At The Movies

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), PG-13, 2 hr 25 min Franchise: Planet of the Apes Franchise Position #10 Movie Tagline: “A new reign begins.” --- Trailer --- Main Cast Owen Teague – Noa Freya Allan – Mae Kevin Durand – Proximus Caesar Peter Macon – Raka William H. Macy – Trevathan Sara Wiseman – Dar Lydia Peckham – Soona Neil Sandilands – Koro Eka Darville – Silva --- Reviews Critics Ratings My Rating: 8/10 The Dove Foundation: Not Rated IMDb : 6.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes : 80% Metacritic : 66/100 --- Plot Summary Set generations after Caesar’s time, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes follows a young chimpanzee named Noa living in a tribal society where apes have inherited the Earth and humans have fallen into primitive silence. When his peaceful life is upended by a brutal new ruler—Proximus Caesar—Noa embarks on a journey that will challenge everything he believes about leadership, legacy, and the relationship between apes and humans. A new chapter begins in the struggle between p...

Dr. Zhivago (1965), Approved, 3 hr 17 min “Turbulent passions... against the sweep of history.” --- Trailer --- Main Cast Omar Sharif – Dr. Yuri Zhivago Julie Christie – Lara Antipova Geraldine Chaplin – Tonya Gromeko Rod Steiger – Viktor Komarovsky Alec Guinness – Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago Tom Courtenay – Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov Ralph Richardson – Alexander Gromeko Siobhán McKenna – Anna Gromeko Rita Tushingham – The Girl Jeffrey Rockland – Sasha Zhivago --- Reviews Critics Ratings My Rating: 9/10 The Dove Foundation: Not Rated IMDb : 8.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes : 85%  Metacritic : 69/100 --- Plot Summary Dr. Zhivago follows the life of Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet caught between the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and the shifting tides of love and loyalty. Married to the kind and noble Tonya, Zhivago falls deeply in love with Lara, a passionate and mysterious woman who is also linked to his life through political and personal tragedy. As war, revolution, and loss shape the worl...

The Dark Knight Rises Year : 2012 Franchise : Batman Franchise # : 8 (Third and final film in The Dark Knight Trilogy) Total Runtime : 165 minutes MPAA Rating : PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality, and thematic elements) Tagline  “A fire will rise.” Main Cast Christian Bale – Bruce Wayne / Batman Tom Hardy – Bane Anne Hathaway – Selina Kyle / Catwoman Gary Oldman – Commissioner James Gordon Michael Caine – Alfred Pennyworth Joseph Gordon-Levitt – John Blake Marion Cotillard – Miranda Tate / Talia al Ghul Morgan Freeman – Lucius Fox Reviews Synopsis Eight years after disappearing, a broken Bruce Wayne is forced out of hiding when a new threat—Bane—emerges and turns Gotham into a war zone. With his body battered and his spirit crushed, Bruce must decide if Batman still has something left to give. This one’s big, bold, and ends the trilogy with epic stakes and emotional payoff. Overview This is the trilogy’s grand finale—and it feels like it. The stake...