In the mood for some entertainment? Check out this week's lineup of crime movies showing on the big screen in and around Dallas.
Read on for the best crime films to catch in theaters, based on critical scores sourced from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. (Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango.)
BlacKkKlansman
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
With a 95 percent critical approval rating and an audience score of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "BlacKkKlansman" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on Aug. 10. The site's critical consensus notes that "'BlacKkKlansman' uses history to offer bitingly trenchant commentary on current events -- and brings out some of Spike Lee's hardest-hitting work in decades along the way."
Get a piece of the action at LOOK Cinemas Prestonwood (5409 Beltline Road) through Thursday, Jan. 31. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
With a 93 percent critical approval rating and an audience score of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "No Country for Old Men" comes highly recommended. Per the site's critical consensus, "Bolstered by powerful lead performances from Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones, 'No Country for Old Men' finds the Coen brothers spinning cinematic gold out of Cormac McCarthy's grim, darkly funny novel."
It's playing at Alamo Drafthouse Dallas (1005 S. Lamar St.) through Wednesday, Jan. 30. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
With a critical approval rating of 91 percent and an audience score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this mid-century classic has garnered plenty of praise.
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands (6770 Abrams Road) through Sunday, Jan. 27. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
