American Godzillas are faster, while Japanese versions are slow and powerful, reflecting different cultural values. Japanese Godzilla movies tackle political and environmental themes, while ...

In our previous article we talked about how 2001's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack made fun ...

I’ll tell you. We American Godzilla fans have been eating well, as of late. I remember being a little fan back in the ‘90s. Sure, we got the ‘98 Godzilla movie (Which I actually like!), ...

Godzilla was first imagined as an avatar of American might. In 1954’s Godzilla, he’s a symbol: a horrific monster awakened by Japan’s military ambition during World War II. He unleashes ...

In Japanese Godzilla movies, humans matter because they can be harmed, because they’re so fragile. In American Godzilla movies, humans matter because they are exceptional and, almost always ...

Traditionally in Godzilla and other giant monster movies—be they of American or Japanese origin—the human characters are time-fillers; they’re faces to provide exposition before the big ...

This wasn’t supposed to happen. The king was dead, they told us, long live the king. After starring in nearly two dozen Japanese films over 40 years, after fighting off Mothra, Megalon, Hedora ...

In the 2014 version, Godzilla wreaks unimaginable horror upon multiple American cities, but ultimately becomes a sort of cantankerous hero-protector figure often seen in the Japanese movies ...