Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Now showing at Quality 16, Rave, Brighton
Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times
Grade: B-

Back in 2001, actor Andy Serkis was shorted of a well-deserved Oscar nomination. Never heard of him? Well, chances are you've never seen him either. Using motion capture technology and computer graphics to transform his physical appearance, Serkis played Gollum in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It was a remarkably haunting and tortured performance that was overlooked because pixels instead of make-up hid the actor's true physical appearance. When one considers the prosthetic nose that landed Nicole Kidman her undeserved 2002 Oscar for "The Hours," the snub is particularly galling.

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