Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes proves there’s still life in this decades-old franchise

Nothing captures the imagination like an anthropomorphic monkey. Ever since a stop-motion King Kong scaled the dizzy heights of the Empire State Building in Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 classic, ominous ‘What if?’ stories about our closest living relatives have proven a surefire way to get audiences’ bums on seats. Perhaps, then, we shouldn’t be surprised … Read more