My Planet of the Apes review is on Trashwire

My review of ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ is up now on Trashwire.com. Check it out at http://itson.tw/otQ5M0. In short, I really liked it. If you see it this weekend, tweet me at @AlexisGentry or @trashwire and tell me what you thought.

If you had told me a year ago that I’d really enjoy the prequel to a 1968 Charlton Heston movie starring James Franco and a bunch of CGI chimpanzees, I would have seriously questioned your ability to predict the future. Fast forward to today and I would have asked you for the lottery numbers because Rise of the Planet of the Apes was actually really fun. … Read entire article »

Read my review of The Green Hornet on Trashwire.com

Seth Rogen and Jay Chou in The Green Hornet

When you think of a comic book hero, the first name that pops into your head probably isn’t Seth Rogen. In fact, many things about The Green Hornet aren’t exactly conventional. The script was penned by Rogen and pal Evan Goldberg, who also wrote Superbad, and directed by Michel Gondry of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame. This unconventional team is exactly what makes this film feel new and different from the Iron Man explosion fests of the world. … Read entire article »