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Stream it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peter Jackson\u2019s love for the original, 1933 \u201cKing Kong\u201d became part of his super-director origin story after the worldwide sensation of his original \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d trilogy. So it came as no surprise that he turned his attention next to this no-expense-spared 2005 remake. Unlike the story\u2019s 1976 iteration, which updated the story to a contemporary setting, Jackson\u2019s film keeps the original time frame intact, along with the surrounding story about a frustrated filmmaker (Jack Black), a would-be starlet (Naomi Watts) and the man who falls for her (Adrien Brody). (The titular great ape is played by Andy Serkis, a sensation as Gollum in the \u201cLord\u201d movies.) \u201cKing Kong\u201d isn\u2019t as fleet-footed as it could be, but Jackson\u2019s affection for the material is clear, and his first-rate cast goes all in \u2014 especially Watts and Serkis, who make their interspecies love story entirely probable.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This 2019 romantic drama, written by Lena Waithe and directed by Melina Matsoukas<\/a>, feels strikingly, urgently of its moment, telling the story of a Black couple (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith) whose uneventful first date is interrupted by a bloodthirsty cop whom they kill in self-defense. They go on the lam, becoming folk heroes along the way, and this story about racist policing and social protest has grown only more pointed with time. Kaluuya and Turner-Smith are electric, teasing out the wrinkles and nuances of what could have been stock characters, and Matsoukas\u2019s direction is, by turns, both dirt-on-the-floor realistic and surprisingly lyrical.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Judd Apatow\u2019s feature comedies have always had a messy streak \u2014 an interest in pursuing peculiar detours and character moments that separate his work from that of his more joke-oriented peers. That inclination came to its full flower with this 2012 comedy-drama, a semi-sequel to his hit \u201cKnocked Up,\u201d that focuses on the supporting characters Pete (Paul Rudd), Debbie (Leslie Mann) and their daughters, Sadie (Maude Apatow) and Charlotte (Iris Apatow). That Mann is Apatow\u2019s real-life wife, and the younger Apatows are their daughters, gives you an idea of how personal the project is, with Apatow using the milestone birthdays of Paul and Debbie as a starting point for a funny and poignant examination of aging, monogamy, sex and family. Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, John Lithgow, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Segel are among the impressive supporting cast.<\/p>\n Stream it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some movies are judged for what\u2019s onscreen. Others, like this 1995 postapocalyptic adventure from the director Kevin Reynolds, are judged for what it took to get them there. \u201cWaterworld\u201d was the most expensive movie ever made at the time it was produced, and it was treated as an out-of-control fiasco by a scandal-thirsty entertainment press. But shooting on the water is no picnic \u2014 just ask Steven Spielberg, whose production of \u201cJaws\u201d suffered similar setbacks \u2014 and the practical production that elevated those costs makes it a refreshing novelty now. Kevin Costner, with whom Reynolds had worked previously on \u201cFandango\u201d and \u201cRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves,\u201d is an appropriately sturdy anchor, and Dennis Hopper is a hoot as the cackling villain.<\/p>\n\u2018Queen & Slim\u2019 (May 1)<\/h2>\n
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