Michael Phillips: What does ‘Godzilla Minus One’ have that Hollywood doesn’t?
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Jan 30, 2024
3 minutes
“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color” plays this week only in theaters, and I’m glad. It’s the remastered black-and-white version of the 2023 color film, the latest in 70 years of Godzilla lore. It’s also one of the peaks.
Per our headline, above: What does “Godzilla Minus One” have that Hollywood doesn’t? Well, broadly: It has the clear, satisfying ability to make something new out of something 70 years old. It’s at once grave and stirring, a very fine monster movie in which you actually
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