Author Archives: Nick Powell
Radiation and Bad Film-Making: Remembering Godzilla (1998)
“An enormous, radioactively mutated lizard runs rampant on the island of Manhattan.” Looking back, it’s sad that I liked Godzilla when I was a kid. I can only imagine I was enamored by the fact that a giant lizard was roaming the streets of New York City solely on the fact I was quite the dinosaur nerd. […]
John Carter or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
“Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.” John Carter… about that. It’s not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I can […]
