Movie Preview for Grownups: The 15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See

As director Francois Truffaut once said, “It’s a beautiful day — let’s see a movie!” Keep track of the sunny season’s new batch of movies, and when they’ll arrive in theaters and on streaming platforms, with our critics’ guide. And we’ll see you at the movies!

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight  (in theaters July 8)

Schindler’s List star Embeth Davidtz, 59, directs, writes and costars as Nicola, the sexy, alcoholic mother of a wild child (Lexi Venter) growing up as a white farmer’s daughter in Rhodesia on the eve of the country’s transformation into the Black-run Zimbabwe. Adapted from Amanda Fuller’s bestselling memoir, it’s a moving, often comical story of social change. 

Superman (in theaters July 11) 

Compared to Batman and the Marvel characters, Superman has long been the runt of the superhero litter at the box office. But in its first 24 hours, a quarter-billion people watched the trailer for the new reboot with David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as a highly homicidal Lex Luthor, so we're expecting a super-popular blockbuster this time. Pundits predict it'll be a good movie, too.

Eddington (in theaters July 18)

In the early days of Covid, law-and-order Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix, 50) battles a New Mexico mayor (Pedro Pascal, 50), and murders ensue. It’s a Western costarring Yellowstone’s Luke Grimes.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (in theaters July 18)

The survivors of the Southport Massacre (Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., who’ll be 50 in eight months) are back in a sequel to the 1997 slasher picture, along with some youngsters who’d better listen to the wisdom of their elders because the bad guy with a hook is back too.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25)

Why watch a Marvel movie loved mostly by youngsters? To see Pedro Pascal, 50, as elastic Mr. Fantastic and John Malkovich, 71, as the Red Ghost.