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...trail tours? The Black Heritage Trail begins at the Shaw-54th Regiment Memorial in Boston Common. This monument honors the first regiment of black volunteers from the north to fight in the Civil War, as well as their colonel, Harvard College graduate Robert Gould Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick in Hollywood's portrayal, "Glory...
...care lavished on re-creating the monster, the new plot is somewhat less revolutionary. As in 1954, Godzilla is the spawn of nuclear tests in the Pacific, and this time he makes his way quickly to New York City. Matthew Broderick plays an American scientist, Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (a nod to the new creator); Jean Reno is a mysterious agent for the French; Maria Pitillo is a newscaster wannabe; and Hank Azaria is a TV cameraman. Together they battle not just Godzilla but a teeming snake pit of little Godzillas. Though referred to as "he," the monster belongs to transgender...
Cinematic homages abound in the new Godzilla. There are obvious ones to King Kong (with Broderick as the Fay Wray equivalent); then there is the constant damp a la Blade Runner and Alien; an extended attempt to outdo the Jurassic Park raptors; even a wink at the Coneheads ("Where'd you find that guy?" "He's from France"). Critical reaction at early screenings has been mixed. But for a surefire blockbuster like this, reviewers be damned! The film even taunts the critics with a brazen in-joke: the mayor of New York City is a hothead named Ebert, whose campaign...
...stinker ?Godzilla?s Revenge,? an excuse to repackage old Godzilla footage in a new and spectacularly stupid story that is of interest mainly as an early exercise in shovelware. And we?ll withhold judgment on the new flick except to note that if the big guy makes Matthew Broderick p?t?...
According to Broderick, "the application issupposed to be nameless. It's based on numbers,which in theory would create a level playing fieldfor all applicants...