12 movies to check out on Hulu this May
An animated fantasy film with a cult following, a White Men Can't Jump remake, and Nicolas Cage's first Western lead Hulu's new titles
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Clockwise from top left: White Men Can’t Jump (Hulu), The Old Way (Saban Films), Beetlejuice (Warner Bros.), The Last Unicorn (Jensen Farley Pictures) Image: The A.V. Club
Whether or not you think that the world needs a fresh version of White Men Can’t Jump, you’re getting a remake starring Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow this month. Also premiering on Hulu in May is Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, the animated fantasy film The Last Unicorn, the Nicolas Cage Western The Old Way, the meta slasher flick Alone At Night, and Ryan Phillippe in the crime drama American Murderer. Here are all 12 of the titles streaming on Hulu this month that caught our eye.
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Your URL for “Alone at Night” contains “review”, but in fact there is no AVC review, nor even a wikipedia article for the film. Which means I still don’t know what makes it “meta”.
Definitely check out “Best in Show” if you haven’t seen it. Where the hell are comedies like this these days? Also a qualified recommendation for “The Last Unicorn.” While I’m a big fan of the book and Beagle’s other work (check out “A Fine and Private Place” if you feel the need for a sweet ghostly love story) I avoided the movie for decades but was surprised to find out I actually enjoyed it. The film adheres surprisingly close to the book and is very much an adult fantasy, not a childrens movie. Being a Rankin / Bass production with the actual design and animation farmed out to Topcraft (which later morphed into Studio Ghibli) it looks and feels a lot like the animated “The Hobbit” (a plus in my book) while being hamstrung by some really awful songs courtesy America. The voice casting is superb and Christopher Lee loved the book so much he offered to record his part for free and then showed up at the recording studio book-in-hand to make sure they didn’t cut out the best parts. It’s far from perfect but surprisingly smart and affecting. Give it a chance.