Film critic, editor, licensed troubleshooter, problem eliminator. May good luck plumb snow you under.
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As 2025 comes to a close, I wrote about watching every Godzilla movie with Dalton, my three-year old son. I then ranked all 38 films in the franchise. All this and more on my brand new Substack:
jaketropila.substack.com/p/m…
My favorite sequence in 1991’s GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH features neither Godzilla nor King Ghidorah:
Rest In Peace to the incredible Stacy Keach. Seen here in some of my favorites of his: Brewster McCloud, Fat City, The Long Riders, and Roadgames.
Secured my copy from Walmart. Get ‘em while they’re hot! Burning-at-the-stake hot!
Thankfully Ken Russell's The Devils Director's Cut - Collector's Edition 4K UHD is available again for pre-order at GRUV, and is intermittently reappearing at Amazon:
GRUV: buff.ly/lD4RyVT
Walmart: walmrt.us/4fmAL7r
Amazon link.amazon/B02QZo5Ww #ad
"The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change.”
James Gunn is speaking out after he and Peter Safran were replaced by Jeremy Latcham as the head of DC Studios:
“What only the closest people to me have known over the past four years is my time at DC Studios has been trying, to say the least. I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job (thanks to Peter for taking the brunt of that). I’m always a very hard worker, but as a filmmaker I would at least get to take short breaks to unwind, and I’ve stolen even that time from both myself and my loved ones over the past four years.”
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It’s gorgeous. Via @clockwork_wb
The good news just keeps on coming.
Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Rape, Sexual Assault Convictions variety.com/2026/tv/global/r…
Today’s lunch note. A Dalton request: “I want Godzilla opening a door to reveal Orga.” And there you have it.
For my Substack, I reviewed Godzilla Minus Zero:
jaketropila.substack.com/p/g…
Watch this space.
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