Tag Archives: Michael Dougherty

Godzilla vs Kong review — It’s a mighty creature feature

March 31, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Adam Wingard | Written by Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein, Terry Rossio, Michael Dougherty, and Zach Shields | 113 min | Crave Plus A cinematic monster genetically spliced from two different franchises, featuring cinematic DNA from the good-time Kong Skull Island and the last two American Godzilla movies, the 2014 Gareth Edwards effort (not… Read More

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters review — It rains on us all

June 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Dougherty | Written by Dougherty, Zach Shields, and Max Borenstein | 131 min | Netflix It rains a lot in this new Godzilla movie. It's a sequel to the last (American) blockbuster starring the gigantic, radioactive lizard—not the excellent Toho Godzilla picture from a couple years ago—and connected to a cinematic universe… Read More

X-Men: Apocalypse review — Sluggish superhero-fest shines sporadically

May 29, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Bryan Singer | Written by Simon Kinberg, with Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris | 144 min | ▲▲▲△△ This is the sixth X-Men epic, not counting the two Wolverine spin-off movies (with a third on the way). But the 1980s-set X-Men: Apocalypse is also the third movie in a soft reboot of the franchise,… Read More