Crime and comedy often go hand-in-hand due to the ridiculousness of a given situation. Watching two high-octane cars pull a massive safe through the streets of Rio? Hilarious. Betting as to whether Yen (Qin Shaobo) shorts it? Gold. Declaring that… Read More ›
Neil Sandilands
Give yourself up to Julia Max’s family horror drama feature debut “The Surrender” and become open to hard truths. [SXSW]
“What has four legs, then two, and then three?” – The Riddle of the Sphynx. Despite the machinations and designs of the rich, egocentric, and vain, each human life is finite and is designed as such. We can expand life… Read More ›
Explore the “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” via the minimal but rich bonus features included on select home editions.
1968: director Franklin J. Schaffner releases his feature-length cinematic adaptation of author Pierre Boulle’s short story, Planet of the Apes. Since then, it’s spawned five canonical films, a television show, and a Tim Burton-directed remake — not to mention countless… Read More ›
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” nails the magic balance of being familiar yet its own among an established anthology of films.
When Matt Reeves concluded his prequel trilogy to Planet of the Apes in 2017 with the masterful War for the Planet of the Apes, it was basically understood that the story was ending there. It wrapped up the story of… Read More ›