Movies Update: ‘Irresistible,’ Revisiting ‘Jurassic Park’ and More

Plus, 10 streaming movies to take a chance on.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story June 26, 2020 By A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis What is summer without summer blockbusters? Movie-craving Americans are about to find out. Yes, some theaters are making cautious plans to reopen next month — we’ll see how that goes — but for the first time in forever, we’re facing a Fourth of July weekend without a big popcorn spectacle to provide thrills, laughs, groans, action and air-conditioning. In place of such delights, we decided for our next Weekend Watch to revisit a commercial juggernaut from the past with the hungry dinosaurs and terrified humans of “Jurassic Park.” How does it all look now? Are the dinosaurs as fearsome on the home screen? Do the vintage special effects or the pretend science hold up? Please take a look and tell us what you think. “Jurassic Park” is available to stream, rent or buy. Here’s a guide. Comments will be open on this linked article until 6 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday — so come on by, the park is always open. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Daniel Mcfadden/Focus Features, via Associated Press   ‘Irresistible’ Review: The Voters Are Red, the Message Is Blue Jon Stewart’s new political satire, which presents a homespun cliché of Middle America, is a lecture on old news. By Jeannette Catsoulis Sara Krulwich/The New York Times   ‘Hamilton’ Is Coming to the Small Screen. This Is How It Got There. The film, a live capture of the hit Broadway show, will stream on Disney Plus beginning July 3. That wasn’t always the plan. By Michael Paulson Warner Bros.   Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman Schumacher’s flash and style may well have rescued the franchise. (And then, two years later, nearly sank it.) By Jason Bailey STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS Well Go USA   Beyond The Algorithm 10 Streaming Movies to Take a Chance On Tired of searching for good movies to stream and looking for something off the beaten path? We did the work for you. By Jason Bailey Criterion Collection   Gateway Movies Does Cinéma Vérité Exist? Watch These 2 Movies to Find Out The documentary style is eye-opening as it tests the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking. Try “Crisis” and “Salesman” to start. By Ben Kenigsberg Amazon Studios   6 Movies That Take Place in a Single Location (Mostly) With the release of “7500” on Amazon Prime Video, here’s a look at a handful of films that create dramatic tension in one space (or outer space). By Chris Azzopardi UTV Motion Pictures   4 Great Sushant Singh Rajput Roles to Stream In his relatively short career, Rajput rose to leading man. Here are some of his best performances. By Priya Arora Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT MOVIE REVIEWS John Wilson/Netflix   ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Review: Over the Top and Around the Bend Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams play Icelandic singing hopefuls in this over-egged musical comedy. By Jeannette Catsoulis Netflix   ‘Athlete A’ Review: A Web of Abuse and Cover-Ups Come to Light A new documentary from Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk delves into the years of ignored sexual abuse of girls and young women by the Olympic doctor Larry Nassar. By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim Well Go USA   Critic’s Pick ‘House of Hummingbird’ Review: Picture a Girl, Picture a World In this delicate movie, a teenage girl in Seoul tries to find a sense of self amid calamities small and large. By Manohla Dargis Eagle Rock Entertainment   ‘Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things’ Review: Words Without Much Music This documentary from Leslie Woodhead gives the first lady of song a dry, PBS-ready treatment. By Ben Kenigsberg Netflix   ‘Nobody Knows I’m Here’ Review: Letting a Repressed Tune Ring Out Gaspar Antillo makes a narrative strategy out of withheld information, abrupt elisions and possible fantasy sequences in his debut feature. By Ben Kenigsberg Amazon Studios   ‘My Spy’ Review: A Secret Agent Gets Outsmarted Dave Bautista bumbles as a C.I.A. field agent, and has a 9-year-old help him along the way. By Kyle Turner Corinth Films   ‘A Regular Woman’ Review: A Family Murder, as Told by the Victim Sherry Hormann’s new film dramatizes a 2005 “honor killing” in Berlin, using a fictionalized version of the woman who died as narrator. By Teo Bugbee Strand Releasing   ‘The Audition’ Review: A Violin Teacher on the Verge She’s not happy, and her student isn’t laughing, either. Nina Hoss is impeccable in this film by Ina Weisse. By Glenn Kenny Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT CRITIC’S PICKS Music Box Films   Critic’s Pick ‘Beats’ Review: A Last Hurrah, and a First Trip Set in Scotland in 1994, the film tells a tender, moody story of friendship. By Ben Kenigsberg Mickael Mongin/Netflix   Critic’s Pick ‘Lost Bullet’ Review: Fast Cars and Quick Fists This tight French Netflix thriller reminds us how deeply satisfying action can be when you strip it of Hollywood flab. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Destination Maitland LLC   Critic’s Pick ‘The 11th Green’ Review: Investigating Aliens, Eisenhower and Golf The director Christopher Munch’s first feature since 2011 is both whimsical and dark. By Glenn Kenny 1091   Critic’s Pick ‘The Ghost of Peter Sellers’ Review: Inside a Cursed Comedy This documentary tells the mesmerizing story of a horrendous film shoot and the psychological flotsam left in its wake. By Jeannette Catsoulis NEWS & FEATURES David Lee/Netflix   Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Black soldiers finally get their own story, but in one important respect, the film is no different from other Hollywood dramas that came before. By Viet Thanh Nguyen Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Popperfoto via Getty Images   ‘Gone With the Wind’ Returns to HBO Max With a Few Additions There is now a video intro discussing the film’s much-criticized depictions of the South and slavery, and a panel discussion examining those issues further. By Jason Bailey Universal Pictures   Spike Lee Saved My Life How lessons from the director’s films prepared one moviegoer for a terrifying encounter with the police. By Lawrence Ware How are we doing? We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to moviesupdate@nytimes.com. Like this email? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up here. 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