be done."? Based on those two trailers I'm leaning towards The Losers winning-Zinga!***

Best moments in this trailer:

1) "I'm the black MacGuyver. BlackGuyver!"
2) Every shot of Zoe Saldana.

Does anyone else agree that anytime someone from The Wire get's cast in a movie they should play their character from The Wire? You put Idris Elba in this as Stringer Bell and I'm writing the check out for my ticket right now. Hell I'd own Obsessed if it starred Beyonce and Stringer Bell. Who's with me! Just me, damn.

The Losers arrives in theaters on April 9, 2010.



***That's the worst joke I'll write today.

Rip Torn...Is That Your Boy?

Rip Torn was arrested last night for allegedly breaking into a bank with a revolver. You can read details about the story here. My guy. Somebody's not using 48% of their brain.



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Hey Have You Seen The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Trailer?

I know what you're thinking

YOU: "Damn I sure do wanna see a sequel?"
ME: Really? To what? District 9? Star Trek? Zombieland?
YOU: "Nah son. Wall Street!"
ME: That was gonna be my next guess. And hey you say son just like I do!

Here's the teaser trailer to "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps". For those keeping score the "Greed is Good" mandatory reference shows up at the 1:01 mark in the trailer. I'll say this, how Wu-Tang's C.R.E.A.M. isn't sampled in this trailer is beyond me. Shame on you Mr. Stone.

Hey Have You Seen That Hot Tub Time Machine Trailer?

Any movie named after something I wish I invented first already has my vote like "The Time Machine", "Soul Power", or "The House Of The Devil". Here's the trailer for the new comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine". My three favorite things about this trailer:

A) Craig Robinson looking right at us on, "Hot Tub Time Machine".
B) "I Feel Pregnant."
C) The final shot of John Cusack apologizing to us for "2012".

"Hot Tub Time Machine" arrives in theaters in March.



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Monster Movie of the Week: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

Q: THE WINGED SERPENT (1982)

Director: Larry Cohen

Genre: Monster-on-the-loose/Detective/Crime/Exploitation

THE MOVIE

An Aztec god. A series of ritualistic murders. A botched Jewelry store robbery. A small-time crook in over his head. David Carradine and Richard Roundtree are on the case. No it’s not Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s next collaboration; it’s Larry Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent, a potent mix of Amerian monster movie, gritty crime drama, and plain old horror exploitation film.

No, nothing suspicious about this at all...

I checked out Q because I was writing a story that features Quetzalcoatl as a giant monster and this film’s creature is based on the same Mesoamerican legend of the “feathered serpent.” The Anthropology is fuzzy and the effects are pretty bad but Q is the kind of movie that has a great time reveling in its own cinematic trashiness. For example: a scene in which a rooftop sunbathing woman removes her bikini and rubs suntan lotion on her breasts, her nipples unnaturally erect. It’s an R-rated movie so, of course, she takes longer to do this than she would in real life. She’s then eaten by a giant monster.

Mmmm...Art Deco...yummy...

I watch a lot of monster movies and the monster-less scenes are generally pretty boring but this movie is actually interesting to watch apart form the fact that it features a giant Quetzalcoatl nesting in the Chrysler building and terrorizing New Yorkers. Michael Moriarty plays Quinn, a criminal/jazz pianist who gets involved a bungled jewel heist and in his attempts to escape the police and the mob he stumbles into Quetzalcoatl’s lair. Moriarty gives a wildly neurotic performance and he’s so weird and crazy that it is hard to take your eyes off him when he is on screen. The movie seems torn as to whether it is about him or about the titular creature.

By contrast, David Carradine is disconnected and laconic kind of like Clint Eastwood on Quaaludes and he has a habit hilariously stating the obvious in a way they only do in movies such as when he first sees Quetzalcoatl he mutters, “Man that thing is big” or after he shoots a knife wielding cultist who returns from seeming death for the forth time Carradine calmly observes: “You don’t die easy.”

And finally, Q features one of my favorite monster movie cliché sequences in which the hero studies a series of well-illustrated books about the monster in question (most famously done in Jaws.) In this instance, he borrows the books from a museum curator. He visits the curator to do background research on the Aztec cultists and the two discuss Aztec culture while walking through an exhibit of colorful and exotic artifacts from Indians of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The curator never actually says that they are Aztec artifacts; he only sort of vaguely acknowledges them, giving the movie some wiggle room in case someone like me points out that those are clearly not Aztec in origin.

THE MONSTER/EFFECTS

You don’t actually see much of the monster in this movie until the last quarter, which works well because the movie does a good job of making you feel Quetzalcoatl’s presence while either not showing any of her at all or doling out small glimpses and also because once you do see it, it is a bit of a let down. This interpretation is very monochromatic and avian and vaguely resembles the Fell Beasts from the latter two “Lord of the Rings” movies.

Where Brooklyn at?

