Jacob

Jacob Pro

Founder/EIC @ Kaiju United

Love movies all around the world, soul records, and a good cup of tea.

Favorite films

  • Phantom of the Paradise
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Godzilla vs. Gigan
  • Seven Samurai

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  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★

  • Jurassic Park

    ★★★★

  • Wolf Man

    ★★★

  • Gladiator II

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  • Mothra vs. Godzilla

    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    ★★★★★

    ****Original Japanese cut***

    Following the massive success of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, another masterwork by Ishiro Honda was produced. This one put the terrifying force of nuclear weaponry against the goddess of nature herself, MOTHRA, from Toho's earlier successful 1961 monster flick of the same title.

    Faith Versus Science. Nature versus Nuclear. Mothra Versus Godzilla.
    More serious than the biting satire in KONG, the film really exemplifies the changing shift in Japanese culture of the time, nuclear energy was slightly…

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  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★

    Solid directing from George Miller and great performances from Anya Taylor-Joy and Chis Hemsworth. I just don't think it quite reached the bar set incredibly high by its predecessor, unfortunately. It's hard to beat one of the greatest action films of all time. That being said, the film is still a blast to watch, and I'm always happy to see George Miller do crazy George Miller stuff on screen.

  • Wolf Man

    Wolf Man

    ★★★

    Well shot, really smart visual storytelling, and love the gradual decline/body horror element. I just feel like this was the first draft they submitted and they ran with it.

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  • Fat Albert

    Fat Albert

    hey hey hey i want to die

  • Howl from Beyond the Fog

    Howl from Beyond the Fog

    ★★★★★

    An emotional tale about a woman and a creature she befriends after both learn of their ailment that casts them both aside in society as their own respective "Monsters".

    A wonderfully crafted and atmospheric kaiju film that combines traditional suitmation you see in classic kaiju films AND traditional Japanese Bunraku puppetry. This is a masterclass kaiju film. It's character driven, and the scenes with Nebula punch HARD in the relationship the creature has with the main protaganist. The human characters…