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“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color” plays this week only in theaters, and I’m glad. It’s the remastered black-and-white version of the 2023 color film, the latest in 70 years of Godzilla lore. It’s also one of the peaks. Per our headline, above: What does “Godzilla Minus One” have that Hollywood doesn’t? Well, broadly: It has the clear, satisfying ability to make something new out of something 70 years old. It’s at once grave and stirring, a very fine monster movie in which you actually care about the human characters. Also, it was made on a relatively modest budget. Fifteen million dollars is th…