San Antonio/ Fun & Entertainment
Published on February 21, 2019
Don't miss these 4 top-rated movies screening around San AntonioImage: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse/TMDb

In the market for high-caliber entertainment? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around San Antonio.

Read on for the highest rated films to catch, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.

(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and finally embraced them, "Horror Noire" traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman’s seminal book, "Horror Noire" presents the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre’s past trends, to those shaping its future.

Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 100 percent and an Audience Score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror" has proven to be a critical darling since its release on Feb. 1.

Collider's Matt Goldberg said, "Xavier Burgin's documentary is not only a terrific look at black characters in American cinema, but also the importance of cinema studies," while Kieran Fisher of Film School Rejects noted, "Shudder has assembled a team of experts to document black history in horror cinema."

Get a piece of the action at Alamo Drafthouse Park North (618 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 307) through Saturday, Feb. 23. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Gully Boy

A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.

Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 100 percent and an Audience Score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Gully Boy" has been a must-watch since its release on Feb. 14.

"A mainstream rap musical served up with generous helpings of deftly written hip-hop lyrics and an appealing, largely well-woven narrative starring Ranveer Singh in all his charms," said Jay Weissberg of Variety.

Interested? It's playing at Cinemark Movies 16 (5063 N.W. Loop 410th) through Thursday, Feb. 28. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Free Solo

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000-foot-high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 98 percent and an Audience Score of 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Free Solo" has gotten stellar reviews since its release in September and has been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature. 

"Impressive ... But the question for me remains: Why on earth would anybody do this?" asked Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, while RogerEbert.com's Glenn Kenny called it "scary and exhilarating stuff."

Get a piece of the action at Regal Fiesta Stadium 16 (12631 Vance Jackson) through Thursday, Feb. 28. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are transported to this dimension.

With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" has been a must-watch since its release in December.

The New York Times' Lawrence Ware said, "This film manages the delicate feat of embracing its source material while also satirizing it," while David Sims of the Atlantic noted, "The latest entry in a fully saturated genre that somehow, through sheer creative gumption, does something new."

The film has received an Oscar nod for best animated feature. 

You can catch it at Regal Cielo Vista Stadium 18 & RPX (2828 Cinema Ridge) through Thursday, Feb. 28; and Santikos Silverado 16 Theatre (11505 W. Loop 1604 North) through Wednesday, Feb. 27. Click here for showtimes and tickets.


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