The Godzilla franchise has been going strong for decades, and it all started with “Gojira,” released in Japan in 1954. Sixty-four years later, this movie is still a classic. In the beginning of the ...

What caught my eye is that they are screening, as part of Kinematifest, one of my favorite movies. It’s the original 1954 version of GODZILLA (not the Raymond Burr English-dub, but the original ...

Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira?) is a 1954 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho, directed by Ishirō Honda, and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko ...

In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In America, he's "Godzilla" — a name ...

Tonight, the Japanese film series at The Source OC in Buena Park presents Gojira, Ishiro Honda’s 1954 big monster flick that American audiences know better as Godzilla. This October, The Criterion ...

“Gojira” or “Godzilla” (1954): As a result of nuclear testing, a 164-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath emerges from the ocean and nearly destroys Tokyo before it is killed. Director: Ishiro ...

While Godzilla has gone through many cosmetic alterations and personality shake-ups throughout what the Guinness Book of World Records calls the longest-running franchise in the history of cinema, one ...

Forget 1998's ridiculous Roland Emmerich reboot. Forget the Godzooky-marred Hanna Barbera cartoon. Forget even 1968's ultimate creature feature Destroy All Monsters, great though it is. The real ...

When Honda Ishiro’s now-classic monster film Gojira first premiered in 1954, Japan had been freshly shaken to its core by the two American nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki less than a ...

He's back again! Uncensored! The original Japanese monster that started it all. We know WB is bringing us a brand new Godzilla movie this year, directed by Gareth Evans (Monsters) with Aaron ...

Sixty years ago, a sweating young man named Haruo Nakajima put on a 220-pound lizard suit and trounced a miniature version of Tokyo. Today, Legendary Pictures’ irradiated Godzillasaurus, three times ...

Godzilla Showa Era Schedule (all films are Sundays at noon at Digital Gym Cinema and will be in Japanese with English subtitles) This is an exciting year for Godzilla fans because it marks his 70th ...