Mark Bomback

One Mann's Movies Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

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Putting the “ape” in “The Great Esc-ape”. 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was the one of the big movie surprises for me of that year. With staggeringly good mo-cap for the apes and a touching and memorable story it was (or would have been) a 5-Fad classic.  2014’s “Dawn of the Planet … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

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There are some films you go to see with low expectations and back in 2011 Rupert Wyatt’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was one of those.  After the Charlton Heston classic, a long series of increasingly poor sequels and a failed Tim Burton reboot, apprehension was high.  But how wrong could I be.   … Read more