Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)

Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes

1972

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Starring: Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalbon, Natalie Trundy, Don Murray

Rated: PG...okay so finally maybe they're getting it a bit here, but the end is still a bloodbath!

"Do!"

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971)



Escape From The Planet Of The Apes

1971

Director: Don Taylor

Starring: Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braedon, Sal Mineo and RICARDO MONTALBON!

Rated: wait for it...G!

Think of it as grape juice...plus.

           ~Dr. Lewis Dixon

BATMAN - Commentary & The Year That Made Me A Bigger Film Lover

I know yesterday was the big anniversary of one of my all time favorite moviesTim Burton's BATMAN (its usually #2-5 if I make a list).  For one, if people were going to read one article about the movie, I preferred it to be Scott Mendelson's incredible box office and film trend history on it yesterday in FORBES.  And two, when I was gonna post this last night, I couldn't because my power was out. 

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)



Beneath The Planet Of The Apes

1970

Director: Ted Post (who has experience with 2nd films in a franchise as he also did Magnum Force)

Starring: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Charlton Heston and Batman's King Tut-Victor Buono

Rated: G...yes...G

Glory be to the bomb and the holy fallout.  As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.  World without end. Amen.

                  ~Mendez

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Planet Of The Apes (1968)

Planet Of The Apes

1968

Director: Franklin J Schaffner

Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison

Rated: G (yes, folks, not a mistake)

Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!

                     ~George Taylor

The Uncanny Rankings Of The Astonishing X-Men Films

And here we are, at the end of the X-Men retrospective.  A series that is hitting 5/7 really.  And in this retrospective, the one I didn't care for the most, I found an angle and some things I overall liked with it.  As I've said before, when it comes to superhero franchises that matter most to me, its these crazy mutants and Batman.  And that's mainly because they're the ones I got closest to and were a part of my comic book, film geek upbringing most of the way.  I was incredibly satisfied with the most recent entry and am looking forward to Age Of Apocalypse as well as Channing Tatum as Gambit (yes, I'm a C Tates fan, dude will be just fine in the role.  You'll see).  As a matter of fact, I was so high on DOFP that I'm leaving it out of the rankings as for me, its too early to have a complete thought on where it stands here and I'd like to see it a couple more times before I make up my mind.  Right now though, it'd easily fall somewhere 1-3 for me.  I loved it.  But without further adieu...as always...the ranking!

Review: X-Men - Days Of Future Past

X-Men: Days Of Future Past

2014

Starring: Hugh Jackman, James MacAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Shawn Ashmore

Rated: PG-13

I don't want your few-cha!

          ~Charles Xavier