Search AYTIWS(?)
Support AYTIWS(!)
@aytiws on Twitter
AYTIWS(?) Archives
Recent Comments
- David DeMoss on War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Regular Frank on War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Ricardo Cantoral on A Night to Remember (1958)
- Ricardo Cantoral on Captain America (1990)
- Ricardo Cantoral on The Avengers (2012)
- David Lee Ingersoll on Westworld (1973)
- David DeMoss on Westworld (1973)
- CthulhuBob on Westworld (1973)
- Ricardo Cantoral on Die Another Day (2002)
- David DeMoss on Westworld (1973)
Cold Fusion Media Empire
Critical Mass
- 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting
- 21st Century FIlms
- Adam Curtis_The Medium and the Message
- After Movie Diner
- After Movie Diner Podcast
- AUDITOIRE
- Blue Glow
- Cinelogue: A Catalogue of World Cinema
- Confused Matthew
- Critical Masses
- Draconic Verses
- Dukakis Hugging Moon Maiden
- Final Girl
- Hollywood Revue
- Kaiju Cast
- Kicking the Seat
- League of Dead Films
- Making the World Safe For Hypocrisy
- My God, It's Full of Nerds!
- Nathan Shumate.com
- Nonstop 80s
- Reel Opinions
- sfdebris
- The Cultural Gutter
- Welcome to Belated Nerd
- Yeah, It's That Bad
- Yes, I Know
Favored Media Outlets
Magazines of Note
My Blog
Personal Heroes
What You Should Read
Meta
Tag, You're It
Adrian Brody Akihiko Hirata Akira Takarada Akiva Goldsman Alec Baldwin Alex Kurtzman Alex Proyas Alien Invasions Angelina Jolie Anime Anna Paquin Arnold Schwarzenegger Batman Ben Affleck Bill Bixby Bill Pullman Boyd Kirkland Brian Cox Bruce Davison Bruce Willis Bryan Singer Captain America Carl Lumbly Centropolis Chris Evans Cillian Murphy Clint Eastwood Craig Kyle Cuba Gooding Jr. Daiei Daikaiju Danielle Harris Danny Glover David Cronenberg David Hayter David Koepp David Odell David S. Goyer DC Universe(s) Dean Devlin Dimension Films Disney Documentaries Dolph Lundgren Donald Pleasence Dr. Who Dwayne McDuffie Edward Norton Eiji Tsuburaya Eric Bana Famke Janssen Fox Frances McDormand Frank Miller Friday the 13th Gamera Godzilla Greg Johnson Gwyneth Paltrow Halle Berry Halloween Haruo Nakajima Heather Langenkamp Hugh Jackman Hugo Weaving Ian Holm Ian McKellen Ioan Gruffudd Iron Man Ishiro Honda J.J. Abrams J.K. Simmons Jack Arnold Jamie Lee Curtis Jason Isaacs Jean-Claude Van Damme Jeff Bridges Jennifer Connelly Jessica Alba Jim Thomas Joel Schumacher John Carpenter John Thomas Jon Favreau Jun Tazaki Kane Hodder Kazunori Ito Keith David Kenji Sahara Ken Watanabe Kevin Bacon Kevin Conroy Kristen Stewart Larry Drake Lauren Montgomery Leonardo DiCaprio Liam Neeson Liv Tyler Lou Ferrigno Mark Hamill Mark Strong Marvel Universe(s) Matt Reeves Matt Stone Megan Fox Melissa Rosenberg Michael Bay Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Gough Mike Werb Mustapha Akkad New Line Cinema Nicholas Cage Nightmare on Elm Street Nisan Takahashi Nolan North Noriaki Yuasa Olivia d'Abo Paramount Pat Hingle Patrick Stewart Paul Dini Paul W. S. Anderson Peter Cullen Post-Apocalypso Pre-historicals Reb Brown Richard Roundtree Robert Downey Jr. Robert Englund Roberto Orci Robert Pattinson Robert Rodriquez Robin Shou Roger Corman Roland Emmerich Ryan Reynolds Sam Liu Sam Raimi Samuel L. Jackson Scarlett Johansson School-Centric Rampages Sci-Fi Dystopias Sean Connery Sharon Stone Shia LaBeouf Shinichi Sekizawa Shusuke Kaneko Sigourney Weaver Simon Kinberg Slasher Movies Sony Superheroes Superman Susan Eisenberg Tadao Takashima Takashi Shimura Takeshi Kimura Taylor Lautner The Avengers The Exploitation System The Incredible Hulk Thor Tim Daly Toho Tom Atkins Tomoyuki Tanaka Total Fucking Disasters Transformers Trash Culture Twilight Universal War Warner Brothers Will Smith X-Men Yu Sekida Zack Snyder Zak Penn Zombies
Category Archives: Movies
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Hold on to your butts, people. This is a weird one, with an even weirder history than your average cult classic. Produced in association with Henry G. Saperstein’s United Pictures, War of the Gargantuas took four years to get to … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Reviews
Tagged Daikaiju, Eiji Tsuburaya, Haruo Nakajima, Ishiro Honda, Jun Tazaki, Kenji Sahara, Kumi Mizuno, Nobuo Nakamura, Russ Tamblyn, Takeshi Kimura, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yu Sekida
7 Comments
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Posted in Movies, Reviews
Tagged Aasif Mandvi, Alfred Gough, Alfred Molina, Alvin Sargent, Bill Nunn, Bruce Campbell, Daniel Gillies, Donna Murphy, Dylan Baker, J.K. Simmons, Kirsten Dunst, Marvel Universe(s), Michael Chabon, Miles Millar, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi, Sony, Superheroes, Ted Raimi, Tobey Maguire
4 Comments
The Punisher (1989)
Like Ghost Rider before him, the Punisher is one of those breakout characters from early ’70s that seemed dark and edgy in his time, only to be surpassed by any given action movie hero on any given weekend of any … Continue reading
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Lest you think there was ever some magical time when sequels were automatically good, I submit this film as evidence you’re even more deluded than I am. They can’t all be Bride of Frankenstein, and I wouldn’t dare ask it … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Reviews
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Jack Arnold, John Agar, John Bromfield, Lori Nelson, Ricou Browning, Robert Williams, Tom Hennesy, Universal
4 Comments
Gamera vs. Gaos (1967)
This is the exact midpoint of Gamera’s original (or “Showa Era”) film series. Not chronologically, or in any other terms material, but in terms of tone. This is the point where everyone at Gamera’s home studio, Daiei Film, gave up … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Reviews
Tagged Daiei, Daikaiju, Gamera, Hidemasa Nagata, Kojiro Hongo, Naoyuki Abe, Nisan Takahashi, Noriaki Yuasa, Teruo Aragaki, Yoshiro Kitahara
2 Comments
AYTIWS Commentaries: Catwoman
One year ago today (well, one year ago Sunday, but whatever) we posted our first video review. To celebrate, we present this, our first episode-length commentary. Join us as we relive all the fun, excitement and adventure of listening to … Continue reading
Thor (2011)
I feel the same way about Thor most people feel about Superman. After all, Thor’s the Norse god of thunder. As such, he’s ridiculously over-powered and more than a little alien, depending on the personal taste of who’s writing him … Continue reading







