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10 COOL THINGS ABOUT PLANET OF THE APES (2001)

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I try to find 10 cool things about Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes .

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES REVIEW - PODCAST

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We review War For The Planet Of The Apes on The Big Rewind .

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES - VLOG 25/07/17

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I talk briefly about War For The Planet Of The Apes .

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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After the Rise and the Dawn comes the  War For The Planet Of The Apes , the third and last part of the Caesar prequel trilogy in which Andy Serkis' motion-captured ape leads his intelligent kind to battle against the humans once and for all. Or, at least, that's what the trailers would have you believe. Based on those, you'd think the entire film was all-out war with Woody Harrelson's intimidating baddie facing off against Caesar in one last epic stand. The film is not that at all, it's actually much more subtle than that but "subtle" doesn't exactly make for exciting, bombastic trailers. The war in question is a rogue group of soldiers, led by The Colonel (Harrelson), who are trying to eliminate and/or enslave all the apes living in the forest. The apes defend themselves, of course, but it's not really a war for them, it's survival as they plan to leave the forest for a more peaceful setting. Unfortunately, The Colonel murders Caesar'

PITCH: PLANET OF THE APES (2001)

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In this first episode of Pitch , director Tim Burton meets with a studio executive to discuss his re-imagining of Planet Of The Apes back in 2000. Based on a... sort of true story.

THE BIG REWIND: EPISODE 40 - PODCAST

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In this 40th episode, Adam (aka The RetroCritic) and fellow film buff Jamie discuss movie news and review Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes . CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE Email us here if you have any questions, requests or contributions:  bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below :) Oh and you can also find us on  iTunes  where you can subscribe to the podcast and download every episode thusfar! @TheRetroCritic #MonthOfTheApes retrocriticblog.blogspot.com thebigrewind.blogspot.com youtube.com/TheRetroCritic youtube.com/Cablogula

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - VLOG 08/08/14

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Month Of The Apes wouldn't have been complete without a Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Vlog so... There it is!

PLANET OF THE APES (2001) - REVIEW

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After the ridiculously fun Mars Attacks! , Tim Burton soon went back to sci-fi with his very own "reimagining" of a classic and famously did not exactly charm critics and audiences with 2001's Planet Of The Apes , a film widely regarded as his worst effort to date. Even if Dark Shadows and Alice In Wonderland got just about as much crap upon their releases. The sad thing is that, although this Planet Of The Apes has a few things going for it, it's a hard one to defend seeing as it gets so much wrong. Not even just in terms of how it differs from the original story but as a film in general. To start on a positive note, however, I should point out that the film sets itself up rather well with a terrific score by the ever-reliable Danny Elfman and the best ape make-up effects in probably any movie. The all-star cast, which includes Charlton Heston himself in a cameo appearance, disappears under those effects and that makes it much easier to buy the whole talking

10 COOL THINGS ABOUT... PLANET OF THE APES (2001)

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I attempt to find 10 cool things about Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes . Wish me luck!

PLANET OF THE APES - GAME REVIEW

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Check out my review of  Planet Of The Apes   on the PS1 only on retro gaming super-site  1MoreCastle.com .

BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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What a strange franchise. Really, when you think about it, that was five movies about talking apes they made back in the day, along with a TV series, of course, and now two more films! After going beneath the Planet Of The Apes , escaping it, conquering it, now, finally, we get to see the epic Battle For The Planet Of The Apes and, after such a massive build up, it's sure to be something special and unforgettable. Or a dud, whatever. As it turns out, the Apes franchise ended with more of a whimper than an all-out "battle". With the ever growing plot-holes added on between each movie from the first sequel onwards, reaching near-incomprehensible levels, the logic of this whole story finally comes crumbling down in a messy effort featuring yet another fine performance by Roddy McDowall and a couple of promising ideas but mostly unremarkable developments. For one thing, it's weird that Caesar is still alive and that the world crumbled this easily off-camera. B

CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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Going back to this one post- Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (and Rise) was certainly a bizarre experiment seeing as Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes is essentially the basis for these reboots even if it has a pretty different vibe and plot to it. As with every Planet Of The Apes sequel, the film starts with some hugely unconvincing expositional dialog only there to explain what happened between movies and justify stuff that was foreseen in Escape From The Planet Of The Apes . Roddy McDowall is back, not as Cornelius mind you but as that very ape's son Caesar, who was being kept hidden by circus ringmaster Armando (Ricardo Montalban reprising his role) as the humans started freaking out about the future and, following a disease affecting cats and dogs, using apes as slaves performing all kinds of mindless manual tasks for them. Ludicrous? Definitely, but no more than time-travelling apes. The thing is, this whole pet scenario makes very little sense and the fact that all the

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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Who knew that a franchise based on talking apes taking over the world somehow would still be around today making big bucks? And with Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes not so much rebooting the whole thing as it was essentially remaking the fourth and fifth films (Conquest and Battle), it's amazing that a story we've seen told over and over is still putting asses in cinema seats. I was no fan of Rise, those CGI apes were a turn off, the film itself was really clunky and I was nowhere near excited to see Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes . And this is coming from a fan of the first 5 movies, especially the original classic. There was something missing from Rise, menace, stand out performances and a good, convincing build-up being part of it. With Dawn, we continue the story after a virus has wiped out most of humanity and super-smart ape Caesar has built a community of his own kind in San Francisco. The plot, this time, revolves around the humans wanting to fix some generator

ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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So, ok, you know how the end of Beneath The Planet Of The Apes was pretty, without spoiling anything, final? I mean, an ending like that definitely doesn't lend itself to any follow-ups so the fact that this sequel, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes , exists is something of a miracle. Or maybe just a desperate attempt at breathing life into a franchise that pretty much said its last word already. Alright, so expect some spoilers. Get this: as it turns out, the planet did explode like we saw in Beneath BUT Cornelius, Zira and some other ape doctor happened to be in Charlton Heston's spaceship and the bomb happened to trigger some kind of temporal "whoosh" thereby propelling the spaceship back in time over a thousand years with its crew completely unharmed. So already you've got a plot which sounds about as ludicrous as that fourth Star Trek movie plus Jerry Goldsmith's score sounds like something out of a goofy Roger Moore 007 outing and the tone

BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW

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The sequel to the original classic, Beneath The Planet Of The Apes had the impossible task to not only match the original quality-wise but to surprise the viewer somehow, even after the mother of all twists. Even though Beneath most certainly doesn't match its predecessor in terms of how impactful and iconic it is, it's hard to imagine that audiences back in the day weren't surprised by it in some way! Now this movie doesn't slowly build up to one final zinger, instead going for a more constant flow of what-the-hell moments culminating to one surprisingly and, at the same time I guess, appropriately pessimistic climax. Charlton Heston is back as Taylor but in a less prominent role this time around, instead showing up as a supporting character to James Franciscus' Brent, an astronaut whose ship happened to be following Taylor's and which happened to crash on the planet also. This sadly sets up Beneath as a kind of retread with a tacked-on where's-Charlto

THE MARK WAHLBERG BREATHATHON

Mark Wahlberg catches his breath over and over... and over again in Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes . Running, walking (and acting) is hard.