When Godzilla fought the Loch Ness monster, everybody lost

Everybody remembers the abysmal 1998 American Godzilla film, but much fewer people remember the tie-in Godzilla cartoon — or that it was actually kinda good. Sure, it was goofy, and Godzilla looked like his CG movie counterpart, but at least it had monster fights. Still, even a giant monster fight couldn’t save the…

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New DVDs: Does The Hobbit deserve a place on your DVD shelf with Lord…

Peter Jackson’s first installment of his Hobbit trilogy arrives on DVD and Blu-ray! But now that you've had some time to process it, how many of you still feel the need to add An Unexpected Journey to your DVD/Blu-ray shelves? Will you wait to see how the rest of the trilogy turns out? Have you already written it off?…

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The sweded Pacific Rim trailer is the last sweded trailer you'll ever…

The sweding craze may have passed its expiration date, but it turns out there's one last unspoiled masterpiece left —namely, this unbelievably brilliant Pacific Rim trailer from the sweded Avengers folks. Between the Jaeger's elliptical machine controls to the "ocean" to that stunning final shot of the giant robot…

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Guillermo del Toro over-analyzes the Pacific Rim trailer

MTV sat down with Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro to reveal the secrets of the new Pacific Rim trailer. Some things ranged from the interesting (the Kaiju have toxic blood) to the odd (it takes two pilots to drive each Jaeger, with each controlling one side) to the adorable (this is del Toro's attempt to make…

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All the Best Monster Punching Closeups from the Pacific Rim Trailer

A giant robot actually punches a giant monster in the face! The first trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim broke our brains with its kaiju-powered insanity. The monsters are a perfect blend of Gamara, Cthulhu, and Del Toro's favorite look: fat horns with jagged teeth. As for the giant robots known as Jaegers?…

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Syfy's next hybrid monster should be Bearantula!

We've made some criticisms of Syfy's choices recently — but it's important to be constructive as well. Which is why we want to encourage Syfy to give us more of the Roger Corman-powered monster movie goodness that we adore. We even have a suggestion for a monster that could be the next Sharktopus.

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Painter adds giant monsters to drab yard sale landscape paintings

You know those dreary landscape paintings that haunt every yard sale and adorn too many a gallery wall? Artist Chris McMahon adds his own touches to such paintings — and proves that giant monsters can improve just about anything.

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