War for the Planet of the Apes

The saga started in Rise of the Planet of the Apes comes to an end in Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes. I’ve been a huge fan of these films since the first one. Taking a well known concept like Planet of the Apes and turning it on its head to focus…

A Monster Calls

A young boy seeks the help of a magical tree monster to help heal his terminally ill mother in J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls. This is a difficult film to talk about as the plot description I put in the intro paragraph is actually pretty far from what this film is about so I’m just…

Ben-Hur

Some people will wonder why we are even looking at this remake of the 1959 classic. With all the negative press, the MTV-esque trailers, and the distinct vibe amongst movie-goers of “why did they bother making that?”, you could be excused for thinking that Kneel Before Blog would just write this one off as a…

Warcraft: The Beginning

Duncan Jones brings the world of Warcraft to life with Warcraft: The Beginning, the first in a trilogy that will continue in Warcraft: The Middle and conclude in Warcraft: The End. That last part I made up but it was joke that I simply couldn’t resist. Now that the riotous laughter is over with I’ll…

Fantastic Four

Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four -or Fant4stic as the posters say- gives Marvel’s first family the token reboot that seems to be making its way around all of the non Marvel Studios owned properties outside of X-Men. The last time Fox attempted to make Fantastic Four movies they didn’t go down so well with audiences. To…