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Retro Review: Godzilla

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Release Date: September 16, 2014
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 123 mins.
Director: Gareth Edwards
Studio: Legendary Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Stars:Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe

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During a horrible accident at a nuclear power plant in Japan a man loses his wife , his job, and seemingly, his mind. Fast forward 15 years and Joe Brody (Cranston) is still looking for answers as to what really happened that day. His son, Ford, (Taylor-Johnson) whom is now an EOD tech in the military gets a phone call that his father has been arrested in Japan flies off to get him out. After a little convincing Ford is talked in to breaking in to a quarantined zone where the accident occurred. This ends up dragging him in to a face to face encounter with unstoppable monsters. Who will save the day when man is no longer able to defend itself ? I’m pretty sure you can figure that out.

As far as the locales go they picked some good spots. They jumped between Japan, Hawaii, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. The 3-D in the movie added an extra layer of oomph to the visuals when showing how massive the creatures are to us insignificantly small humans. The CGI for Godzilla is phenomenal and he looks way better than a mutated iguana (yeah ’98 that was a shot at you!). Now the acting was up and down as an overall effort. Bryan Cranston is the best part of the cast as he lights up the screen whenever he’s on it. Unfortunately, there is far too little of him on screen. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (AKA Kick-Ass) seems disinterested in playing his role as Ford. He’s literally got one facial expression for every situation. His reaction to hearing his father is in jail is the same as the first time he sees Godzilla.Its a lackluster effort and shouldn’t be allowed by the director, let alone a professional actor. Elizabeth Olsen (the Olsen that can act) is good in the few moments she receives on screen. Along with Cranston she helps bring some emotion to the human element of the film. Watanabe has like maybe 25 lines in the whole film so he’s not too significant. He does however get to deliver the ever so popular Japanese pronunciation of Godzilla. It’s his one shining moment on camera. Oh, and the final monster fight is overtly bad ass. Too bad that it takes like 3/4 of the movie before any fighting really goes down.

This series was in need of a reboot especially after the last two fiascos. The mission did not fail, as this is a great reintroduction to the masses. Awesome CGI, Two great performances from two under utilized actors, and one awesome monster fight are pluses. The draw backs are the lackluster performance of the main character and the lack of solid Godzilla action until almost the end of the film. Overall, it’s awesome and contains many cheerable moments. It’s a crowd pleaser for sure.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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