Space Chimps (2008)

Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Rating: G

Release Date: Jul 18, 2008

Running Time: 81 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Omid Abtahi, Jeff Daniels, Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Warburton, Patrick Breen, Carlos Alazraqui

director: Kirk De Micco

Space Chimps

When a $5 billion Space Agency probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer more interested in zero gravity high jinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet from an evil dictator.

OK, so Space Chimps isn't exactly a Pixar-esque masterpiece, but it should serve its purpose of entertaining the young tots.

Story

This isn't rocket science, folks; it's actually Chimp rocket science. As we all know, chimpanzees are secretly a lot smarter than their so-called higher primate cousins. At least they seemed to be in Space Chimps. When a $5 billion Space Agency probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency turns to their on-hand, super-chimp astronauts who have been…