Need date night ideas? Take a look at this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Baltimore.
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.
With a Tomatometer Score of 94 percent and an Audience Score of 68 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Us" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on March 22. "The Chicago Reader"'s Ben Sachs said, "it achieves an insidious, lingering effect that's rarer in the horror genre," while Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor noted, "Ambition in the horror genre can be a good thing, but the overreach in this movie detracts from both the horror and the ambition. Having said that, Director Jordan Peele shows a marked advance in filmmaking skills here and, in her dual role, Lupita Nyong'o is ferociously good."
It's screening at Cinébistro at The Rotunda (727 W. 40th St.) through Thursday, April 18. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Shazam!
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
With a Tomatometer Score of 91 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Shazam!" has become a favorite since its release on April 5.
"For a long, glorious stretch, Shazam! plays like the anti-Nolan antidote it is," according to Joshua Rothkopf of "Time Out," while Salon.com's Matthew Rozsa said, "'Shazam!' is the funniest, sweetest and most innocent movie in the DC Extended Universe, a sign that it is at last ready to compete with Marvel."
Catch it on the big screen at Cinébistro at The Rotunda (727 W. 40th St.) through Thursday, April 18. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Captain Marvel
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
With a Tomatometer Score of 78 percent and an Audience Score of 58 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Captain Marvel" is well worth a watch.
"Does it work? The short answer is: yes. There's enough to keep both diehard Marvel fans and newcomers engaged," noted Mark Daniell of the "Toronto Sun," while "The New Yorker"'s Anthony Lane said, "Superhero cinema has lectured us, ad infinitum, on the responsibility that is conferred by extraordinary gifts. Praise be to (Actress Brie) Larson, for reminding us that they can be bringers of fun."
It's playing at Cinébistro at The Rotunda (727 W. 40th St.) through Thursday, April 18. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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