Godzilla is the king of the monsters, and is sometimes villainous rather than heroic, including in the 1954 original and 2023 ...

Godzilla has had to contend with some genuinely memorable kaiju from outer space over the years. However, some of them were ...

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Mothra: Queen of the Monsters!Godzilla is not only a fan-favorite character, but also a vast ...

Go to to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase! Today on Variant, we break down the origins of Mothra, Rodan, & Ghidorah! Just in time for Godzilla: King of the Monsters! Subscribe to the ...

In Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), the King of the Monsters is reimagined as a purely malevolent force of nature. This version of Godzilla is far more ...

On paper, kaiju movies may seem like a niche genre, adhering to a list of characteristics involving giant monsters attacking cities. Yet, like slashers, Westerns, or noir films, even viewers who have ...

In Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Mothra made her surprise return and helped the movie's title characters put their differences aside. The iconic Kaiju perished in Godzilla: King of the Monsters ...

The horror of the Pacific War and specter of Godzilla have all become a distant memory for Japan. However, the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. The Godzilla movies are full of strong monsters. Godzilla himself has fought off ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...