The good, the bad and the ugly: “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”

Christian Peterson Columnist Introduction: "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" was released to American audiences on May 10, 2024. It is the tenth film from the entire Planet of the Apes franchise and the fourth in the rebooted franchise. The film takes place 300 years after the most recent movie, "War for the Plane of the Apes." It follows the chimpanzee Noa (Owen Teague), a member of the Eagle clan of apes, who practice falconry. When Noa, along with his friends Anaya (Travis Jeffery) and Soona (Lydia Peckham), prepare for a coming-of-age ceremony, they discover a human being. The human being later found out to be Mae (Freya Allen), follows the trio back to the clan and inadvertently