'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Movie Review

The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes. Why? This is the best Planet of the Apes film yet. Filled with great action sequences, it is a worthy origin story for the original films. The first part of Rise of the Planet of the Apes was played out in real-life in Project Nim, an amazing documentary (about the intelligence of a special chimpanzee) that everyone will hear from in February 2012 on Oscar night. Humans are fascinated by apes. Our DNA is more closely related to theirs than theirs is...Read Full Story

Good news for fans who enjoyed Ceasar and the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes! A sequel has been announced and is pegged for a summer 2014 release. Look back on this amazing movie starring James Franco and Andy Serkis as the motion capture version of the monkey Ceasar. More: Sequel for Rise of the Planet of the Apes Announced!Read Full Story

If Apes really did rise to greatness and surpass humans how would it really go down? Rise of the Planet of the Apes took that route instead of the Science Fiction direction that the Apes films normally take on. The main ape is Caesar and he rises to greatness and has the most fleshed out character arc among all the actors.  Yes, Caesar is played by an actual actor, Andy Serkis, with the digital effects layered over him.  The performance is so great you can’t tell which is the actor and which...Read Full Story

Caesar is angry monkey! Caesar want freedom! In the monkey movie, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, chimpanzees, apes, and gorillas alike, become smarter. But before going any farther, the movie poster says, "Evolution becomes Revolution." In the Hollywood-movie world that may be cool, but evolution is bad science and doesn't really happen. So let's squash that bug before going any further. Spoilers coming. (According to the University of California, spoilers don't ruin the movie...Read Full Story

Weta Digital... Ever heard of them? Probably not, but they deserve a boat load of credit for this week’s best new movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The New Zealand-based digital visual effects company has won five Oscars in the past 10 years, and unless my eyes deceive me... should add a sixth to its already impressive collection. If looks mean anything, this Planet of the Apes reboot is here to stay.Rise of the Apes is the sixth film to follow 1968’s sci-fi hit Planet of the Apes and...Read Full Story