Nine movies to watch this summer and five family films to catch up on

Lazy days, holidays and long evenings beckon but what’s available to stream and in cinemas to keep both grown ups and family audiences entertained? Esther McCarthy suggests some of the best recent movies to catch up on this summer and where you can find them.

Summer movies to catch up on

Hit Man (Netflix) 

Glen Powell shows us why he’s suddenly one of Hollywood’s most in-demand stars with a comic turn in this darkly funny thriller from Richard Linklater ( Boyhood). A teacher who moonlights as a fake hitman to expose potential customers, he’s thrown when a passionate romance with a potential customer (Adria Arjona) threatens to upend his fake persona.