Author: Michael Rizzardi

From the ashes of a Barney obsession rose a lifelong Godzilla fanatic in Cleveland, OH...on top of whatever superhero comics, mecha anime, and tokusatsu shows Michael can get his hands on. If he's not out to dinner with his lovely girlfriend or at his piano grinding out synth tunes, you can bet he's got his eyes glued to a high octane piece of multimedia, ready to pick it apart for your entertainment.

Literary fans can finally experience author H.P. Lovecraft’s special brand of cosmic horror at the movie theater. With a healthy dose of Nicolas Cage, to boot. Cage stars in the new project Color Out of Space, produced by independent company Spectrevision and based on the short story of the same name. The film, helmed by South African director Richard Stanley, tells the tale of a meteor crashing onto a family’s farm, seeping an unearthly color and infecting everything it touches. The story has been updated from the late 19th century to modern times. Color Out of Space marks the first…

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This April, Power Ranger fans will be able to face each other head on in a brand new fighting game! Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is being brought to consoles and PC by nWay, the same team behind mobile fighter Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. Like the mobile game, Battle for the Grid brings together Rangers and villains from throughout Power Ranger history. So far, only the original Red and Green Rangers and the Super Megaforce Yellow Ranger have been confirmed, but there are sure to be countless other characters thrown into the mix. We’ll have to wait and see…

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The epic conclusion to Netflix’s Godzilla anime trilogy has finally arrived and—you know what? Who cares? Who actually cares? The Godzilla fans don’t care. I’ve been on the subreddit, there was a lot of hype for this movie. Aside from a few derogatory memes, Godzilla: The Planet Eater has been completely forgotten in favor of toy leaks and King of the Monsters countdowns. But is the near complete lack of interest deserved? On paper, Planet Eater sounds pretty cool. After the destruction of Mechagodzilla City, Haruo is no closer to killing Godzilla, and the remaining survivors start picking sides. Amidst…

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Gundam fans, it’s time to plan a night out to the theater! Thanks to eagle-eyed Twitter user @WTK, the stateside theatrical release of Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative has been confirmed. Listings for the film have been posted on both AMC and Fandango under the title Gundam NT. Like most anime movies, such as last year’s Mazinger Z Infinity, Gundam NT is being released as a Fathom Event. Currently, there has been no official announcement by Fathom and advance tickets are not yet available. However, AMC and Fandango have February 19th as their release date. Gundam Narrative is the first leg…

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The next season of Super Sentai is just over the horizon, and features an all-too familiar theme for fans: Dinosaurs! The 43rd installment, called Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, mixes medieval knights with prehistoric beasts, marking the fourth Sentai series revolving around dinosaurs. And why not more dinosaurs? They’re cool, they’re powerful, they’re…a financially safe decision. It’s no secret that dinosaurs mean big money for Super Sentai. With Ryusoulger, dinosaurs are officially the most often used concept in the series. They also throw dinosaurs into shows with drastically different concepts (like cars, samurai, and pirates) to help bolster toy sales. The presence…

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If you pulled all the dreams out of my head, animated them, and streamed them on Crunchyroll, you’d make something pretty close to SSSS.Gridman. Let’s run through the list. Wicked cool superheroes? Check. Giant city-destroying kaiju? Check. Colossal mecha combining sequences? Check and double check. This is the show that has it all, wrapped up in a tidy 12-episode package. SSSS.Gridman follows amnesiac high schooler Yuta Hibiki who, along with his friends Rikka and Utsumi, discover they can see giant monsters looming over the city. When a monster goes on the attack, Yuta is suddenly able to merge with the…

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After 6 solo movies, two reboots, a Venom spinoff, and several aborted cinematic universes, what more could yet another Spider-Man movie provide for audiences? Well, don’t hang up the webs just yet, because this is one you have to see! Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse marks the Marvel hero’s first ever animated movie. After the death of Peter Parker at the hands of the Kingpin, teen Miles Morales must learn how to use his newly acquired spider-powers to save the city from an inter-dimensional collapse. Along the way, he meets several Spider-Men from alternate universes who each help teach him what…

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The King is back for Round 2, and Godzilla’s going to need all the help he can get! The second trailer for Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla: King of the Monsters dropped worldwide today after debuting yesterday at the Brazil Comic Con. Legendary had been whetting our appetites with updates on their viral Monarch website all week, but those were nothing compared to the main event. While the details of the story remain vague in the advertising, this trailer is not shy about what fans want to see most: the monsters! When the last movie came out in 2014, the trailers often…

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Even Tokusatsu Heroes know the reason for the season! Sure, they have their hands full fighting the forces of evil on Japanese TV screens every week. But that doesn’t stop them from diving headfirst and showing off their holiday spirit! Here are just five toku heroes who spread the Christmas cheer! Gokai Christmas Out of sheer luck, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger’s holiday episode fell right on December 25th, Christmas Day. No wonder Gokai Silver was able to muster up enough Christmas spirit to merge the Red and Green Ranger Keys to form Gokai Christmas! Sparkling and flashy, Gokai Christmas fights off…

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The wait till May 31 just got even more agonizing for Godzilla fans! Legendary’s Tokyo Comic-Con Godzilla panel this past weekend had a ton of reveals and leaks to get fans excited for Godzilla: King of the Monsters next spring. Toy company Bandai came along, as well, showing off the new additions to their S.H.MonsterArts line and giving us our first clear looks at the redesigned monsters. Obviously, Godzilla hasn’t changed much since the last film, but he’s been updated with more classic dorsal fins and different feet. Mothra shows off the most changes, featuring almost mantis-like arms and a…

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