Monday Monster Movie: King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)
“The sleep of reason brings forth monsters.” – Francisco Goya
Category: film
Francis Lai RIP
Francis Lai, French composer of soundtracks such as A Man And A Woman and Love Story (and, um, Emmanuelle 2) has died. From the Variety Obit: Lai’s plaintive piano melody…
Monday Monster Movie – Mothra vs Godzilla
From 1964, Toho Studios’ heartbreaking portrayal of the insidious impact of corporate greed in post war Japan – a searing commentary on the dark underbelly of the economic boom of…
Extinct in Ireland, September 23rd, the North Atlantic right whale
Pádraic Fogarty lists the North Atlantic right whale or Nordcapper (also known as the Northern Right Whale) as one of the mammals extinct in Ireland since human habitation here: Regularly…
Donovan’s “Atlantis”, Goodfellas, Chappaquidick and the dark side of the 1960s
Recited passages used to be common in popular music. For instance, Elvis’ musings in the bridge of Are You Lonesome Tonight?: I wonder if you’re lonesome tonight You know someone…
Review of “Guys and Dolls” from StompTokyo.com 1999/2000-ish
While the website Stomp Tokyo still exists, this particular review is on it no more…and I am not sure how well it fitted with Stomp Tokyo’s overall aesthetic of “B-movies, Godzilla…
Review of “Blockbuster”, Tom Shone, SAU Blog, February 2005
Here is the original. Tom Shone’s big idea seemed more radical in 2005 than it does now – indeed now it is pretty much mainstream. The triumph of what is still…
Der Untergang (Downfall) – reviewed for SAU Blog, April 28th 2005
Downfall loomed large in 2005 as a cultural phenomenon. Perhaps, at that point, the fact that some of the survivors of Hitler’s bunker were still alive made it all the…
Séamus Sweeney 