The Titan-sized box office hit Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire popped up from the depths of Hollow Earth into theaters last week. The movie, the latest from director Adam Wingard, is the 38th Godzilla film and the newest entry into Legendary’s MonsterVerse. The film brings together Apple TV+’s Monarch in expanding the world and also gives us the impossible not-to-meme visual of Godzilla sleeping in
Read MoreGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire is gifted with the same creative fortitude as Creed III. With the third Rocky spin-off, Michael B. Jordan was thirsty to place his fingerprint on the franchise. Jordan took inspiration from his love for Anime films, such as Naruto, and injected his directorial debut with the sensibilities of those animated images. The fourth film of the Godzilla franchise sees director Adam Wingard accomplishing a similar feat. It’s not
Read MoreWith the holiday season having come and gone and all the noise that comes with it, there’s a strong chance you may have missed out on some fantastic programming. If the rapidly decreasing temperatures are keeping you inside, warm up with the atomic fresh breath of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Apple TV+ has another wonderful series on its hands, joining the
Read MoreIt’s been an eventful weekend here at Fantastic Fest 2023, with lots of great films for fans of genre pieces. The festival started with a massive swing of a movie on the first night. Fans of the original Toxic Avenger are well aware of how nutso the original film is in execution. The remake is not much different and might be the
Read MoreThe next couple of years will surely be big ones for the King of the Monsters. With a number of Godzilla projects slated from multiple studios, it’s a good time to be a kaiju fan. And just in time, too, as we are rapidly approaching the 70th anniversary of the iconic character. October 2024 will mark 70 years since the first
Read MoreThe Cosmic Circus is happy to announce we will be in attendance at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Last year, Fantastic Fest brought a lot of surprise offerings that went on to be massive hits and even Oscar contenders. Smile opened the festivities in 2022 and became an enormous success. The Banshees of Inisherin made the rounds during Oscar
Read MoreWith the announcement of the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel, to be released in 2024, and the as-of-yet untitled live-action series coming to Apple TV+, Godzilla fans can now rest assured that Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse will be continuing. After Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021, the future of the franchise was a little uncertain. But now that Legendary has slated these two projects for
Read MoreThere’s a famous saying – “The beatings will continue until morale improves.” If you’re a Dune fan, it’s starting to feel like that lately. Over the past months, there was so much uncertainty and stress about the highly anticipated movie’s release. Streaming? Theaters? HBO/WB was still trying to navigate a COVID-world, and Dune was one of the first casualties. But we got through it!
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