MONSTERS FEATURED

Quetzalcoatl, mama and baby.

SEQUELS

None.

Eagle Man gets his revenge.

SEE ALSO

The Feathered Serpent (1946)

TRAILER

Trivia

This is not Quetzalcoatl’s first foray into giant

monsterdom. He was previously featured in the 1946 film,

“The Feathered Serpent.” A monster named Quetzalcoatl

also appeared in the “Bird of Paradise” episode of the

animated “Godzilla” series based on the 1998 American

movie. This episode featured numerous allusions to Cohen’s

film, proving that the shows writers were actual monster

movie nerds.

Hey Have You Seen That Machete Trailer?

That's the new poster for the upcoming Machete. This might be the first poster that don't need an alternate tag line from me, "They Fucked With The Wrong Mexican". Yeah they did. CHUD has a story here about what the current status of Machete is. If you don't know what Machete is know this, it stars Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Cheech Marin, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez (Hello Michelle my name is Ricky), Jeff Fahey, and Lindsey Lohan. Here's the trailer that made people want to see a full Machete movie. Good work everyone.

Paul's Power Rankings - 2010

This year I'll be attempting to arrange, in order, from first to worst, all the films I see that are being released in 2010. Come next years awards I should have no trouble telling you which movie stands at the top of my list. It might be biting off a little more than I can chew, but it might be fun, so here goes.

1. Book of Eli - Coming in at #1 with a bullet is Book of Eli, the story of Denzel Washington's modern day journey through the heart of Detroit.

Being that it's the only 2010 flick I've seen this year, it stands alone at the top.

Any early frontrunners for award consideration you ask?

Denzel Washington - Best Actor
Gary Oldman - Best Supporting Actor
Jennifer Beals - Best Supporting Actress
The Hughes Brothers - Best Director

These of course, are subject to change... likely with the next film I see. So here we go, 2010 is underway.

And here we go...

The Purple One.

Prince is my guy. He's a genius. The stranger a story I hear about Prince the easier it is for me to accept as absolute fact. I was told this week he was referred to by Wendy and Lisa (former members of The New Power Generation**) as the "Fancy Lesbian". My immediate reaction? Of course he is. Now today I get sent not one but two separate emails with the story that Prince has recorded a new fight song for the Minnesota Vikings. My immediate reaction? Of course he did. Here is the Minnesota Vikings Fight song courtesy of Prince titled "Purple And Gold".



And here's a bonus clip kids. The trifecta. Prince, Michael Jackson, and James Brown performing at the Apollo.



Happy Friday.
**My apologies, I was informed that Wendy and Lisa were in the Revolution. I lose two Purple Points for that error.

Monster Movie of the Week: Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)

GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (1964)

AKA Mothra Vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. The Thing

Director: Ichiro Honda

Genre: Daikaiju eiga

THE MOVIE

Godzilla vs. Mothra is the last great kaiju movie of Toho’s Showa era and is widely considered to be among the best of the whole series. It concluded a short string of successful, high-quality movies that began with 1960’s Mothra and continued through King Kong vs. Godzilla. Godzilla vs. Mothra marks the last appearance of a truly malevolent Godzilla until the 1980’s. From here on out, Godzilla would be portrayed as an anti-hero or even a cuddly single dad. This is also reflected in the character’s design, here slightly changed from the great look of the previous movie but still effective and somewhat foreshadowing the character’s look in his 1990’s movies with a longer neck, mammalian face and pronounced trapezoid muscles. Thankfully, he’s still a long way from the muppet-like appearance he would have later in the ‘60’s.

Breakfast: Thwarted,

Godzilla vs. Mothra is also the first time that Godzilla would face off with another one of Toho’s star kaiju and this would become a familiar formula for the entirety of the Godzilla film series. Mothra, Rodan, Varan and Anguirus would be recycled throughout the rest of the Showa series, often teaming up against monsters like Ghidorah, Gigan and Mechagodzilla. These were all original Toho monsters and the studio didn’t have to worry about making deals and licensing headaches as in the case with their Kong crossover. Godzilla vs. Mothra was the first real application of this formula.

Mothra's posse.

This is also one of the most archetypical of all the early Toho kaiju films, and elements of it repeatedly pop up in later movies. Mothra’s self sacrifice for her larvae is repeated again in 1992’s Godzilla and Mothra as well as in 2003’s Tokyo S.O.S. Much of the fight staging is the same as well as the larva’s propensity to bite the end of Godzilla’s tail. The 2003 film even features twin larvae. Godzilla vs. Mothra features a female reporter, which would become a sort of Godzilla stock character.

The story concerns a mysterious gigantic egg that washes up on the Japanese coast during a hurricane. A pair of greedy businessmen and a corrupt politician scheme to steal the egg and exhibit it. Mothra’s twin fairies appeal to a sympathetic pair of journalists and a scientist to have the egg returned to Infant Island to no avail. Godzilla appears from underground (WTF?) and begins terrorizing Japan and eventually making his way to the egg. Mothra shows up to defend her egg (which hatches into twin larva). She sacrifices herself and the two larvae cocoon Godzilla and he falls into the sea. The end.

