planet of the apes

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema evolved in the 1980s, it’s very now clear that Escape From New York is one of the films which helped to establish the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many [...]

October 16, 2021

The Mighty Charlton Heston

The words icon and legend are bandied about a great deal in modern society. Most of the time they mean nothing or at the very least they are simple hyperbole. However, when these words are used to describe Charlton Heston they come across as an [...]

October 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Franklin. J. Schaffner’s THE WAR LORD

The mighty Charlton Heston is the master of the movie epic (sorry Russell Crowe) and The War Lord is a film that really highlights this. Teaming with Franklin. J. Schaffner for the first time, Heston plays Chrysagon de la Cruex, a Knight charge [...]

April 21, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Boorman, Charlotte Rampling & Sean Connery On The Set Of ZARDOZ

A massive hit, Deliverance grossed $46 million at the US box office in 1972. John Boorman was given the pick of films to make in its wake. Boorman chose to make Zardoz. After the success of Deliverance, Boorman used his commercial and creative [...]

April 11, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Donald G. Jackson & R.J. Kizer’s HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN

Hell Comes To Frogtown is a cult 1988 straight-to-video actioner starring wrestler (Rowdy) Roddy Piper. Is it high art? No, far from it – but it is an enjoyable slice of ‘80s cheese. Piper plays Sam Hell, a bad-ass wandering the wastelands of a [...]

February 9, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Boorman’s ZARDOZ

John Boorman’s Zardoz can be blamed for being a lot of things, but predictable isn’t one of them. This 1974 starrer for Sean Connery bucks convention on all levels and Boorman delivers one of the oddest science fiction movies ever to star an [...]

November 3, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: 1960s Sci-Fi ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away science fiction movies looked very, very different than they do today. In 1964, thirteen years before George Lucas brought the adventures of Luke Skywalker to the screen, the genre wasn’t high on [...]

September 6, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Charlton Heston & Director Franklin J. Schaffner On The Set Of THE WAR LORD

The War Lord sees the mighty Charlton Heston play Chrysagon de la Cruex, a Knight charge with ruling a feudal costal town. Things get off to a good start when he protects the villagers from a savage attack from Frisian marauders – but events take [...]

September 1, 2020

Behind The Scenes: James Cameron Working On The Special Effects For John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

John Carpenter‘s 1981 release, Escape From New York is almost a continuation of the type of sci-fi films that Charlton Heston made in the 1960s and 1970s (Planet Of The Apes, Omega Man, Soylent Green), there’s a wonderful bleakness to [...]

April 29, 2020

Review: ANOTHER PLAN FROM OUTER SPACE Riffs On Classic Sci-Fi Movies

Set in the near future, Lance Polland’s Another Plan From Outer Space sees five astronauts crash-land on Earth after a deep-space trip to Mars. Lost in the desert with no signs of rescue, things take a dark turn when mistrust and paranoia begins [...]

April 15, 2020

The Best Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

The world is slowly shutting down due to COVID-19. The Coronavirus means a lot of people across the globe will be locking themselves in, self isolating and keeping away from the general population. These are unprecedented times. Cinemas across the [...]

March 16, 2020

Review: Kurt Russell Is Snake Plissken In John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema developed over the 1980s, it’s now clear to see that Escape From New York is one of the films which established the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many with [...]

November 3, 2018

This Time It’s War! New Trailer For WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

This new trailer for Matt Reeves’ War For The Plane Of The Apes is well cut, but boy is that a bad musical cue. This won’t put off the masses but this is a serious no-no as far as movie marketing is concerned. In War for the [...]

May 16, 2017

Charlton Heston Narrates The New Teaser For WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

God bless the late Charlton Heston. One of the Hollywood legend’s most enduring films is Planet Of The Apes – and now he’s narrating the new teaser trailer for the franchise’s latest instalment, War For The Planet of The [...]

May 15, 2017

What Two Words Are Missing From This Matt Reeves Announcement For THE BATMAN?

What two words are missing from this statement amount Matt Reeves securing the director’s chair on The Batman? Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Matt Reeves (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” “Cloverfield”) has been set to [...]

February 23, 2017

Matt Reeves Offered Directing Duties On THE BATMAN

When Ben Affleck hopped out of The Batman’s director’s chair Matt Reeves became the hot favourite to helm the flick. Reeves is finishing up War For The Planet Of The Apes for a summer release, but an offer has gone out to him to direct the next [...]

February 11, 2017

Get Ready To Go Ape: First Trailer For WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes was excellent – a franchise reboot that scored on a commercial and creative level. I didn’t like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, feeling that it tried too hard to be weighty and epic. I’m [...]

December 10, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Move Over Matt Damon – ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS Is The Original Martian

November 29, 2015

Blu-ray Review: John Boorman’s Trippy Sci-Fi Adventure ZARDOZ With Sean Connery

September 30, 2015

John Carpenter To Produce ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake For 20th Century Fox

I was interviewing John Carpenter the other evening (more on that soon) and I asked him if he was developing any potential projects. He was rather coy in his response and I got the feeling that he was working on something new. A few hours later news [...]

January 16, 2015

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