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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001, Kaneko Shûsuke)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 11, 2016
While watching Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, I had a daydream. I day dreamt Craig Armstrong, composer of The Incredible Hulk score, had been brought in the redo the score of Attack for the U.S. home video market. He did not. Instead, Ôtani Kô actually did compos read more
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975, Honda Ishirô)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 11, 2016
Terror of Mechagodzilla is an uncomplimentary mix of a sixties Godzilla movie with the production values of a seventies Godzilla movie. It’s got a lame monster with cool powers and a cool monsters with lame powers. The Mechagodzilla fight scene is mind-numbing. He shoots rockets at Godzilla. read more
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971, Banno Yoshimitsu)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
There are two types of people in the world. People who like Godzilla vs. Hedorah and people who do not. I am in the former category. I think director Banno knows how to do what he wants to do, which is make an impassioned environmental statement with a Godzilla movie. Banno asks the audience to hum read more
Godzilla’s Revenge (1969, Honda Ishirô)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
I don’t know if I wish Godzilla’s Revenge were better or if I just liked it more. Because I wanted to like it more–I wanted it to be as wacky as the concept would allow. The concept–a little boy (Yazaki Tomonori) gets valuable life lessons involving working parents, bank rob read more
Godzilla Raids Again (1955, Oda Motoyoshi)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
Godzilla Raids Again has all the elements it needs to be a quirky success. It has a low budget and rushed schedule, resulting in a hodgepodge of awkwardly effective sequences amid otherwise inept ones. The script, from Murta Takeo and Hidaka Shigeaki, mixes inert melodrama with giant monsters. But read more
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972, Fukuda Jun)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
Godzilla vs. Gigan is a little like a filmed ballet or play. It’s a performance of its Kaiju ballet. The Kaiju ballet has a stage–a surprisingly large soundstage with a miniature Tokyo or Mount Fuji landscape for serve as the ring in which the men in suits wrestle. The men in suits are read more
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973, Fukuda Jun)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
Godzilla vs. Megalon is madness. There are two distinct portions of the film and both of them are crazy. Initially, these portions might more seem stupid than crazy, but they’re crazy. Director Fukuda gets to make an espionage thriller and a Godzilla movie where Godzilla communicates with the read more
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974, Fukuda Jun)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 10, 2016
I want to be more enthusiastic about Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. It has a number of good moments, often involving giant monsters, which is impressive. Godzilla facing off against a mechanical Godzilla (not to mention a flesh-covered cyborg–nothing dead will go), it’s a great visual. Dir read more
Rhinestone (1984, Bob Clark)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 9, 2016
With the exception of Dolly Parton, everyone involved with Rhinestone seems nervous. Well, maybe not Richard Farnsworth. He seems impatient, like he can’t wait for his scene to be over. Top-billed Sylvester Stallone spends the first half of the film trying too hard, seems to relax, then finis read more
Steve Jobs (2015, Danny Boyle)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 6, 2016
Steve Jobs is unexpected. It is a parody of itself, it is a parody of being an “Oscar-worthy” biopic about a topical, zeitgeist figure. Down to having Seth Rogen in a dramatic part. Steve Jobs feels very conscious. In Michael Fassbender’s Jobs, the film gets to create a world wher read more
Steve Jobs (2015, Danny Boyle)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 6, 2016
Steve Jobs is unexpected. It is a parody of itself, it is a parody of being an “Oscar-worthy” biopic about a topical, zeitgeist figure. Down to having Seth Rogen in a dramatic part. Steve Jobs feels very conscious. In Michael Fassbender’s Jobs, the film gets to create a world wher read more
[BASP] Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 4, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eighteen Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc) Originally posted: April 22, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
[BASP] Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 4, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eighteen Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc) Originally posted: April 22, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Get Shorty (1995, Barry Sonnenfeld)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 28, 2016
There’s a gentle quality about Get Shorty, an invitation from screenwriter Scott Frank and director Sonnenfeld to dwell. One can also not dwell on the film’s little moments, because it’s got awesome big moments as well. Except Shorty doesn’t have much in the way of set piece read more
[BASP] Real Genius (1985, Martha Coolidge) / My Science Project (1985, Jonathan R. Beutel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 28, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Seventeen Real Genius (1985, Martha Coolidge) / My Science Project (1985, Jonathan R. Beutel) Originally posted: March 7, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Get Shorty (1995, Barry Sonnenfeld)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 28, 2016
There’s a gentle quality about Get Shorty, an invitation from screenwriter Scott Frank and director Sonnenfeld to dwell. One can also not dwell on the film’s little moments, because it’s got awesome big moments as well. Except Shorty doesn’t have much in the way of set piece read more
[BASP] Real Genius (1985, Martha Coolidge) / My Science Project (1985, Jonathan R. Beutel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 28, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Seventeen Real Genius (1985, Martha Coolidge) / My Science Project (1985, Jonathan R. Beutel) Originally posted: March 7, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Independence Day (1996, Roland Emmerich)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 27, 2016
There’s a mature way to talk about Independence Day. I should know, I’ve started writing this response about twelve times and this attempt is an entirely new draft. The mature way involves complementing David Brenner’s editing, complementing director Emmerich’s ability to in read more
Independence Day (1996, Roland Emmerich)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 27, 2016
There’s a mature way to talk about Independence Day. I should know, I’ve started writing this response about twelve times and this attempt is an entirely new draft. The mature way involves complementing David Brenner’s editing, complementing director Emmerich’s ability to in read more
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Zack Snyder)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 26, 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is, as a film, just as unwieldy as that title. Director Snyder, through a strange, comforting overconfidence, gets the film through its two and a half hour run time. By the end, when Snyder teases a cliffhanger, teases various comic book references, it’s a d read more