PAGE b8 THE STATE JOURNAL mR A cH 2, 2012 Friday ree l talk wITH raymER: rise Of the PlAnET Of the apes ALMANAC 50 YEARS AGO Ronnie Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Adams Hail, Caesar! ‘Apes’ delivers of Frankfort, received two of the four major awards made at the annual Parent-Son Banquet given by the Frank- lin County Chapter of Future As chimp leader, Andy Serkis delivers powerful performance Farmers of America. The Star Farmer Award was presented to Larry Smith, son of Mr. and Those are two questions that the emphasis doesn’t Mrs. Odell Smith of Bridge- left by “Rise of the Planet have to be on the actor’s port. The annual Scholarship of the Apes,” which is now face but can instead be fo- Award was presented to Bil- available to rent after a 2011 cused on the actor’s non- ly Jo Mefford, son of Mr. and theatrical run. verbal communication. Mrs. Billy Mefford of Stamp- ing Ground. “Rise” is a prequel to the Serkis is nothing short celebrated “Planet of the of a pioneer, tearing down 25 YEARS AGO Apes” movie and chroni- Hollywood’s preconceived cles the ascension of Caesar, Good Shepherd’s sixth- notions with a swipe of his grade girls basketball team a hyper-intelligent chimp digitally rendered paws Josh Raymer who leads a rebellion of apes won the Central Kentucky (Serkis also did the mo- Girls Basketball League with against their human oppres- STATE JOURNAL ARTS ANd tion capture work in 2005’s an 11-1 record. The members sors. ENTERTAiNmENT WRiTER “King Kong”). of the team included coach At the heart of the movie So while the human Fielding W. Elam, assistant is the relationship between characters in “Rise” are coach Michael B. Oerther, hat does it say Caesar (Andy Serkis) and nothing more than card- Julie Barber, Aundy Pugh, about an actor Will Rodman (James Franco) board cutouts, Caesar’s Susan Coblin, Nicole Mor- when he’s blown – a relationship that, as men- journey from outsider gan, Mary Oerther, Sara Tin- off the screen by tioned above, becomes more W ape to king of the jungle is kham, Duc Duach, Andra a chimpanzee? one-sided as the movie pro- Harringon, Mandy Williams, Furthermore, what does gresses. worth the price of admis- it say about a movie when sion alone. Stephanie Brown and Aman- Serkis once again breathes da Durham. that happens and it actually life into a digitally-rendered I’ve seen a lot of critics makes the movie better? character and complete- courtesy 20th century fox say that they were cheering for the apes in the movie’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bargain Matinees Daily Until 6pm ly steals the show as he did Andy serkis stars as caesar in “rise of the Planet of the Apes.” final confrontation on the Zachary Joseph Doane back in 2001’s “Fellowship of March 2, 2001 Golden Gate Bridge. While Chakeres the Ring” as the treacherous the movie’s star. The jour- separated that Caesar’s (far Zachary is the son of I wouldn’t go that far – the Franklin Square Cinema 6 Gollum. ney Will and Caesar take to- more interesting) story can Chuck and apes do kill, after all – I Frankfort ~ 502-875-9000 Will might be the human gether is heartfelt and genu- begin to unfold. 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SEUSS’S THE LORAX* (PG13) apes enslaving the human joys fifth grade and archery. ACT OF VALOR (R) (12:10) (2:30) 4:45 7:00 9:05 receive an Oscar nomination Fri - Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 7:30 P.M. race, so it’s cool to watch Zachary will celebrate his PROJECT X* (R) for Best Actor for his turn as Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 (12:30) (2:45) 5:15 7:45 10:10 the seeds get planted in birthday with family and Mon - Thu 4:45, 7:30 Caesar since, as the actor ACT OF VALOR* (R) this installment. friends. The Iron (11:45) (2:15) 5:00 7:30 10:00 argued, his terrific perfor- A newscast about a GOOD DEEDS (PG13) TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS* (PG-13) mance was made more dif- (1:50) 4:20 9:30 shuttle to Mars and a story- today In history Fri - Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Lady ficult by the fact he couldn’t Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 GONE* (PG-13) line about a virus with di- By The AssociATed Press 7:05 speak. 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