Need date night ideas? Don't miss this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Denver.
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.)
Us
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Released on Friday, March 22, "Us" already has a Tomatometer Score of 99 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Atlantic's David Sims said, " 'Us' is a glorious symphony of fear, to be sure, but it's also an ambitious sci-fi allegory and a pitch-black comedy of the haves and have-nots," while Brian Truitt of USA Today noted, "(Jordan) Peele is this generation's Hitchcock, for sure, but also a true American original with introspective themes in hand and suspense to spare."
Catch it on the big screen at UA Denver Pavilions Stadium 15 & RPX (500 16th St.), UA Colorado Center Stadium 9 & IMAX (2000 S. Colorado Blvd.), Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake (4255 W. Colfax Ave.) and Regal Continental Stadium 10 & RPX (3635 S. Monaco Parkway) through Wednesday, March 27. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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 on Rotten Tomatoes, "Apollo 11" has been a must-watch since its release on March 8.
"The NASA mission at the heart of the must-see documentary 'Apollo 11' reminds you what it feels to be truly awestruck," according to Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly, while the Associated Press' Jake Coyle said, " '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."
You can catch it at UA Colorado Center Stadium 9 & IMAX (2000 S. Colorado Blvd.) and Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake (4255 W. Colfax Ave.) through Wednesday, March 27. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Blazing Saddles
A town — where everyone seems to be named Johnson — stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
With a Tomatometer Score of 91 percent and an Audience Score of 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this '70s throwback comes highly recommended.
he Hollywood Reporter's Ron Pennington said, "Mel Brooks has come up with his most outrageous comedy to date in the brilliantly funny 'Blazing Saddles,' " while Richard Schickel of TIME Magazine stated, "Goldarned if the whole fool enterprise is not worth the attention of any moviegoer with a penchant for what one actor, commenting on another's Gabby Hayes imitation, calls 'authentic western gibberish.' "
Get a piece of the action at Harkins Northfield 18 (8300 E. Northfield Blvd.) through Tuesday, March 26. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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