Want to check out what the buzz is about, but didn't catch the first wave of hot new releases? Being late to the game has its benefits, especially when it comes to calmer vibes and more ample seating at your local movie theater.
It's harder than you think to know when the film you hoped to see on the big screen will leave your local theater. Factors like ticket sales and distribution contracts figure into the equation, but in general, movies can stay in theaters anywhere from a mere two weeks to many months.
Read on for the highest-rated "old" new releases still screening in Oklahoma City 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.)
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African-Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
With a Tomatometer Score of 78 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Green Book" is well worth your time.
Christopher Orr of the Atlantic noted, "First-rate execution can't solve all of a film's problems, but (Viggo) Mortensen and (Mahershala) Ali offer a reminder that it can solve an awful lot of them."
"Green Book" is now only playing at one theater in Oklahoma City, so you may want to act fast. See it on the big screen at AMC Classic Northpark 7 (12100 N. May Ave.) through Thursday, April 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Isn't It Romantic
For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms was all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare — a romantic comedy — and she is the leading lady.
With a Tomatometer Score of 69 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Isn't It Romantic" has had a mixed but generally positive response.
"Unlike other movies where women bang their heads, this one's got a brain," according to Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post, while New York Magazine/Vulture's Bilge Ebiri said, "It's the 'Inception' of rom-coms. Sort of."
"Isn't It Romantic" is now only playing at one theater in Oklahoma City — a big hint that it could be leaving local theaters soon. It's playing at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 (2501 W. Memorial Road, Suite E) through Wednesday, April 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Happy Death Day 2U
Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.
With a Tomatometer Score of 68 percent and an Audience Score of 65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Happy Death Day 2U" has something to offer.
"Along the lines of other recent inexpensive genre efforts that behave more like franchise blockbusters by building out their lore and doubling down on their nerdiness," noted David Sims of the Atlantic, while Salon's Matthew Rozsa said, "It is a sequel that is both better than the original and manages to retroactively improve that movie."
"Happy Death Day 2U" is now only playing at AMC Classic Northpark 7 (12100 N. May Ave.) through Thursday, April 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Alita: Battle Angel
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
With a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Alita: Battle Angel" has something to offer.
Slate's Sam Adams said, "It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious."
"Alita: Battle Angel" is now only playing at three theaters in Oklahoma City, so you may want to act fast. Want to see for yourself? It's playing at AMC Classic Crossroads 16 (1211 E. Interstate 240) through Wednesday, April 3; Cinemark Tinseltown and XD (6001 Martin Luther King Blvd.) through Tuesday, April 2; and Harkins Bricktown 16 (150 E. Reno Ave.) through Thursday, April 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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