NYC VS. GIANT MONSTERS (BEAST FROM 20K FATHOMS, GODZILLA, CLOVERFIELD) ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) d. Eugene Lourie
GODZILLA (1998) d. Roland Emmerich
CLOVERFIELD (2008) d. Matt Reeves

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Ever since King Kong tore up the town in 1933, New York City has played host to a number of giant monsters stomping their way down 5th Avenue and giving colossal headaches to insurance companies. Tonight, we’ll be paying homage to a trio of cinematic goliaths, all of which are celebrating significant anniversaries this year.

LET ME IN (2010) Blu-ray Review

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Let Me In (2010) d. Matt Reeves (UK/USA) (116 min) (2nd viewing)

When it was announced that an English-language remake of Tomas Alfredson’s acclaimed Swedish vampire flick, Let the Right One In, would be hitting screens a mere two years later, many (including this writer) rejected the notion purely on principle, fearing the enterprise was doomed to be yet another lame Hollywood redux for mainstream plebeians who refused to read subtitles, hellbent on sucking out everything unique and replacing it with vacuous magazine cover-ready actors and goddawful CGI.

CLOVERFIELD (2008) movie review

Cloverfield (2008) d. Matt Reeves (USA)

Produced by J.J. Abrams – who thankfully kept his lens-flare loving hands to himself – this hair-raising, motion sickness-causing creature feature utilizes the “found footage” gimmick (before it was mercilessly beaten into the ground in the wake of Paranormal Activity’s huge success the next year) to follow a handful of hipsters (Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman) as they try to survive a towering interloper’s surprise assault on Manhattan.