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What to Watch: Two Movies and Two TV Series Our Critic Recommends

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Film critic Chris Nashawaty recommends the top movies and TV shows for grownups this summer

Still from the show Cape Fear

CAPE FEAR

On Apple TV June 5

Cat-and-mouse thrillers don’t come leaner or meaner than Cape Fear. Whether you prefer Martin Scorsese’s 1991 version or the black-and-white original (Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum), you won’t want to miss this 10-episode series pitting husband-and-wife attorneys (Patrick Wilson, 52, and Amy Adams, 51) against an unhinged Javier Bardem, 57. Executive produced by Scorsese, 83, and Steven Spielberg, 79.


Still from the show Lucky

LUCKY

On Apple TV July 15

This buzzy summer series, with Reese Witherspoon in the executive producer role, stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) as a young con artist on the run from the feds and a brutal crime boss. Based on Marissa Stapley’s best-selling novel (also a Reese’s Book Club pick), Lucky features supporting turns from Annette Bening, 68, Timothy Olyphant, 58, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, 57.


Emily Blunt in a red peplum suit from the movie Disclosure Day

DISCLOSURE DAY

In theaters June 12

Speaking of Spielberg, the maestro will soon storm into multiplexes with his latest sci-fi spectacle, Disclosure Day. The plot hinges on how humanity reacts when faced with undeniable proof of alien life. Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, 56, Colin Firth, 65, and Wake Up Dead Man’s Josh O’Connor head the cast.


Matt Damon and Zendaya in The Odessey

THE ODYSSEY

In theaters July 17

Christopher Nolan is a master at mixing smarts with spectacle. In his first trip behind the camera since Oppenheimer, Nolan, 55, aims high with his retelling of Homer’s epic about a warrior’s 10-year journey home following the Trojan War. A bearded Matt Damon (far left), 55, stars as Odysseus; Anne Hathaway plays his wife, Penelope; Zendaya (left) portrays his protector, Athena; and Charlize Theron, 50, holds him captive as the nymph Calypso.

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