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AARP critic Tim Appelo’s picks of upcoming movies and shows to watch
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
In theaters June 7
What are you gonna do when detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett (Will Smith, 55, and Martin Lawrence, 59) come for you in their fourth action romp? Probably, you’ll help push the film franchise’s ticket sales over a billion dollars. They’re out to burn cars, bicker over Skittles and clear the name of their old police chief (The Sopranos’ Joe Pantoliano, 72)—and their own.
PRESUMED INNOCENT
On Apple TV+ June 12
If you liked Big Little Lies, try the latest twisty mystery miniseries from producer David E. Kelley, 68, about prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose office is upended when one of their own is accused of a lurid murder. “The new Presumed Innocent will be just that—new,” says Scott Turow, 75, who wrote the 1987 bestseller that spawned 1990’s Harrison Ford film and this show. “DNA was not commonly used in court in 1987. Kelley came up with a new approach that borders on genius.”
HIT MAN
On Netflix June 7
In a screwball comedy/ thriller, a meek philosophy professor (Glen Powell, Top Gun: Maverick) pretends to be a stone-cold undercover assassin, in cahoots with the New Orleans Police Department. It’s loosely based on a true story.
THE BIKERIDERS
In theaters June 21
A nice girl (Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer) falls for a motorcyclist (Elvis’ Austin Butler) in a violent Chicago gang whose leader (Tom Hardy) is obsessed with Marlon Brando in The Wild One. The ’60s soundtrack—Cream, Them, the Shangri-Las—will take you back.
DISCO: SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION
On PBS June 18–July 2
Remember when disco divas like Donna Summer rocked the boat of American culture? This docuseries traces disco’s origins in the era’s Stonewall uprising and a recession that freed New York City warehouses to become sweaty dance halls.