Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933's King Kong, ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The ...

This time, we’re gonna win, damnit!” proclaims a grinning Wes Ball, director of last summer’s Kingdom of the Planet of the ...

[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTIONS: In this interview, Scott Simon refers to the book Tarzan of the Apes as a “British novel.” In fact, Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the Tarzan book series ...

Despite their groundbreaking and jaw-dropping visual effects work, the Apes movies have yet to win ... develop individually unique and authentic characters. The realism of the actors ...

as well as putting apes with CG fur in the water. “Better Man,” which also features Weta’s work, is a contender in the categories of outstanding VFX character (Robbie Williams, who is ...

Disney has made some magical animated movies. However, some of these films have controversial moments that have offended audiences.