Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Is it silly to search for feminist themes within a kaiju film? Maybe a little, as your average take on such franchises as Godzilla doesn’t often go beyond surface level. That said, films like Godzilla ...

“There was briefly another character called Phosphera that we had in place of Mothra. But Mothra was always what the character was written around,” Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam ...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Godzilla and looks to once again prove size matters. Of course, Godzilla can’t be the king of the monsters if there aren’t any ...

There are a lot of kaiju in this world, but none of them can reach the heights of Godzilla. For decades, the atomic beast has been an icon, and their reach is only expanding. From Oscar wins to ...

Godzilla may be Japan’s most famous kaijū (monster), but Mothra isn’t far behind. And much like Godzilla, Mothra is more than just a cinematic creature of destruction: She’s long been a vehicle for ...

Make way for MOTHRA, the world’s largest all-lens telescope, which intends to detect some of the faintest light in the universe. Co-created by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and University of ...

The Japanese movie monster is a force for good, even shooting streams of goo. For her first American appearance, her Toho Studios roots are evident. By Robert Ito Of all the legendary Japanese beasts ...