The new power-up item introduced in the Kamen Rider Build TV series is the Hazard Trigger. This device allows Build to access his Hazard mode as well as utilize other forms later on down the line. The toy itself is pretty cool, turning already existing “Best Matches” into “Super Best Matches” and adding an awesome […]
The time of monsters is upon us once again, as the kaiju wranglers of the TOKU television station is prepping to deliver another massive bounty to our doorsteps this fine February. Starting and ending with the giant hero adventures of the long-running Ultraman franchise, with the standalone tokusatsu film Outer Man in-between. Three different incarnations […]
Here’s a set of extended previews for the premiere of the all-new Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger. Gathered throughout his lifetime, the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin assembled a vast collection of dangerous items known as the “Lupin Collection”. When this collection is stolen by interspace invaders known as the Gangler, two teams set […]
Public Service Announcements, an endearing component of children’s programming in the 80s and 90s that transformed 30-minute toy commercials into platforms for social change. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series faced an additional challenge: At the height of popularity, the show depicted teenagers performing martial arts that were mimicked on playgrounds across the country. […]
In case word hasn’t traveled to your neck of the interwebs just yet, there’s somehow a Detective Pikachu movie getting made. What’s more amazing is that this flick, based on the popular video game and anime series Pokemon, in which “pocket monsters” battle it out for sport, is starring Ryan Reynolds. As Pikachu. The cartoon […]
I’ve been a proud fan of the Power Rangers franchise for my whole life, happy to say that I’ve been here since the beginning. But this year Power Rangers celebrates its 25th anniversary and I can not even begin to feel excited about that milestone. I’m not alone, a lot of fans would say that […]
Here’s a preview for the premiere of the all-new Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger. Gathered throughout his lifetime, the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin assembled a vast collection of dangerous items known as the “Lupin Collection”. When this collection is stolen by interspace invaders known as the Gangler, two teams set out to retrieve […]
It’s Hammer Time. Bringing the Joe Kelly graphic novel to life in splendid form, I Kill Giants summons up a gaggle of monsters ready to ransack the small town young Barbara Thorson (as in “Son of Thor”) calls home. Not if she has anything to say about it. A coming-of-age tale set against the imaginative […]
Who says the big, scary monsters always have to take the L? Special-effects action director Kawasaki Minoru disagrees, and in this comedic flick, he sets about telling the tale of a world obsessed with the fictional television heroism of Outer Man. The superhuman giant battles enormous kaiju to save the world from their uncanny evils […]
Pacific Rim: Uprising is almost upon us. The bright and sunny sequel to the dark, rainsoaked Guillermo Del Toro original is set to rally the troops for an all-out brawl against the other-dimensional Kaiju, who have returned to the post-war-torn world believed to have been saved from their monstrous wrath in the last installment. Just […]