Shelf Examination Podcast

<p>In this episode of the Kaiju Review we are looking at 2019's Godzilla King of the Monsters. A solid addition to the Monsterverse. Beware of tangents about appropriate mother's day gifts, demonizing ecologists, the...

<p>It's a Kaiju movie, without enough Kaiju. It's a sequel that doesn't live up to it's predecessor. It's a star showcase that may have killed the stars career. But is it bad enough to beat the worst on our big ranking...

<p>In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we continue our Kaiju Review with 2017's Kong Skull Island. With half the Marvel cast being reused, is there any way this isn't a good time? But can it beat it's grand...

<p>Godzilla the Series continues into it's second season with eco terrorists, Kaiju heartbreak, and more monster action. Does Zilla's second series live up to the first? Find out on this episode of the Kaiju Review as...

<p>Godzilla the series is to the Matthew Brodrick's 1998 Godzilla movie what a national guard/doordash strategic alliance is to a drowning person. That is to say, it not only saves it, but it also feeds it. And in this...

<p>Shin Godzilla is a divisive movie among Godzilla fans. But among us here at the Shelf Examination we were pretty united on our take for this movie. Where will it go on our ranking? Find out.</p>

<p>The original King Kong from 1933 is a Kaiju classic that we at Shelf Examination have had at the top of our rankings from the beginning. But will it stay there in the face of almost a century of cinema and special...

<p>In this episode of the Kaiju Review we look at a movie that may not actually be a Kaiju movie, even if it's responsible for brining the term into the gestalt. And why Kaiju and not Jaeger?</p>

<p>1998's Godzilla starring Mathew Broadrick is a decisive movie in the Kaiju lineup. While fans call the monster "GINA", short for "Godzilla in Name Only", if divorced from it's namesake, does Hollywood's first attempt...

<p>Cloverfield is a strange one among Kaiju movies, showing a side of monster attacks that no one has dared to explore. But is it a side that anyone really wanted to see? Was J J Abram's entry into the Kaiju genre a...

<p>After Gamera's return in the 90s, it only got worse as the quick follow up sequel and the one they took more time on both failed to land with audiences and with us on this week's shelf examination Podcast. One of us...

<p>In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we regret taht the early Gamera movies aren't in our collection because we're stuck with Gamera - Guardian of the Universe from 1995. And as bad as this is, it's...

<p>Black hole aliens be schemin' in this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast as we review The Terror of Mechagodzilla from 1975, the sequel to Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, which isn' in our collection. Featuring an...

<p>In this episode we take a break from Summer Reading in our Library to explore a hidden gem in the Kaiju Genre. A movie that shouldn't have existed, and yet somehow is. Where everyone is dubbed, even in their native...

<p>This week's Kaiju exploration takes us to 1969 and Godzilla, All Monsters Attack, or as it was known in the US, Godzilla's Revenge, a movie that has very little Godzilla, even less all monsters attacking, and...