'Colossal' and '90 Degrees North' Feature the Kind of Monsters Movies Need Right Now

[NelsonG]

It's no easy feat to make a surprising monster movie in 2016. It's one of the oldest subgenres around. Hell, King Kong movies awed audiences twice before World War II even started. Since then we've seen pretty much every form of monster movie there is, from giants that stomp on cities to smaller beasties that invade houses. This year at Fantastic Fest, though, two very cool and very different movies proved that there are still new stories to be found in the genre. Before we get to Colossal and 90 Degrees North (90 Grad Nord) though, let's talk briefly about one movie that unfortunately didn't bring much new energy to the table: Shin Godzilla. The 31st film in the franchise is a also the third Japanese attempt at rebooting the nuclear mutant, and...
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