Tag Archives: Shinji Higuchi

Shin Ultraman review — Bizarro bombast from Japan

January 12, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Shinji Higuchi | Written by Hideaki Anno | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas (Cineplex Event Screen) I wasn't especially familiar with the Japanese Ultraman series beyond knowing it showed up in the 1960s in the genre shared with Godzilla (Toho Studios is a producer here) with all those radioactive monsters known… Read More

Shin Godzilla review — New version of monster holds head high

October 13, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi | Written by Hideaki Anno | 120 min The return of the giant radioactive death lizard to its origins at Toho Pictures is a delight. It's a monster movie reboot—from Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Anno—carrying all the Godzilla franchise's thematic and practical history, while managing to inject some satiric… Read More