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October 16 - 22, 2023 Page 9 "Fear The Walking Dead" - Season 8, Part 2 (AMC/AMC+ — Oct. 22, Mid-season Premiere) This zombie drama series' eighth and final season comes to a close with its last six episodes. This "The Walking Dead" spinoff follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse. Kim Dickens, colman Domingo, Rubén blades, Austin Amelio, christine Evangelista and Jenna Elfman star. word search solution An IcU nurse and a banker at- tempt to complete a 14-day fan challenge held deep within the rugged Mexican jungle – but as food becomes scarce, they question their will and whether they have skill to make it. Sea- son 16 of "Naked and Afraid" kicks off Sunday, Oct. 15, on Discovery, with an all-new episode. Fans of the extreme outdoor competition can find clips and more episodes from the series at discovery.com/ shows/naked-and-afraid/ videos WebLinks InFocus Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn and Godzilla ... all no- table performers with many screen credits. Put them together, though, and you're likely to get reaffirmation that size does matter. That's just the way the 2014 version of "Godzilla" plays out, as TNT shows it Sunday, Oct. 22 (followed immediately by the clearly cut-from-the-same-cloth "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and "Godzil- la vs. Kong," making that quite a roaring day). It takes a while for the title creature to show up, but once he does, no one else in the film can hold a candle to him. That is, except the other monsters he has to fight, and their presence positions him as more a hero than a villain (not unlike many of the classic Japanese "Godzilla" movies). Two other fearsome beings also bring Godzilla onto the scene. They're known as MUTOs – even their name suggests they won't be a lot of fun, at least for those physi- cally threatened by them – and their life source is anything radioactive, causing alarm for the nuclear engi- neer played by Cranston. They're about to give birth to many little MUTOs, and if that happens, good- bye, Earth. The problem is how mankind can destroy them without destroying itself in the process. Enter Godzilla, and that's where the movie really kicks into high gear, with the spe- cial-effects maestros taking over ... and letting the battling behemoths pretty much level San Francisco as their fight rages on. It's inevitable that's how this "Godzilla" story will wind up, and director Gareth Edwards delivers the goods on that count. What's disappointing is how many good actors are left on the sidelines in service of letting the monsters take center stage. Not only are there Cranston and Strathairn, but also Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche (yes, that is correct, Juliette Binoche was in a "Godzilla" movie), Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe. They all do enough to justify their paychecks, but it's ac- tually co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson who gets the most sustained oppor- tunity to show his stuff. moviereview By Jay Bobbin Bryan Cranston in "Godzilla" 'Godzilla' roars again in a high-tech, big-budget update

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