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11 May

The Planet of the Apes Movies Ranked From Worst to Best

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Who knew that French author Pierre Boulle’s slim, satirical 1963 novel, Le Planete des Singes, would lead to one of the most successful science fiction franchises of all time? Consisting of 10 films (to date), two TV series , comic books (including a magazine series from Marvel), toys, games, merchandise and more, Planet of the Apes remains one of the most enduring and unique sci-fi sagas in cinematic history. The success of the original film, 1968’s Planet of the Apes, led studio 20th Century Fox (which finally made the movie after years of development and stalling) to launch a series…

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10 May

The Fantastic Four Movie Must Feature the Most Tragic Galactus Moment Ever

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It’s official. Galactus is coming to the MCU. After months of speculation, Marvel officially announced that they’ve found their Galactus. Ralph Ineson, a Game of Thrones veteran known for standout supporting roles in The Witch and The Green Knight, will portray the Devourer of Worlds. Ineson’s casting comes on the heels of other compelling announcements for its upcoming film The Fantastic Four, including Paul Walter Hauser and John Malkovich. Marvel hasn’t yet disclosed which characters those two are playing, but the smart money has Hauser down for the Mole Man. Malkovich could fit a number of characters, including minor baddies…

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10 May

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Easter Egg Is the Best Callback to the 1968 Movie Yet

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This article contains spoilers for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. At the end of Planet of the Apes, the human astronaut who strove to understand the strange, simian-occupied planet made a shocking discovery. Horror overwhelms him as he struggles to make sense of the honored American monument before him, now barely recognizable. Of course, that description can refer to the twist ending of the 1968 sci-fi classic, in which Charlton Heston falls on his knees at the sight of a decimated Statue of Liberty, realizing that he has been on a post-nuclear Earth the whole time. However, it…

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10 May

Kevin Feige Is Right: Marvel Needs to Be the Underdog Again

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“I’m much more comfortable being the underdog,” Kevin Feige recently told Empire. If anyone has lost the right to call themselves an underdog, it’s got to be Feige, right? After all, he’s the head of Marvel Studios, the architect of a film franchise that dominated box offices for over a decade. He’s a key member of Disney’s corporate empire, a byword for a producer who knows how to please fans and executives alike. Why in the world would he use that word to describe himself? Well, you don’t have to look much further than recent Marvel movie reviews and disappointing…

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10 May

The Most Underrated Action Movies of the 2000s

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The 2000s saw the action genre in a state of flux. The Matrix revolutionized everything at the end of the previous decade, The Bourne Supremacy would make shaky cameras standard practice in 2004, and the MCU would take flight with Iron Man in 2008. At the same time, Michael Bay reached his ultimate form with Bad Boys II, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Kill Bill made kung fu classy, and Oldboy changed the way we look at hallways. Within those changes came a host of greats that didn’t get the same attention. Some of these movies represent the first steps…

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10 May

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Ending Might Have Set Up Fan Favorite Character

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This article contains Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes spoilers. The penultimate scene in Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes might be its most important. The chimpanzee they call Noa (Owen Teague) and the young human woman he learns is Mae (Freya Allan) stand at a crossroads for their characters and their species. Despite Noa generally disliking humans, or “echoes,” for their smell and their ignorance, he’s grown attached to Mae, perhaps not least of all because she’s revealed herself to be as intelligent as an ape—if not more so. Yet Mae, as we learn over…

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10 May

The Streaming War Is Over and All It Cost Was the Entertainment Industry

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“They’re just gonna accidentally create cable again.” That’s been a frequent joke about the streaming landscape in media circles of late. You see it pop up in Slack windows and tweets every time one entertainment conglomerate gobbles up another and consolidates their respective video on demand apps. CBS All Access and Showtime synthesize into Paramount+. HBO becomes HBO Max and then becomes Max. Hulu and Disney+ are suddenly one and the same. The joke works every time because it’s not a joke—it’s a prophecy. The “cablefication” of streaming was always going to happen. And now it has. This week, Warner…

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08 May

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review: Give Caesar His Due

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In the grand scheme of things, Matt Reeves’ two entries into the Planet of the Apes series might be the highest peak this beloved franchise has experienced since the original 1968 movie. There have been other good movies about talking chimpanzees and the humans they enslave—a shocking amount too when you think about that premise for a minute—yet Reeves brought a somber, frigid tactility to the material we’d never seen before. So following in those footsteps, as well as those left by the monumental performance of Andy Serkis as Caesar (a Spartacus among apes), was always going to be a…

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08 May

How Star Trek: Wrath of Khan Saved Home Media From the VHS vs. Betamax War

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Along with being arguably the best Star Trek movie ever, 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is an exceptional example of sci-fi filmmaking. It blends action, adventure, love, and horror in ways that few (otherwise great) sci-fi movies have ever come close to replicating, and decades’ worth of repeat viewings and shared praise have certainly helped capture the scope of the film’s accomplishments.  Yet, there is one part of Wrath of Khan’s considerable legacy that remains as forgotten as the marooned settlers of Ceti Alpha V. It is the movie that not only contributed to the end of…

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07 May

Marvel Release Schedule Cuts Reveal a Hard Truth About the MCU’s Phase 5 and 6 Plan

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How much Marvel is too much? That question has hung over the MCU for more than five years, since Avengers: Endgame gave viewers an easy jumping off point. In that time, Marvel has released 25 movies, TV series, and specials, few of them pleasing all but the most committed fans. It’s no surprise that, since he came back as Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger has talked several times about reducing MCU output. He hasn’t offered much in the way of specifics until now, but that still raises questions about the franchise’s future success. Bob Iger Reduces Marvel Output In a quarterly…

