POTA Franchise Ranked: #5 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
#5 in my Ranking of the Planet of the Apes Franchise. This is a much smarter way to reboot a moribund series, taking the…
Author: David Vining
I am a fiction writer living in Charleston, SC. I've had a variety of jobs, but nothing compared to what Heinlein had. I don't think that time I got hired to slay the wild and terrifying jack rabbit of Surrey counts since I actually only took out the mild mannered hedgehog of Suffolk. Let's just say that it doesn't go on the resume. Lover (but not, you know...lover) of movies. Married to the single most beautiful woman on Earth with a single son who shall rule after my death. If that didn't deter you, check out my blog or browse some of the books I've written.
POTA Franchise Ranked: #6 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
#6 in my Ranking of the Planet of the Apes Franchise. In terms of follow ups to surprisingly great films that should never…
POTA Franchise Ranked: #7 Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes (2001)
#7 in my Ranking of the Planet of the Apes Franchise. It’s hard to talk about this movie without touching on its production history.…
POTA Franchise Ranked: #8 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
#8 in my Ranking of the Planet of the Apes Franchise. What a sad situation to watch a movie stretch its budget as…
POTA Franchise Ranked: #9 Escape the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Another franchise viewed, reviewed, and ranked definitively. It’s gonna be a while before the tenth film in the franchise gets released, so it avoids being…
Stanley Kubrick’s Films Ranked: #1 ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968)
#1 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films. This is a terrible way to start this retrospective, but this is the first movie on…
Stanley Kubrick’s Films Ranked: #2 ‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975)
#2 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films. Dehumanization is a theme that pops up with some regularity in Stanley Kubrick’s films. From…
Stanley Kubrick’s Films Ranked: #3 ‘Paths of Glory’ (1957)
#3 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films. Okay,…This kid from New York has real talent. This is Stanley Kubrick’s first great…
Stanley Kubrick’s Films Ranked: #4 ‘Dr. Strangelove’ (1964)
#4 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films. Mutually assured destruction is inherently absurd because no sane person would trigger it. Only a crazy…
Stanley Kubrick’s Films Ranked: #5 ‘The Shining’ (1980)
#5 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films. Analysis of Kubrick’s 1980 horror film tends to devolve into pure symbology, and I find…