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Everyone vaxxed and boosted? Because screens big and small are lighting up with an exciting mix of comedies, dramas and documentaries this summer. Make your movie nights worth it with our critics’ picks of the best of what’s coming up and what’s already opened. (Keep an eye on this page for updates, as COVID-19 may rejigger studios’ best-laid plans to make your summer cinematic.)
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COMING IN MAY
Downton Abbey: A New Era (May 20)
Most of the old gang — both upstairs and downstairs — are back in the sequel to the hit about America’s favorite British manor. It’s 1927, and an actor (Dominic West, 52) shoots a moving picture at Downton, while the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith, 87) acquires a French villa from a man in her past.
Check it out: Downton Abbey: A New Era
Top Gun: Maverick (May 27)
Rebel test pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise, 59) roars back in a Super Hornet jet to the tune of “Danger Zone.” The buzz on this film is louder than Maverick’s jet.
Check it out: Top Gun: Maverick
COMING IN JUNE
Hustle (June 8)
Queen Latifah, 52, plays the wife of Adam Sandler, 55, a down-on-his-luck NBA scout who tries to revive his career with a talented amateur he discovers in Spain (actual NBA player Juancho Hernangomez). Robert Duvall, 91, has a supporting role, and since LeBron James coproduced the film, it’s apt to be authentic.
Check it out: Hustle
Jurassic World: Dominion (June 10)
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and their favorite fanged, scaly (or feathered) 66 million-year-old friends return in the latest Jurassic adventure.
Check it out: Jurassic World: Dominion
Halftime (June 14)
A documentary about Jennifer Lopez’s illustrious past and how she plans to use the second half of her life.
Check it out: Halftime
Father of the Bride (June 16)
Andy Garcia, 66, and Gloria Estefan, 64, star in a remake of the 1950 Spencer Tracy comedy classic about a dad coping with his daughter’s marriage, remade in 1991 with Steve Martin. But this time, it’s about a Cuban-American family meeting a clan from Mexico City — a culture-clash comedy.
Check it out: Father of the Bride
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (June 17)
A widowed teacher (Emma Thompson, 63) decides she’s had enough of her hopeless love life, so she hires a young sex worker (Daryl McCormack) to work things out.
Check it out: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
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