Things go bad when they encounter the last human holdouts in this post-apocalyptic world: a nervy survivalist community led by Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) whose instinct is to get tough with the monkeys: but Malcolm (Jason Clarke) wants to reach out and generally make
nice with the apes.
Not exact matches
Honey & Co. —
with its simple white room, herb - centric cuisine, and platters of sweets — makes
nice use of the Ottolenghi aesthetic without
aping it.
Read previous Zoologger columns: Slime killer hagfish feasts in rotten flesh, Female monkeys indulge in synchronised sex, The toad that's part clone, part love child, The first reptile
with a true placenta, The fearsome jaws of a mini movie monster, Stealth millipede wears living camouflage, Dozy hamsters reverse the ageing process, World's
nicest bird murders chicks, Architect mouse builds a food mansion, The amphibious fish that mates
with itself, The world's smartest insect, The most athletic
ape in the canopy.
Howard - collaborating once again
with Cinderella Man cinematographer Salvatore Totino -
apes the austere look and feel of that Russell Crowe drama, which immediately proves to be an incongruous match
with the source material (the movie sure looks
nice, however).
Thanks to reader Micah for pointing me to this NPR interview
with Andy Serkis, which offers a
nice nugget to dovetail
with this morning's post about Oscar - worthiness and the potential for a Special Achievement Award for the actor's work in «Rise of the Planet of the
Apes.»
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In one charming scene, Alexander sits down
with an
ape to read Charles Burns's graphic novel Black Hole, a
nice touch to anyone familiar
with that story of a mysterious disease.
Although Rise of the Planet of the
Apes is a well - known property, the franchise critically took a hit
with the 2001 version, but from a financial perspective, 20th Century Fox made out
with a
nice chunk of change.