Despite stellar reviews and word of mouth, 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes failed to set the box office alight when it opened earlier this summer, falling short of the first two instalments of the rebooted trilogy at both the domestic and international box office. However, the film has now made […]
Pop Cult Corner – Star Wars Characters Who Need To Return and Oscar Outsiders
Welcome to this edition of Pop Cult Corner, the place that gives insights into the news of the week, makes outlandish predictions and above all, probably has too many opinions. This week, two news stories stood out to me. One of them is of course the most obvious, as it has dominated headlines and conversations […]
Preview of War for the Planet of the Apes #3
Boom! Studios’ War for the Planet of the Apes prequel comic book series continues this Wednesday with the release of the third issue; check out a preview here… The division between Caesar and Red has created a schism between the apes. War for the Planet of the Apes #3 is out on September 13th, priced […]
Obi-Wan spin off movie, Avengers: Infinity War promo art, Captain Marvel script update and more – Daily News Roundup
HELLO THERE After being rumoured for what feels like a decade, it was reported yesterday by The Hollywood Reporter that Disney and Lucasfilm are in talks with Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) about helming a spin-off movie for Obi-Wan Kenobi. The site reports that talks are at the earliest of stages, and there is currently no script […]
Why was War for the Planet of the Apes a bust?
Anghus Houvouras on War for the Planet of the Apes… There are some things that defy explanation. Like how the Great Pyramids of Giza were built, what happened to the settlers at Roanoke, or why people watch The Big Bang Theory. Sometimes there are no answers. The question of why a movie succeeds or fails […]
War for the Plant of the Apes gets China release date
War for the Planet of the Apes has landed a September China release date. The latest Apes movie has gone down well with fans and critics alike, and has managed to bring in $313.9 million from the territories it has so far been released in. Of course, China is a huge market in today’s movie […]
Preview of War for the Planet of the Apes #2
Boom! Studios’ War for the Planet of the Apes prequel series continues this Wednesday with the release of the second issue, and we have a preview for you here; take a look… SEE ALSO: Boom! Studios announces Kong on the Planet of the Apes With the humans still attacking apes, Caesar sends Blue Eyes on a […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #76 – what are DC’s two new ‘mystery movies’? War for the Planet of the Apes review!
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com Join Oli and Luke in this week’s Flickering Myth Podcast for… SCOOPERHERO NEWS – Avengers: Infinity War wraps, what to expect from War Machine and Captain America, more confusion over Sony’s Spider-Man deal with Marvel, Shazam and Black Adam news and two […]
Movie Review – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own […]
Film Score Review – War For the Planet of the Apes
Tony Black reviews Michael Giacchino’s score for War for the Planet of the Apes… After the very recent high adventure of Michael Giacchino’s score for Spider-Man: Homecoming [read our review here], which saw him deliver a blast of thematic joy to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Giacchino switches gears and comes a little back down to […]