Sentences with phrase «planet of the apes films»

Can you get us a new copy of the new... err... can you get us a copy of the new erm, Planet of the Apes film?»

(Don't think too much about the prequel / sequel status of these films as they relate to the original Planet of the Apes films — thats just a wormhole.)

Gollum of Lord of the Rings, Caesar of the last two Planet of the Apes films: For a time, it seemed that only Andy Serkis, the early maestro of motion capture, had any real idea how to bring the medium to life.

Description: Roddy McDowall returns in the fourth Planet of the Apes film as Caesar, the son of Cornelius, leading an ape revolution that bridges the historical gap of the previous films.

Serkis is best known for his motion - capture performances as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, King Kong in King Kong and Caesar in the recent Planet of the Apes films.

Andy Serkis, the pre-eminent digital actor whose mime and voice work animate Caesar from the recent Planet Of The Apes films (2011 - 2017), makes his directing debut.

Now, if you had told me that this list would feature not one but two Planet of the Apes films in the Top 25, I'd have called you crazy and doubted you were really a time traveler.

Serkis, who is experiencing a little non-mo-cap fame this month as the devilish arms dealer Ulysses Klaue in Black Panther, carried the next decade's great VFX trilogy as Caesar in the always - better - than - they - needed - to - be Planet of the Apes films.

Aside from the ridiculous «damn dirty ape» comment by Draco Malfoy at the beginning of the third act, this wildly creative film that sets up the iconic but silly franchise is anything but just another Planet of the Apes film.

Set between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes films, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier plunges the player into a rich, cinematic experience where every decision impacts the fragile balance between peace and war.

Now its no secret that there hasn't been much success in converting video games to hollywood blockbusters, I refuse to mention the movie based on a popular plumber, but keep in mind that Chernin Entertainment is the ones who made the more recent Planet of the Apes films and Oblivion.

The legendary female chimpanzee of the Planet of the Apes films resumes her life as a public intellectual after more than twenty years of seclusion in remote circuses and primate study labs.

Not exact matches

It had two films gross more than $ 200 million domestically (X-Men: Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), while How to Train Your Dragon 2 brought in $ 172 million.

Several Hollywood films have used the ruinous landscape to their advantage, like «Jurassic World» and «Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.»

It was a filming location for Gunsmoke, Daniel Boone, El Dorado, Planet of the Apes and The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Considering it's not a «Christian» film, it may surprise you just how much Christian imagery is featured in the story and set pieces of The War for the Planet of the Apes.

We've come a long way from the then - cutting - edge makeup and masks of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, but do you feel, effects-wise, that Dawn is an improvement even on 2011's Rise?

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It was around that time that she first met Richard Zanuck, a production executive (and the son of legendary mogul Darryl F. Zanuck), who offered her the role of Nova in the film Planet of the Apes.

Another movie that received a surprisingly welcoming reception from critics this summer was this Planet of the Apes origin story, the first film in the long - stalled franchise since Tim Burton's 2001 remake.

While watching a Planet of the Apes movie on TV, he thinks, well, why not pretend that the hiding Americans are a Canadian film crew scouting for locations for a Star - Wars rip - off sci - fi flick named Argo?

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

An emotionally heavy and truly moving film, Dawn is an absolute marvel of modern science fiction, building upon the strong and unmovable foundations Rise of the Planet of the Apes had left earlier.

Before 1968's Planet of the Apes Science Fiction films had been middling performers at best, and more often than not slightly juvenile in appeal.

In Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi, fifty unforgettable films are profiled, including beloved favorites like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Fantastic Voyage (1966), groundbreaking shockers like Planet of the Apes (1968) and Alien (1979), and lesser - known landmarks like Things to Come (1936) and Solaris (1972).

One couldn't find a culture more different than the simian society of Planet of the Apes (1968), a film that Schaffner was engaged to direct after Blake Edwards pulled out.

Roddy McDowall returns as Caesar, the rebellious intelligent chimp of the previous film, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).

Battle For The Planet of The Apes is I think the worst film of the series.

Watch new teasers, trailers, and clips from Christopher Nolan's «Interstellar,» Wally Pfister's «Transcendence,» Wes Anderson's «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» plus «Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,» «22 Jump Street,» and many more 2014 films.

