I was hyped to see the latest installment in the Apes universe, aptly named, War for the Planet of the Apes. I’d already made my peace with the fact that James Franco’s character (from the first remade apes movie) is long dead and likely will not even make an appearance as a ghost. Sigh. His monkey pal, Caesar, has forgotten him. That’s sad, because I haven’t. Anyway, it’s Caesar’s performance that holds this way-too-long, thin-plotted film together. Andy Serkis is mega-brill