Planet of the Apes (1968)

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 17, 2001Planet of Talking Apes
The film that started it all. This takes what could have been a jokey premise and delivers it in bold, exciting stokes. What elevates the film is Rod Serling’s script. filled with embittered soliloquies that become a biting commentary on the human condition, before the film reaches one of the great cinematic twist endings

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Rating: ★★★½
Jun 12, 2000Planet of the Apes Sequel/Telepathic Mutants
The second and most underrated of the Planet of the Apes films. For a time it repeats the original but gains considerable imagination and a striking satiric bite with the introduction of the mutants

The Omega Man (1971)

The Omega Man (1971)
Rating: ★★
Jun 29, 2012Last Man on Earth vs Mutants/I Am Legend Adaptation
The second film version of I Am Legend, this rewrites the book's vampires as mutants and abandons its mood of paranoia for a fantasy of hippie utopia and Charlton Heston in square-jawed action hero mode

The Awakening (1980)

The Awakening (1980)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 21, 2000Resurrected Mummy Queen
Adaptation of Bram Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars about the spirit of an Ancient Egyptian queen possessing a modern day woman. Lavishly produced with a series of novelty deaths modeled on The Omen. Also the first mummy film to actually shoot in Egypt

Hamlet (1996)

Hamlet (1996)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 14, 2004Shakespeare Adaptation/Ghosts and Madness
Kenneth Branagh emerged as an actor/director in the 1990s with his dynamic cinematic Shakespeare adaptations. In this lavish production, he attempts no less than a definitive version of what is regarded as Shakespeare's greatest play

Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)

Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 1, 2009The Making of the Planet of the Apes Series Documentary
A documentary about the original Planet of the Apes series (made before the modern reboot series), this examines the making of and behind the scenes in all the detail that any fan could want

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Planet of the Apes (2001)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 27, 2001Planet of Talking Apes
Tim Burton's much disliked remake. Certainly, the ape makeups are superb. While Burton touches many points with the original, he has dropped the biting satire in favour of adventure, while the ending left everyone scratching their heads