The Planet of the Apes franchise is an interesting one. I watched the Mark Wahlberg installment and really didn’t like it. This kind of turned me off of the franchise even though the 2011 version was a complete reboot. I just couldn’t bring myself to watch it.

But I finally did watch it and it was okay. Not super great, but not terrible. So with all that said, I have no particular fondness for this franchise and am not extremely excited for the upcoming film, but I’m mildly interested.

So, if you’re slightly interested like me, or more interested, here’s a TV spot for you.

As we’ve discussed before, turning a popular video game into a halfway decent movie tends to be a hit or (mostly) miss affair in Hollywood. Nintendo franchise “Super Mario Brothers” probably still has the trophy for being a shining example of how wrong things can get, but even this year’s “Need For Speed” showed that there can be a disconnect between the button-mashing audience and those that buy tickets for the multiplex. But nevertheless, Sony is undaunted by the challenge because they are bringing one of the most iconic video game characters ever to the big screen.

Deadline reports that…

Add Google Glass to the Alamo Drafthouse‘s long list of no-nos. The Texas-based chain has officially banned the wearable devices in auditoriums “once lights dim for trailers.” While many of its rules are designed to minimize distractions for all moviegoers, CEO Tim Leaguesays the Google Glass ban has to do with piracy issues.

I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this one. In general, I do love the Alamo Drafthouse’s no tollerance policy on talking, texting, etc. during films. But this feels a little different. I’m not planning on having Google Glass. Ever. But I do think it’s a…

I was blown away by How To Train Your Dragon, so consequently I’m soaking up all the previews and stuff coming up from the upcoming How To Train Your Dragon 2. I’ve heard good things from pre-screenings and everyone is pretty happy and/or excited about it.

I’m acutally also listening to the score by John Powell as I write this. Believe me guys, I don’t think we’ll want to miss this one.

Here’s the clip:

Listen in as Chad and TJ live the same day over, and over, and over, and over. But it’s worth it since the film they are discussing was fantastic. Edge of tomorrow may have been about reseting the day every single time, but it was anything but boring. It was in fact energetic and lively; and a lot of fun. Other topics of fun and discussion include the ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ soundtrack, ‘Pacific Rim 2’, Alamo Drafthouse Banning Google Glass, ‘The Boxtrolls’ trailer, an upcoming ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ film, and the upcoming Disney Lion King straight-to-TV movie, ‘The Lion Guard’.

It sounds a little dull — Tom Cruise repeating the same day over and over and over and over and over… and over again. But you must trust me, this film is anything but dull.

It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a good Doug Liman film. He is, of course, best known for The Bourne Identity which is indeed quite excellent. His next installment is a film many loved but which I did not love all that much: Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It was okay as far as it goes — a little crass and gruesome, but decent enough for what it was. And a lot of people like Jumper which I have not seen. Bourne was in 2002,…

Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull has said that he’s in no big hurry to make Pacific Rim 2, but make no mistake: Guillermo del Toro is working on it. Only now, he’s working in it with Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand) rather than original writer Travis Beacham.

Oooooh, he worked on X-Men: The Last Stand... well, I feel so much better now…

Trek V was a gross miscalculation on almost every level. Trek IV was funny and hugely successful so the mandate was to bring the funny again. Some of the humor works. Some of it is simply juvenile. Going after God. Really? Haven’t we done the Supreme Being thing already guys? God never works. The non-ILM special effects are from hunger and always take me out of the story.

Then there’s the script. I know I recently accused The Undiscovered Country of numerous plot holes and contrivances, but Trek V is littered with them.

In order for the Enterprise to be successfully hijacked all the…

Bryan Singer came back to the X-Men franchise he started and pretty much hit it out of the park with X-Men: Days of Future Past, a film that was waaaay better than it had any right to be. Could he pull that trick off with X-Men: Apocalypse, a movie that promises to focus on a lamer, later-period X villain and the kind of destruction audiences have begun to tire of seeing? According to Radar Online we may never know.

The gossip site - with a spotty track record, it’s fair to note - is reporting that the studio is trying to push Singer off the project because of his recent legal troubles, ie…