After the extinction of cats and dogs in 1982, humans started using apes as pets. By 1991 they had become a major source of slave labor. Caesar, the intelligent ape son of survivors of the Planet of the Apes who had fallen backwards in time, witnesses the mistreatment of his fellow apes. When Caesar learns of the death of the only human he really cared for (who was being forced to tell about Caesar by a machine called the Authenticator and killed himself before he completely revealed everything about Caesar) he lead an ape uprising against the human oppressors. This uprising lead to what would become known as the Planet of the Apes. ("Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", flm)
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Best Robert Mitchum movies and performances:
1. Out of the Past - Jacques Tourneur (1947)
2. The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton (1955)
3. Cape Fear - J. Lee Thompson (1962)
4. The Lusty Men - Nicholas Ray (1952)
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Happy Birthday to Me will be released on Blu-ray on October 18 via Kino Lorber. The 1981 slasher is directed by J. Lee Thompson (Cape Fear, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Battle for the Planet of the Apes).
John C.W. Saxton (Class of 1984), Peter Jobin, and Timothy Bond (Friday the 13th: The Series) wrote the script. Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Frances Hyland, Tracey E. Bregman, and Lisa Langlois star.
Happy Birthday to Me is presented in high definition with 5.1 Surround & 2.0 Lossless audio. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Audio commentary by co-writer Timothy Bond, moderated by film historian Daniel Kremer (new)
Interview with actress Tracey E. Bregman (new)
Theatrical trailer
4 TV spots
2 radio spots
Welcome to upscale Crawford Academy, where everyone—especially new student Ginny (Melissa Sue Anderson)—wants to be part of the school’s most popular clique. But now somebody has begun butchering the group’s members. Could a deadly accident from Ginny’s past be connected to the brutal killings? And as her 18th birthday approaches, will Ginny be the guest of honor at the most horrific party of all?
Pre-order Happy Birthday to Me.
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What A Way To Go! (1964)
Costiums by Edith Head and Moss Mabry
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What a Way to Go! (1964) dir. J. Lee Thompson
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August 22nd, 2023
The ape-pocalypse ends with Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). This one was always my least favorite of the series, coming in even behind the Burton film. Not to dumb down my critical analysis of a Science fiction flick from the 70s, but the ending is kind of a bummer and the crying Caesar statue has always felt a little heavy handed. Why would the statue be crying if the apes are currently safe and happy? I suppose it’s because technically Caesar learned how the world ends and that the ape utopia is never meant to last, but again it’s silly to poke holes into this series. I do think it was an attempt to return back to the world of the apes that made the first successful, but it just falls a little flat. Still, I enjoyed it overall and it would feel weird to not include it in a watch through of the saga.
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Sharon Tate in Eye of the Devil (1966)
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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) // dir. J. Lee Thompson
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In 1982, all cats and dogs on Earth died due to some sort of plague. With the main pets now obsolete, humans began using apes as pets. ("Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", flm)
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Peter Parker, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man celebrating his 30th anniversary among family, friends and foes. Art by Erik Larsen (soon before the start of his Savage Dragon run at Image Comics).
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Paul Williams, Roddy McDowall and Austin Stoker - Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
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