What to watch with kids this summer

The summer lineup includes ‘Luca’, ‘Spirit Untamed’, ‘Cruella’, and a sequel to ‘Space Jam’

Summer, glorious summer. A time of year when despite the heat we used to rush about outdoors getting dirty (and gaining immunity for the years ahead), knees scraped, and so on. Cut to 2020, and 2021, the nippers cannot step out any more. Even if they do, they risk the danger of bringing home the dreaded virus to their much more susceptible parents. So, it’s the good old idiot box to the rescue, whenever parents are not taking the chance to give kids extra home lessons, of course. Thankfully, there is a glut of films available for the young ones, which the young at heart can enjoy as well. Fans of musicals will be well familiar with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. He’s back in June with another musical, this time an animation set in what looks like Venice. Also due in June is the animated Luca, set on the Italian Riviera, where a friendship develops between a human boy and a ‘sea being’ disguised as a boy.