In the market for high-caliber entertainment? Don't miss this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Cleveland.
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.)
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this mid-century classic has been a favorite of critics. TIME Magazine said, "A movie that is both a wow of a show and a masterpiece of misanthropy," while Don Druker of the Chicago Reader noted, "Action-packed, highly comic 1961 translation of Dashiell Hammett's 'Red Harvest.'"
Catch it on the big screen at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) only on Monday, April 8. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Us" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on March 22.
"It achieves an insidious, lingering effect that's rarer in the horror genre," according to Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader, while the Christian Science Monitor's Peter Rainer said, "Peele shows a marked advance in filmmaking skills here and, in her dual role, Nyong'o is ferociously good."
Catch it on the big screen at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, April 10. 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.
Released just today, "Shazam!" already has a Tomatometer Score of 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Although it's technically about saving the world (again), 'Shazam!' plays out at eye level, grounded by the belief that who people love and where they feel they belong is stakes enough," noted Sam Adams of Slate.
Tribune News Service's Katie Walsh said, "While the story of 'Shazam!' may be unwieldy at times, Levi and his kid costars make this new (to us) superhero just so gosh-darn appealing, it's hard to resist making room in our hearts for one more."
Get a piece of the action at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, April 10. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Pet Sematary
Louis Creed, his wife Rachel and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes dead is better.
Also released on Friday, April 5, "Pet Sematary" already has a Tomatometer Score of 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Rolling Stone's Peter Travers said, "Stephen King's scariest novel comes back to life in a killer-diller chiller that will make you jump out of your seat. It's the stuff of nightmares."
You can catch it at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, April 10. 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 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Captain Marvel" is well worth a watch. The Toronto Sun's Mark Daniell said, "Does it work? The short answer is: yes. There's enough to keep both diehard Marvel fans and newcomers engaged."
And Anthony Lane of the New Yorker wrote, "Superhero cinema has lectured us, ad infinitum, on the responsibility that is conferred by extraordinary gifts. Praise be to Larson, for reminding us that they can be bringers of fun."
Interested? It's playing at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, April 10. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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