There's shades of Planet of the Apes in a shot of a toppled Namsan Tower smack in the center of the dust bowl. The story is solid and the acting is strong. In this case, the individual elements weirdly add up to something less, though I can't pinpoint why. Things that come to ...
The show plays a ton of classic anime tropes straight, but feels fresh and original thanks to its lovable characters, unique powers, and slick action scenes. The ongoing season focuses on the “Shibuya Incident” arc, which sees Yuji and his friends combat an army of curses over one ...
At the opposite end of the budget spectrum, but with a surprisingly similar vibe,Robo Vampireis another mash-up of sci-fi and fantasy tropes, with a bootleg Robocop (a drug agent killed in the line of duty and brought back to cybernetic life by science) facing a drug lord and his squa...
Endora (Agnes Moorehead), Samantha's colorful mother, would occasionally drop in, as would her father Maurice (Maurice Evans from "Planet of the Apes"), and uncle Arthur (legendary comedian Paul Lynde). The witches and warlocks on the show would often attempt to drive a wedge between ...
How to Watch the Planet of the Apes Movies in Order ThePlanet of the Apesfranchise has kept audiences thinking about the course of evolution ever since the first film was released in 1968. Based on French author Pierre Boulle’s novel La Planète des Singes (Monkey Planet), the films bring...
They know the building blocks they’re working with – the tropes and archetypes – and they’re deft at reassembling them on the hoof to keep things fresh and surprising. And they know that we, the audience, know the building blocks they’re working with, too. Consequently, and cleverly,...
Macy (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) and Marcia Cross (You) have signed on to star in Exit Right, a new indie that veteran documentary filmmaker Thomas A. Morgan will direct from his own script for the London-based Garrick Street Productions and Square Zero Films.Marking Morgan’s ...
 The Superhero films pretty much cancel each other out, andDawn of the Planet of the Apesis a sequel, so that leavesÂInterstellar. It’s visually stunning, and is a way to acknowledge Nolan’s work. ___ ÂBEST SOUND MIXING & EDITING Who Will Probably Win:American Sniper Actual ...
I suppose this is because it tropes prophecy (itself notoriously unreliable), prediction, planning and so on; variously arid and intellectual exercises, in most cases. But time travel to the past tropes memory, and memory, in its tyranny as well as its pliability and intermittency, always ...
Planet of the Apes(1974) As you probably guessed, this series was based on the original 1968 movie: Two astronauts crash land near San Francisco, 1,100 years in the future, where humanlike chimpanzees on horseback rule the world. The few remaining humans live as second-class citizens. ...