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For the second film in our OG monster movie pairing, we move ahead to the year 1954. Directed by Ishiro Honda, "Godzilla" would invoke both the aftermath of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the intense incendiary bombing campaigns whose fires destroyed over half of Tokyo. The film begins with a Japanese freighter, the Eiko-maru, being mysteriously destroyed near Odo Island. The ship Bingo-maru is sent to investigate, and it too is mysteriously destroyed, along with a fishing boat from Odo Island. As fish vanish and fishermen come home with empty nets, a village elder recalls the legend of an ancient sea creature they call Gojira they used to sacrifice young women to in order to keep the island safe. Later that night, an unusually powerful storm hits the island, destroying homes, people, livestock, and a media helicopter. Survivors travel to Tokyo seeking disaster relief, and a renowned scientist, Dr. Kyohei Yamane (Takashi Shimura) is sent to investigate. While there, Yamane discovers gigantic radioactive footprints, and then sees the creature with his own eyes! He takes his findings and eyewitness testimony back to Tokyo, along with his conclusions that the creature is something from the Jurassic period who has been disturbed, and irradiated, by nearby hydrogen bomb testing. Meanwhile, Yamane's daughter, Emiko (Momoko Kôchi) has decided to break off her engagement to a colleague of her father's, Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata) after having fallen in love with Captain Hideto Ogata (Akira Takarada), head of a salvage company. The army attempts to use depth charges to do away with the creature, but succeed only in provoking an attack on Shinagawa as the creature rises from Tokyo Bay. It turns out that Serizawa may have the answer to defeating the creature, but will he use it and reveal its awesome destructive power to the world? And, finally, after nine and a half years, the trio reveal which movie will be the subject of their 500th episode!

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It's classic OG monster movies for this first pairing of 2026! Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933's "King Kong" brought new innovation to the screen and started a long-running franchise! The story follows filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) as he prepares for his latest action thriller! The only problem is... no agency will help him cast his leading lady. Fortunately, he finds struggling actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) in a soup-kitchen line and offers her the part of a lifetime. They head out to sea on the ship Venture, helmed by Captain Englehorn (Frank Reicher). Denham reveals they're headed for an uncharted island, distinguished by a mountain shaped like a skull and, supposedly, the home of a mysterious creature known only as "Kong." Along the way, sparks begin to fly between Ann and first make Jack Driscoll (Bruce Cabot). Upon arriving at the island, they witness a ceremony before a massive wall and gate, which their presence interrupts. The chief of the tribe asks to purchase Ann for her blond hair, but of course the group refuses. That night, after Driscoll reveals his love to Ann, natives slip aboard the Venture and kidnap her. Discovering her absence, the crew heads off to the rescue, only to witness Kong, a giant ape, carry Ann off into the jungle. They give chase, and most of them are killed attempting to rescue Ann, leaving only Jack to follow Kong back to his lair, where he manages to spirit Ann away, with Kong in hot pursuit. The chase continues through the island and down to the beach the crew landed on, where Denham uses the gas bombs he brought with him to incapacitate Kong, declaring that they're going to take the ape back to New York for exhibition! And that's only the first half of the story! Also starring Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson, James Flavin, and Steve Clemente!

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Our second holiday film for 2025 was, at the time it was released, an example of the pinnacle of computer animation! Directed by Robert Zemeckis, 2004's "The Polar Express" tells a tale of that time in a child's life where they begin to question the existence of Santa Claus. A young boy (voiced by Tom Hanks) is headed to bed on Christmas Eve after having told his little sister that he didn't think Santa was real anymore. He awakens to the sound of a locomotive thundering to a stop in the street outside his house, where he's invited to board "The Polar Express", non-stop to the North Pole, by the Conductor (Hanks). Upon reluctantly climbing on board, our hero meets both a loud-mouthed redheaded kid (Eddie Deezen) and a soft-spoken but confident African-American girl (Nona Gaye). After the train stops briefly to pick up one more child, named Billy (Peter Scolari) from 'across the tracks,' the train continues on its way. After being served hot chocolate, the girl takes a cup to Billy, who is riding by himself in another car. Our hero notices her un-stamped ticket laying on her seat, goes to take it to her, and loses it in the wind. It eventually makes its way back to the train but our hero doesn't know that, so he climbs up on the room to try to find the girl and the conductor. There, he meets a hobo (Hanks) who is traveling on top of the train. The hobo helps the boy make his way to the engine, where he discovers the girl is now driving the train while the driver and engineer are out replacing the headlight on the front of the train. They end up surviving several moments of peril and arriving at the North Pole, but mischance has our hero, the girl, and Billy separated from the rest of the group! Will they get back in time for Santa's arrival? Will our hero learn the truth about Santa's existence? This holiday tale has a happy ending, but we won't spoil it here! Plus, the trio reveal which OG monster movies they're reviewing for the last pairing before the 500th!

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It's time for the annual Two Geeks and a G.I.T. holiday pairing! This year, we're going to listen to the comments we've gotten over the years and do two fan favorites! First up, it's a tale that clearly rings true for many, many people! Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechick and written by John Hughes, 1989's "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" brings us once more to the Griswald family, this time over the winter holidays! Clark Griswald (Chevy Chase) his wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), his daughter Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and his son Rusty (Johnny Galecki) are going to have both sides of the family over for Christmas for the first time, and Clark wants it to be the perfect gathering! But when Clark's Dad Clark Sr. (John Randolph) and Mom Nora (Diane Ladd) arrive with Ellen's Dad Art (E. G. Marshall) and Mom Frances (Doris Roberts) arrive at the same time, the fighting begins right off the bat. Add Uncle Lewis (William Hickey) and batty Aunt Bethany (Mae Questel) and a surprise visit from Ellen's cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid), his wife Miriam Flynn, their two kids Rocky (Cody Burger) and Ruby Sue (Ellen Latzen), along with their rottweiler Snots, things go from bad to worse! Add in trouble with the christmas lights, a tree that's too big for their house, and a missing Christmas bonus check, and you have the makings for a weeks-long holiday mishap! Also starring Brian Doyle Murray, Nicholas Guest, and Julia Louise-Dreyfus!

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