Box Office Breakdown for Weekend of 5/19/24
What’s up, Geeks + Gamers? It’s ODIN! IF Wins with Light Open as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Holds Strong As the summer box office continues to roll, so do its unpredictability and volatility. This past weekend, the new Ryan Reynolds-starring and John Krasinsky-directed film about imaginary friends, IF, opened roughly $5 million below expectations. […]
The Truth About The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Box Office
What’s up, Geeks + Gamers? It’s ODIN! Many in the box office media have been pointing to the larger than expected opening for the latest movie in the Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Making over $130 million globally and over $58 million domestically, there is no doubt that […]
REVIEW: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
In an entertainment era where seemingly everything is being dumbed down and homogenized, the Planet of the Apes films have managed to hold on, retaining their focus on larger ideas about society, human nature, and the rise and fall of civilization. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth in the rebooted arm of the […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Trailer Swings High
20th Century Studios is monkeying around this week, releasing a trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the next installment in the long-running sci-fi franchise (albeit part of the rebooted continuity). This entry jumps forward several generations and finds apes becoming the dominant species on Earth and living harmoniously in Caesar’s vision until a […]
New Planet of the Apes Film Coming from Wes Ball
The most recent Planet of the Apes trilogy concluded in 2017, with Matt Reeves’ excellent War for the Planet of the Apes. In my eyes, this ended one of the greatest movie trilogies ever created and emotionally satisfied me to the point that I never really desired a followup. Today, it was reported that The […]
Alita: Fox’s Last Stand
I had been looking forward to Alita: Battle Angel for several years. I remember an article from 13 years ago where James Cameron discussed his two epic sci-fi trilogies that he was planning as his comeback to narrative filmmaking, having spent the better part of a decade developing moviemaking technology (which had first been used […]