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AARP critic Tim Appelo picks upcoming movies and shows for grownups to watch this summer
THE ROSES
In theaters August 29
If you liked Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in the 1989 comedy The War of the Roses, you may love the reboot by Jay Roach, 68 (Austin Powers, Meet the Fockers), starring Benedict Cumberbatch, 49, and The Crown’s Olivia Colman, 51, as an architect and a chef whose perfect marriage turns into total war when he gets fired and her career takes off.
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
On Netflix August 28
Four retirees—Joyce (Celia Imrie, 73), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley, 81), Elizabeth (Helen Mirren, 80) and Ron (Pierce Brosnan, 72)—investigate cold-case murders for fun instead of playing bridge. But when a crime occurs close to home, they’re called to solve a case for real.
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST
In theaters August 22, on Apple TV+ September 5
Spike Lee, 68, directs Denzel Washington, 70, who plays a legendary music mogul whose old friend and chauffeur (Jeffrey Wright, 59) loses his son to a kidnapper. The mogul must decide which he values more: his wealth and empire or the son’s life. It’s an update of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1963 police procedural High and Low, starring Toshiro Mifune.
THE NAKED GUN
In theaters August 1
Liam Neeson, 73, has a particular set of skills—for comedy, not just for revenge flicks. In the reboot of the 1988 cop-show spoof, he plays the son of Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen). Pamela Anderson, 58, costars.