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The useful rage of Godzilla

Godzilla stories warn that humanity’s attempts to control the uncontrollable inevitably invite catastrophe

Published March 20, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)

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Acts of God are neutral and merciless. So, too, are acts of Godzilla. In 2023’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” he snatches a train car in his jaws, leaving its unsuspecting passengers to dangle in midair. When he turns his nuclear breath on the tanks that uselessly pepper him with ordnance, that blast’s aftershock reduces what’s left of Tokyo’s Ginza district to rubble.

Meanwhile, Apple TV’s series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” transports the........

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