Our weekly wrap - up of future film news includes the first trailer for David Fincher's version of «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» as well as new looks at «Don't Be Afraid of the Dark» and «Rise of the Planet of the Apes.»

The film also includes outstanding additional cast including Corey Stoll (House of Cards, The Bourne Legacy), Bobby Cannavale (Danny Collins, Annie, HBO's The Long Play), Michael Peña (End of Watch, American Hustle), Abby Ryder Fortson (Togetherness), Judy Greer (13 Going on 30, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, Prisoners), Wood Harris (Remember the Titans, The Wire), John Slattery (Mad Men, Marvel's Iron Man 2) and Gregg Turkington (The Comedy, On Cinema) and multi-hyphenate T.I. (American Gangster, Takers).

Not many will debate against that Woody Harrelson is one of the greatest actors of his time (this year alone he has appeared in a wide variety of films and given a pair of incredible performances in War for the Planet of the Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but his portrayal of Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in the biopic about the polarizing political figure simply titled LBJ (directed by Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men fame among other widely regarded classics) is a mixed bag.

War For The Planet of The Apes: The third film in this surprisingly strong series brings back Andy Serkis as the alpha - simian Caesar, who leads a war of vengeance against mankind.

One of the most underrated franchises at the moment is «Planet of the Apes,» both films of which deserved recognition outside of its sole Visual Effects mentions.

Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) does a good job directing a gifted cast of talents young and old, and moody cinematography by Greig Fraser gives the film a stylish visual signature, but it's in the script by William Monahan where the film comes up short.

I wrote at the time that his music for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — while a very fine film score — wasn't one of his most engaging albums, with its dark tone and great length; and while he uses that score as a springboard (and reprises some of its material), Giacchino takes War off in different directions and in doing so solves the problems that led to its predecessor being better within the film than without it.

Perhaps Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes was a better point of comparison, having similarly come a little over thirty years after an enduring original film.

Columbia Pictures War for the Planet of the Apes (July 14) Caesar and his apes battle a human army led by a brutal colonel in this third film in the latest series inspired by Pierre Boulle's 1963 noApes (July 14) Caesar and his apes battle a human army led by a brutal colonel in this third film in the latest series inspired by Pierre Boulle's 1963 noapes battle a human army led by a brutal colonel in this third film in the latest series inspired by Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel.

With the first trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes set to be released on Thursday, Fox has released a first look at one of the film's digital apes created by WApes set to be released on Thursday, Fox has released a first look at one of the film's digital apes created by Wapes created by WETA.

Following up his performance in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, in which he played Koba, Kebbell stars in director Duncan Jones «fantasy film as Durotan, a noble orc more interested in peace than war.

Greer has appeared in numerous film and television roles, including Jurassic World, Ant - Man, Dawn of and War for the Planet of the Apes, Tomorrowland, and the 2013 Carrie remake.

Studio films such as Wonder Woman, War for the Planet of the Apes, and Blade Runner 2049 are also among the nominations scoring five nominations each.

I also very much appreciated a year of smart, well - crafted and clever genre films — Attack the Block (Joe Cornish), Limitless (Neil Burger), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt), Source Code (Duncan Jones), Stake Land (Jim Mickle)-- and one marvelous mess of a personal project: Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder).

«Soylent Green,» for example, or the first few «Planet of the Apes» films.

Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.

«War for the Planet of the Apes»: This current incarnation of the «Apes» saga comes to a rousing conclusion with the best film of the series.

Every few months, a film arrives that is the new best - in - class example of the technical form of creating false images; right now, and for the next few weeks or months or maybe even the rest of the year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the most technically impressive fantasy picture ever made.

About Photo # 3926103: Amiah Miller and Andy Serkis looked sharp at the screening of their new film War for the Planet of the Apes tonight!

With a substantial ($ 453m) take at the box office and strong reviews, it's no surprise that Rupert Wyatt's film is the first in a new series of Planet of the Apes movies, even less so given the series» history of spawning sequels.

Director: Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) Writers: William Monahan (screenplay), James Toback (1974 film) Producers: Robert Chartoff, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler Starring: Mark Wahlberg, George Kennedy, Griffin Cleveland, Jessica Lange, Omar Leyva, Steve Park, Brie Larson MPAA Rating: R Running time: 111 min.