The latest incarnation of “Godzilla” hits cinemas exactly one week from today. And, as the most famous “daikaiju” (a word which, I know, sounds like a sneeze, but is actually Japanese for “giant ...

How do you score an ecological, apocalyptic threat like Godzilla? This was one of many questions on the mind of Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters composer Leopold Ross. While sitting down to for ...

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At those rare times I’m honest with myself, I accept that the longest, least fraught relationship I’ve had in my entire life is with a 70-year-old Japanese man. To be more specific, I don’t actually ...

Back in 1954, just nine years out from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda and special effects designer Eiji Tsuburaya dreamed up a giant dinosaur-like ...

When two cultural forces collide, the effect can be nothing short of earth-shaking. That’s certainly the case with the epic new collaboration between legendary American guitar manufacturer Fender and ...