In the market for high-caliber entertainment? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Los Angeles.
Here are 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.)
Apollo 11
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 99 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Apollo 11" has gotten stellar reviews since its release on March 8.
Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty said, "The NASA mission at the heart of the must-see documentary 'Apollo 11' reminds you what it feels to be truly awestruck." And Jake Coyle of the Associated Press noted, "'Apollo 11' might not tell you anything you don't already know about the moon landing. But it will make you feel it, and see it, anew."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at ArcLight Hollywood (6360 Sunset Blvd.) through Wednesday, April 3. 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, this Best Animated Feature Oscar winner has been a must-watch since its release in December of 2018.
"This film manages the delicate feat of embracing its source material while also satirizing it," noted Lawrence Ware of the New York Times, while the Atlantic's David Sims called it, "The latest entry in a fully saturated genre that somehow, through sheer creative gumption, does something new."
It's playing at Regency Valley Plaza 6 (6355 Bellingham Ave.) through Wednesday, April 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
The Mustang
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "The Mustang" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on March 15.
The Chicago Reader's Andrea Gronvall noted, "This film was developed at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute lab for emerging talent; he certainly found one in French actress Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, here making an impressive feature directorial debut."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at ArcLight Sherman Oaks (15301 Ventura Blvd., Building A), and ArcLight Hollywood (6360 Sunset Blvd.) through Wednesday, April 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Pulp Fiction
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
With a Tomatometer Score of 94 percent and an Audience Score of 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1994 release starring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta is a quotable classic.
Boston Globe's Jay Carr said, "It's hot, it's cool and — for a movie that sometimes comes at you like a blindsiding fist — it's unfailingly playful."
Catch it on the big screen at Regency Granada Hills 9 (16830 Devonshire St.) only on Tuesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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