When a courtesy flush just is not enough.

THE MONSTERS/EFFECTS

Godzilla is oddly clumsy in this movie. He seems to do more damage from stumbling around than intentionally attacking the city. He really does fall down a lot in this movie. And I believe this is one of the only times Godzilla is observed coming out of the earth instead of the sea. AND he gets punked by two caterpillars. The only thing that explains this is that Godzilla had gotten really drunk the night before, passed out in a ditch, got covered in debris and woke up really hung over.

DVD AVAILABILITY

Widely available. A new, deluxe DVD set was recently released with the original Japanese version of the movie and even some extras.

SEQUELS

Immediately followed by Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster and Invasion of the Astro-Monster.

MOST MEMORABLE SEQUENCE

What the hell was he doing underground anyway?!

SEE ALSO

Godziila vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992), Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack (2001)

TRIVIA

It was billed in America as Godzila vs. The Thing. People wondered: “The Thing? Jeepers, that sounds neat!”

And then they found out it was a butterfly.

False advertising? Or just a very early teaser poster for Godzilla vs. Biollante?

THE TRAILER

Teddy P....He Gone!

Damn! Teddy Pendergrass died yesterday. How about a moment of silence for Teddy P. and in his honor as was custom at his concerts....women throw your panties onstage.

Teddy P.:



I Don't Love You Anymore:



Wake Up Everybody:



Don't Leave Me This Way:

Monster Movie of the Week: It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955)

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955)
Director: Robert Gordon
Genre: Natural Horror/Monster on the loose

THE MOVIE

When it comes to bogeymen, there’s nothing like a good “It.” “It” was a terror from beyond space! “It” was alive! Even Stephen King had an “It.” Next to a good “Thing,” there’s nothing like “It” (unless you are an Addams in which case you have regular contact with both). One day I hope they will make a movie called It! vs. Thing!

Today we will be talking about the particular “It” that came from beneath the sea. This is one of Ray Harryhousen’s most iconic monster movies and tells the story of a giant octopus irradiated by nuclear testing and driven from its home at the ocean depths. The octopus eventually makes its way to San Francisco and goes on a rampage before being blown up in the harbor. It Came from Beneath the Sea gave Harryhousen the opportunity to work on a different kind of creature, this being an aquatic monster composed mainly of tentacles. Other than that, it is pretty standard 1950’s monster fare.

This is the kinda crap that happens when you develop a relaxed attitude towards earthquakes.

THE MONSTER/EFFECTS

Other than its size, there is nothing particularly monstrous about this octopus (except that it has only five or six tentacles, but lets say it lost a couple in the initial run-in with the sub). The effects are overall very good as you would expect from a Harryhousen movie and the wonderful three-dimensionality that stop motion gives you. There are some sequences that are among the most famous of 1950’s monster movies, such as the creature’s attack on the Golden Gate Bridge.
MONSTERS FEATURED

San Fran joins the community of monster-hosting cities.

Just one octopus, which is the titular "It." Back in the day, they tried to keep the monster's nature under wraps. For example, Godzilla vs. Mothra was known as here in the states prior to its initial release as Godzilla vs. The Thing, and Mothra's identity was kept under wraps with poster that only teased a couple of bug eyes and a pair of antenna. Which is I guess better than calling the movie Godzilla vs. Butterfly. The same is true here, I mean, who wants to see a movie called The Octopus Came From Beneath The Sea.

DVD AVAILABILITY

Widely available with a few Harryhousen interviews and featurettes.

If you only have five arms, are you still an Octopus? Discuss.

SEQUELS

None.

SEE ALSO

20 Million Miles to Earth 1957 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms 1954

TRIVIA

This movie is being watched by a security guard in a scene prior to the creature’s initial attack in the American Godzilla (1998), which is another clue as to where the filmmakers hearts lie.

TRAILER

Hey Have You Seen The New A-Team Trailer?

Hey. HEY! It's been a minute since I posted a trailer. My bad. So let's get it going again with the trailer to The A-Team. Remember that show from the 1980's? That's the one where the British nanny was forced to work for the American family who had adopted 2 brothers and they lived in this awesome house that Alfonso Ribiero always used to come hang out in. This is a contemporary version and it looks like they are going more the action-adventure route this time around. The A-Team stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper (laaadies!), Sharlto Copely (sans Christopher Robinson), and Mr.T's futurized mohawk. The A-Team arrives in theaters on June 11, 2010.

Brilliant Idea #422 - Late Night Edition

I don't know when NBC is gonna figure out who's gonna be doing what on late night television but I have a brilliant suggestion. How about Carsenio!