Movie Review: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/14/2024
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Owen Teale, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Kevin Durand, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffery, William H. Macy, Neil Sandilands Writer: Josh Friedman, based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver Director: Wes Ball Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: May 10, 2024 It’s not necessary to be familiar with any of the previous PLANET OF THE APES films to engage with the new KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. However, here’s some context. Fans of the original 1968 PLANET OF THE APES, based on Pierre Boulle’s novel, will thrill to certain callbacks in KINGDOM to that […]Read On »


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KIDDING: Judy Greer chats new Showtime series – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/31/2018
Judy Greer as Jill in KIDDING - Season 1 | ©2018 Showtime/Jim Fiscus

In Showtime’s new series KIDDING, now in its first season on Sunday nights, Jim Carrey plays beloved children’s TV host Jeff Pickles. Jeff’s gentle imagination has served him well in his puppet-populated show, but he’s coming unraveled after a tragedy, alarming those around him. Judy Greer plays Jeff’s ex-wife Jill, who is coping with their shared sorrow in very different ways. She’s nonplused when Jeff moves into the house next door to her. Greer, a native of Michigan, is having a big year on the big screen. She reprised her role as the Paul Rudd character’s ex-spouse in ANT-MAN AND […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/14/2017
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES movie poster | © 2017 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Karin Konoval, Steve Zahn, Terry Notary, Amiah Miller, Michael Adamthwaite Writers: Mark Bomback and Matt Reeves, based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, based on the novel by Pierre Boulle Director: Matt Reeves Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: July 14, 2017 WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES is the third film in the series begun with 2011’s RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and continued in 2014’s DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Andy Serkis stars for the third time as the intelligent chimpanzee Caesar, and […]Read On »


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Dorking Out – Episode 55: The Spider-Man vs. Glow Edition

By SONIA MANSFIELD 07/11/2017
Dorking Out Podcast | © 2017 Dorking Out Show

Hey there, dorks. In this week’s podcast, Ben Weddell from Big Ben’s Movie Show joins Chris for a review of SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING. Where’s Sonia? She has a life, you guys, and she didn’t have time for yet another SPIDER-MAN movie. (Narrator’s voice: It was a simple scheduling conflict.) In our second segment, Chris and Sonia review the new Netflix series, GLOW, starring Allison Brie and Marc Maron. And we end our show with what we’re dorking out about this week, including our movie swap. Sonia picked BRING IT ON for Chris, and Chris picked RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES for Sonia. […]Read On »


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STAN AGAINST EVIL: Dana Gould and Janet Varney gives the scoop on Season 1 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/27/2016
Janet Varney in STAN AGAINST EVIL - Season 1 | ©2016 IFC/Kim Simms

IFC’s STAN AGAINST EVIL, now available in its entirety on IFC.com and IFC on Demand, comes from people who have impeccable genre credentials. Star Janet Varney, who plays Evie Barret,new sheriff in a town beset by monsters, is the voice of Korra in THE LEGEND OF KORRA and has guest-starred on WAREHOUSE 13, as well as being a regular on YOU’RE THE WORST. STAN AGAINST EVIL creator Dana Gould was a writer/producer on THE SIMPSONS. Furthermore, Varney is a big fan of the original TRON; Gould not only can quote verbatim from the original 1972 THE NIGHT STALKER telefilm, he […]Read On »


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THE EXORCIST: Director Rupert Wyatt gives the scoop on new Fox horror series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/23/2016
THE EXORCIST TV Series logo | ©2016 Fox

Rupert Wyatt is primarily known as a feature film director for THE ESCAPIST, THE GAMBLER and the franchise reboot RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. However, when he read Jeremy Slater’s pilot script for Fox Network’s new series THE EXORCIST, the British filmmaker says it grabbed him. Indeed, Wyatt was so impressed that he not only directed the pilot, but also became one of THE EXORCIST’s executive producers. In the series THE EXORCIST, forty years have passed since the events that we saw in the 1973 film, based on William Peter Blatty’s novel (we see a news clipping that […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/11/2014
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES movie poster | ©2014 20th Century Fox

Stars: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirk Acevedo, Nick Thurston, Terry Notary, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer Writers: Mark Bomback and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, based on characters created by Paul Dehn, based on the book PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle Director: Matt Reeves Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: July 11, 2014 By certain standards, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT is one of the most profitable films ever made. No, it didn’t have the worldwide box office grosses of, say, TITANIC, […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Secret in the Siege” – Season Finale

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 05/02/2013
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 8 - "The Secret in the Siege" | ©2013 Fox/Beth Dubber

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Andrew Leeds, Alimi Ballard, Sarah Stouffer, Beau Knapp, Marc Aden Gray Writers: Stephen Nathan & Jonathan Collier, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: David Boreanaz Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: April 29, 2013 The BONES Season 8 finale comes as close to having cake and eating it too in “The Secret in the Siege.” Our heroes Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) love each other and are still together – but the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARGO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/13/2012
ARGO movie poster | ©2012 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishe Writer: Chris Terrio, based on a selection from THE MASTER OF DISGUISE by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman Director: Ben Affleck Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: October 12, 2012 If those who don’t remember the past are destined to repeat it, those who do remember are largely destined to love ARGO, which gets its period specifics just right while simultaneously cranking the tension to eleven. This […]Read On »


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Interview: REVOLUTION director Jon Favreau gives the scoop on the new NBC series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/17/2012
Billy Burke, Elizabeth Mitchell, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tracy Spiridakos in REVOLUTION - Season 1 | ©2012 NBC/Nino Munoz

NBC’s new series REVOLUTION premieres tonight, Monday September 17, at 10 PM.  Created by Eric Kripke (SUPERNATURAL), who executive produces REVOLUTION with a team headed up by J.J. Abrams, the show opens with a mysterious event suddenly stops all electrical power around the planet. Fifteen years later, society has reformed sans electricity. A young woman named Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) must travel through the landscape with a small group of companions who want to find out exactly what happened – the more so because of a militia that intends to violently prevent them from doing so. The REVOLUTION pilot was helmed […]Read On »


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