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Godzilla Minus One Review

It’s a great time to be a Godzilla fan. It may even be the greatest time. Not only are there blockbuster movies and TV shows, but there is also a new Godzilla film by the company that created him, Toho Studios.

Examining The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Trailer

The Monsterverse continues with its latest installment, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong presumably picks up shortly after the previous film left off. The highly anticipated trailer introduces an all-new original villain to the Monsterverse.

National Podcast Post Month Day 29: Amicus Productions

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We are on the penultimate day of NaPodPoMo 2023. Today, we’ll go to one last inductee into The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame, Amicus Productions.

Amicus Productions existed from 1962-1977 as an English production studio, despite being formed by two American producers Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg.

FORMATION

Subotsky and Rosenberg had collaborated on film projects before. In fact, Rosenberg had submitted a pitch for a Frankenstein revival that wound up being given to Hammer Films which became Curse Of Frankenstein. They formed Amicus Productions shortly after. Rosenberg handled the money and funding while Subotsky had more of a hand in the creative process.

MOVIE GENRES

While Hammer Films focused mainly on horror projects, Amicus tried to other genres ranging from horror to sci-fi to thrillers. They may be most famous for making the two standalone Dr. Who movies, Dr. Who And The Daleks and Daleks Invasion Of Earth 2150 A.D. Both films starred Peter Cushing. We did more extensive coverage of these two films in a past episode of Examining The Doctor.

Over the years, many of the Amicus movies would be mistaken for Hammer Films productions due to many of the same cast being used (Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough).

Most of the movies are summarized, and you can see a pretty extensive list here.

There are books available online and GoodReads if you want to learn more about Amicus Productions.

National Podcast Post Month Day 24: The Black Hole

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We enter the final week of National Podcast Post Month with our first movie entry into our Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame, Disney’s 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole.

National Podcast Post Month Day 12: The History of Godzilla In Film

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Day 12 of our Geekville Radio Anthology for National Podcast Post Month 2023 is devoted to none other than The King of the Monsters himself, Godzilla!

National Podcast Post Month Day 10: The Green Hornet

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Day 10 of National Podcast Post Month, or NaPodPoMo, brings us another edition of The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame. Many fans remember the 1966 TV show with Van Williams and Bruce Lee, but did you know that the character had existed for 30 years before that TV show? Join Seth and Crazy Train as they discuss the long storied history of the character and the surprising lineage back to the fictional Old West.

Geekville Radio #299: Triple Whammy 2021

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Seth and Train end 2021 with a triple whammy of geek reviews! First up, Spider-Man: No Way Home followed by the season finale of Hawkeye. And finally, the series premiere of The Book of Boba Fett. 2021 may have been a lousy year but there were some great geek movies and programming.