Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★★
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I grew up obsessed with the original Planet of the Apes series – five films, TV spin-off, Marvel comics, bubblegum cards – and initially regarded the 2011 reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with suspicion. But the motion-capture technology really worked and it’s proving a thoroughly modern franchise. Part two, Dawn, picks up ten years after the flu pandemic that ended Rise, with lead ape Caesar – in the empathic, expressive form of Andy Serkis – running a colony in the hills outside San Francisco. Read More...
All eyes will be on the British 21-year-old who has previously failed to progress beyond the second round of a major in five attempts since her stunning 2021 US Open triumph.
Raducanu missed the majority of the 2023 season through injury and, as a result, has fallen out of the top 100 in the WTA Rankings. She starts the tournament at No.299 in the world.
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The League of Gentlemen was the multi award-winning cult comedy series which chronicled the weird and wonderful residents of the fictional northern town of Royston Vasey. These included characters like the white-faced clown Papa Lazarou, who kidnapped women, and a butcher called Hillary Briss who sold his customers what seemed like human flesh which made them bleed from their noses.
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