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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Many years after Caesar’s demise, apes are now the dominant species, while humans have regressed in their evolution, becoming unable to speak. Noa (Teague), a young chimpanzee, returns to his clan after collecting items for a coming-of-age cere- mony to discover them being attacked by a group of ape raiders led by a gorilla general named Sylva (Darville). Sylva proceeds to kill Koro (Sandilands), the leader of the clan and Noa’s father, and hurls Noa from a great height in an attempt to kill him. Surviving the fall, Noa sets out to rescue his clan, forming alliances with other

Teague as Noa in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” apes along the way, as well as encountering a human that they grant the name “Nova,” aka Mae (Allan). Together they confront the king, Proximus Caesar (Durand), and challenge his bid to enslave all clans and take control of human-made technology.

Directors:WesBall.Stars:Owen Teague,FreyaAllan,KevinDurand,PeterMacon,WilliamH. Macy,NeilSandilands,EkaDarville.2024.145min.ScienceFictionAction.

The Garfield Movie

The lovable but lazy and oafish Garfield (Pratt) enjoys living in the lap of luxury with his dog best friend Odie (Guillén) and their owner, Jon Arbuckle (Hoult). But their pampered day-to-day living is interrupted when both Garfield and Odie are kidnapped by a Shar Pei and a whippet named Roland (Goldstein) and Nolan (Yang). Although taken to an abandoned mall as hostages, Garfield and Odie are soon rescued by none other than Garfield’s father, Vic (Jackson), from whom Garfield is estranged. In order to receive forgiveness for his actions, Vic must take Garfield and Odie to Lactose Farms.

Director:MarkDindal.Stars:Chris Pratt,SamuelL.Jackson,Hannah Waddingham,VingRhames, NicholasHoult, BrettGoldstein, BowenYang,SnoopDogg.2024. 101min.AnimatedComedy.