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07 May

The Real Reason Charlize Theron Isn’t in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

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Even after almost a decade, critics and audiences continue to heap praise on Mad Max: Fury Road. The 2015 sci-fi classic earns every accolade, from its subtle character work to its jaw-dropping visuals. But there’s one thing that cannot be said about Fury Road: that it has no CG. True, director George Miller and his stunt team did many of the most impressive action sequences in-camera. But he did so with the assistance of computer graphics to erase the safety wires and other rigging. In other words, Miller has no problem using computer effects, provided that they don’t get in…

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07 May

The Movies We Never Switch Off When They’re on TV

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One of the downsides of streaming’s cord-cutting era has been how hard it is to stumble on a great movie midway through. You know the joy of which we speak. After a long day at work or school, a moment to unwind turns into discovering one of your favorite flicks, that one you’ve probably seen a hundred times, is playing right now on cable. And wouldn’t you know it, you’ve come across it right at your favorite bit. Before you know it, you spend the next 90 minutes catching up on a film you already have half committed to memory.…

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07 May

How Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Inches Closer to the Events of the Original Film

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Director Wes Ball tells Den of Geek that he remembers seeing the original 1968 sci-fi classic Planet of the Apes on “HBO or something” as a child, watching with his dad. “I’m sure all the concepts probably went over my head,” he muses now. “I was probably very young. I don’t remember having a reaction to the Statue of Liberty, but I remember the images very clearly. I remember the feral humans in the grass and the apes on horses and the sets and obviously that [ending] on the beach. That’s what I remember—the images, the iconography of it all.”…

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07 May

Take Our Bananas Planet of the Apes Quiz!

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Ever since Charlton Heston climbed out of a little rocket ship in the toxic waters of the Forbidden Zone, science fiction has never been the same. The film in which he starred was based on a Pierre Boulle novel, but by the time it reached the big screen, it felt like an epic cinematic version of The Twilight Zone (and it had the Rod Serling writing credit to prove it). The ending of the film is still one of the all-time great “twists” in cinema history, birthing the first modern science fiction franchise. And it’s never let up since. When…

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06 May

David Corenswet’s Superman Suit Has a Surprising DC New 52 Connection

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Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… well, we’re not entirely sure what it is, but it looks like something Brainiac would use to attack the Earth. Whatever the cross-space invader in the picture that director James Gunn just posted to social media may be, the real attention goes to the figure in the foreground of the image: our very first look at David Corenswet in full uniform as Superman. View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn) Gunn has long been posting teasers about his upcoming movie, initially dubbed Superman:…

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06 May

Star Wars: Ahmed Best Reacts to Jar Jar Binks’ Canon Ending Amid Darth Jar Jar Return

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“Bring the clown. We want to see the clown. We like it how he juggles glombo shells, or spits fish up in the air and catches them, or how he dances around and falls on his butt.” So demand the orphan children on the planet Naboo, according to an interlude in the post-Return of the Jedi novel Aftermath: Empire’s End by Chuck Wendig. And the clown acquiesces, happy to find any form of acceptance. “The adults, though,” continues the narrator, “they don’t say much about him. Or to him. And no other Gungans come to see him, either. Nobody even…

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06 May

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 vs. Vol. 2: Which Is Better?

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Quentin Tarantino does not view Kill Bill as two separate films. That should be acknowledged upfront as fair. After all, it is this detail which allows Tarantino the ability to claim Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood as his ninth instead of 10th film (thereby delaying any obligatory early retirements). And to be sure, Tarantino shot Kill Bill as one epic vision that was only encouraged to be broken up by, ahem, Harvey Weinstein while Tarantino was finishing up principal photography. So while the story was released as Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2, they’re two sides…

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04 May

Den of Geek Hosts a Star Wars Collectibles Charity Auction Exclusively on eBay Live on May the 4th

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Presented by: Ringing in May the 4th in style, Den of Geek is launching an online charity auction broadcast in our New York City studio through eBay Live, celebrating the iconic Star Wars franchise with plenty of cool items to bid on and purchase. The proceeds will go towards Feeding America, who work with food banks, food pantries, and local food programs to bring food to people facing hunger in the United States. Supporting the auction are a number of fan-favorite companies that have donated Star Wars merchandise, including BoxLunch, Loungefly, Bioworld, CGC Comics, and more. Items up for auction on May 4 range from Star…

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04 May

Only Those Strong in the Force Can Defeat This Star Wars Character Quiz

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Another May the 4th has arrived, and with it, the promise of so much Star Wars goodness on the horizon. Today, for example, sees the release of a new animated series called Tales of the Empire, which expands the stories of Lady Morgan Elsbeth, the villainous Nightsister from the Mandoverse, and Barriss Offee, a fallen Jedi whom Clone Wars fans have long wanted to revisit. The show sees both of these characters embrace the dark side for the glory of the Empire. Festive viewing indeed. That’s only the beginning for the villains of Star Wars. On June 4, fans will…

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04 May

The Best Stunts the James Bond Movies Ever Dared

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Show-stopping stunts have long been as important to the James Bond movie formula as gadgets, villains, and the appropriate amount of workday martinis. While the early Connery movies didn’t emphasize such stunts quite as much as future installments did, audiences soon came to expect in the 1970s to see Bond put his life on the line in some incredible stunt sequence for queen, country, and our entertainment. While other action franchises (most notably, the Mission: Impossible movies) have certainly raised the bar for film stunts since then, there is a charm to the best Bond stunts that can’t easily be…

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