In the mood for some entertainment? Don't miss this week's lineup of adventure movies showing on the big screen in and around Santa Ana.
Read on for the best adventure films to catch in theaters, 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.)
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 gotten stellar reviews since its release in December of 2018. The New York Times's 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."
It's playing at Picture Show at Main Place Mall (2800 N. Main St.) through Thursday, Mar. 7. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
With a Tomatometer Score of 92 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on Feb. 22. "The movie could easily be called "How To End Your Trilogy," according to Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post, while New York Magazine/Vulture's David Edelstein said, "For some, it'll be a moving conclusion to an epic series. For others, it'll be one less kids' franchise to worry about."
Catch it on the big screen at Picture Show at Main Place Mall (2800 N. Main St.) through Thursday, Mar. 7. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard — with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths — and about the villain who's to blame.
With a Tomatometer Score of 81 percent and an Audience Score of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has a strong following. "Harry Potter's first venture onto the screen is a solid blockbuster," noted Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News, while the New Yorker's Anthony Lane said, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is, despite its trickery, that plainest and least surprising of artifacts: the work of art that is exactly the sum of its parts, neither more nor less."
You can catch it at Regency South Coast Village (1561 W. Sunflower Ave.) through Thursday, Mar. 7. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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