65 movie review: dino droppings
Adam Driver’s intensely focused, utterly unironic performance is the only saving grace of this movie of few ideas and little suspense, mystery, or excitement. There aren’t even that many dinosaurs.
Planet of the Apes
weekend watchlist: coming to terms with grief personal and societal
Plus badass women and damned dirty apes… (First published April 30th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part movie review: everything is still (mostly) awesome
Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.
War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape
A triumph of science fiction storytelling: a sweeping tale of mythological scope told with astonishing FX wizardry that brings emotion and intelligence to nonhuman people.
“why is Netflix secretly cropping movies?” [updated]
WTF, Netflix? This ain’t right…
Grand Unified Pixar: insane… and kind of brilliant, too
It all begins with the witch from Brave… and then it gets really crazy…
Oblivion movie review: Jetsons parody or Ikea commercial?
Postcard-pretty, unusual for a science fiction flick, but shockingly derivative.
question of the day: What’s your favorite movie ending?
I might have to go with the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with the ark being packed away into a warehouse, presumably never to be seen again…
retro ad: 1970s Mego Planet of the Apes dolls commercial
You’ve seen Rise of the Planet of the Apes, now, er, see the ad that started it all. Sort of.
Planet of the Apes (retro trailer)
I thought this would be a nice reminder of the past now that Rise of the Planet of the Apes is upon us.
