The surf is up this summer, bringing what board riders might call a “set” of cinematic waves to movie theaters: Two Kevin Bacon movies! Two Shyamalan movies — a father and daughter affair! And two Kevin Costner movies!
But as in every other summer, the real déjà vu will hit you in the tidal wave of sequels, mashups, remakes, reboots, retreads, adaptations and reimaginings crashing on the shore, from franchises as disparate as Beverly Hills Cop, Bad Boys, Inside Out, Despicable Me, A Quiet Place, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Alien and Beetlejuice. It’s the time of year when fanboys and fangirls finally get the fixes they’ve been craving — sometimes for years.