Ashamed I'd never gotten around to Putney Swope before tonight.

Its minimally-structured, satirical bomb-throwing said everything about the advertising business that TV or #film would regurgitate for the next 50 years. #cosofilm

Watched "Play Misty For Me," a fatal-attraction story that's not what I expected from a '71 Eastwood #film. Reasonably hard-edged for the time, Jessica Walter as the villain makes it land very differently now.

Watched: Glass Onion

If the surprise of Craig playing broad comedy is gone, the surprise that Norton's aged into a character actor is there to pick up slack. This installment falls off slightly from the first, though it's still quick paced, twisty fun that wins some out-loud laughs. #film #cosofilm

The Terror of Mechagodzilla

The latter Showa films underwhelm with a titular kaiju's introduction, but then slay the following film. No so much here, where a guileless Mechagodzilla just goes through the motions.

As is director Honda, who's been on a slide since the stellar Destroy All Monsters 7 years before. A middling exit to Godzilla's salad days.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Threepeats are hard! After two improvements on the strong Hedorah film, Fukuda falters just enough to miss on the surefire Mechagodzilla concept. The reveal fight is good, the car is awesome, but 12 years in, the latter Showa tone is starting to wear thin.

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Goes Gigan one better with a roach rematch and a Godzilla-Ultraman teamup.

Godzilla vs. Gigan

I last saw this in the theater as a child, and while the cockroach aliens are far less creepy now, the 70s films continue to improve. Anguirius gets a hero turn in the Gigan/Ghidorah tag-team match that also teases the Mechagodzilla. Plus the big G gets a few lines of intelligible, manga-balloon speech.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

After a hit or miss late 60s, GvH moves the genre forward with cutaway animation, innovative kaiju design, and night battles. And no Minilla to be found.

All Monsters Attack

Minilla's front and center in this most Gamera-adjacent of Godzilla films. Maybe the least essential in the series.

Destroy All Monsters

Even Minilla can't ruin this all-star brawl that carries one of the best human-scale subplots in the series. The best 60s Godzilla film.

Son of Godzilla:

Another first time watch for me, and goofier than Ebirah. Multiple fights against no-name kaiju-ized mantises and spiders are notable in that Godzilla has no need to preserve them for future sequels.

Sadly, Minilla will return.

How I spent my Xmas vacation: viewing every last Showa Godzilla #film! #cosofilm

Rewatch of a great holiday #film, Eyes Wide Shut.

A big-city doctor to the rich and powerful learns that during the holiday season, his family is what's truly important.

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Ebirah Horror of the Deep

Ebirah's one of the sillier kaiju of the period, but maybe didn't deserve a rehash of the Mothra-intensive Ghidorah story.

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Today's #film, Invasion of Astro-monster. A superior rematch of Godzilla and Rodan versus Ghidorah along with impeccably-costumed sentai villains from planet X makes for one of the stronger entries in the series. #cosofilm

Today: Ghidorah, the three-headed monster.

Continuing the Mothra story from the previous #film with a detour fight with Rodan, the main event sees Ghidorah, my personal favorite kaiju, get hatched and dispatched in the last few minutes. Not a great debut. #cosofilm

Today I watched The Disaster Artist, which I enjoyed though I've never seen The Room. Kind of feel like I don't need to, now. #film #cosofilm

Saturday matinee: Mothra vs. Godzilla. I'm crawling through rewatching series in chronological order. These early entries skate by on nostalgic charm, but this one's thinner than its closest family. #film #cosofilm

Today became an unintended Lewis Teague double feature: the Leno/Morita #film Collision Course. Worst cop film since Night Patrol -- though Morita is better here.

Cujo today. Takes an approach like a full-novel version of Jaws that includes every subplot unrelated to sharks. Dee Wallace is pretty good in a victim role, but Pintauro is one of the most irritating screamy kids ever. #film