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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Descend on the Cinephile Hissy Fit

A shot of Owen Teague as Noa in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)

Back in 2017, Matt Reeves, Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, and company put about as perfect a bow as possible on the Planet of the Apes prequel/reboot trilogy with the epic conclusion of War for the Planet of the Apes. Since then, Disney bought out 20th Century Fox putting anything Planet of the Apes-related in the Mouse House. Any new projects would have to go through those filters and scruples. The arrival of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes earlier this year provoked many pre-release questions, answered them with a new continuation of a good thing Fox had going, and, best of all, didn’t screw it up.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast with guest Joel Winstead.

For their 170th episode, two primate film critics, two post-apocalyptic dads, and two tenet-loving school teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, circle back to a film they missed together in the form of the early 2024 summer blockbuster Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. They circled the calendar for this one after their series on the reboot trilogy and made sure to see and talk about how this new trilogy starter played. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that the fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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