• March 29, 2024
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

Part of the fun of the latest reboots of Godzilla and friends (starting with Gareth Edwards’ 2014 film) has been the surprising earnestness despite the outrageous premise: There have...

• August 2, 2017
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

Set in the 1970s, Kong: Skull Island follows a team of soldiers, scientists, and explorers who join forces to determine whether a unique ecosystem exists on a remote, mysterious...

• March 10, 2017
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

The idea of moving a monster movie like King Kong into the 70s is inspired. It’s 1973 and the Vietnam War is starting to wind down. A group of...

• December 14, 2005
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

The trailers and commercials for the film have hit on all the key points: it’s big, it’s action-packed and it features a scantily clad Naomi Watts doing lots of...