‘Rise’ and ‘Conquest’: The Dual Geneses of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’
The Planet of the Apes franchise has reinvented itself more than once. “Reboots” are now commonplace, but they started here.
The Planet of the Apes franchise has reinvented itself more than once. “Reboots” are now commonplace, but they started here.
I’ll bet you’ve never even noticed when a character in a movie is chewing gum. But once you start looking for it, it’s everywhere, and it can be a key to deeper understanding. No, seriously. Hear me out.
Peter Jackson’s first Middle Earth trilogy, like J.R.R. Tolkien’s original story, is full of details. We’ve highlighted ten of them that make a little more sense if you’ve read the books… and their appendices!
How a 1966 Italian movie about a French war in North Africa predicted the post-9/11 world.
Matchup of the Day It’s two tales of science run amok with “Zombie” in the title: Bloodlust Zombies vs. The Astro-Zombies Some of you, who keep up on this sort of thing, may have...
You know him as Aragorn, but Viggo Mortensen is much more than that. He is a chameleon. Whether he is playing an unassuming diner owner, a Russian hitman, or Satan, Viggo Mortensen is one of...