If you missed out on catching the hottest new releases right when they came out, you're in luck: those same movies may still be in theaters, albeit with more open seats and shorter popcorn lines.
It's harder than you think to know when the movie you planned 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 Tucson 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 Tucson — a big hint that it could be leaving local theaters soon. It's screening at Century Gateway 12 (770 N. Kolb Road) through Thursday, April 25. 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 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Alita: Battle Angel" has something to offer.
"It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious," according to Sam Adams of Slate.
"Alita: Battle Angel" is now only playing at one theater in Tucson, so you may want to act fast. It's playing at Century Gateway 12 (770 N. Kolb Road) through Thursday, April 25. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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