In the mood for some entertainment? Take a look at this week's lineup of action movies showing on the big screen in and around Columbus.
Here are the best action films to catch in 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.)
Shazam!
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Released Friday, "Shazam!" already has a Tomatometer Score of 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Manohla Dargis of the New York Times noted, "Once Billy says that magic word and his supersized alter ego appears, the movie goes to its happy place and comfortably embraces its own identity as a light, jocular, modest entertainment."
Catch it on the big screen at AMC Lennox Town Center 24 (777 Kinnear Road) through Thursday, April 11; and AMC Starplex Columbus 10 (5275 Westpointe Plaza), Gateway Film Center (1550 N. High St.) and AMC Dine-in Easton Town Center 30 (275 Easton Town Center) 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 on Rotten Tomatoes, "Captain Marvel" has been popular with audiences.
"Does it work? The short answer is: yes. There's enough to keep both diehard Marvel fans and newcomers engaged," according to 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 [Brie] Larson, for reminding us that they can be bringers of fun."
It's screening at Gateway Film Center (1550 N. High St.) through Tuesday, April 9; and AMC Starplex Columbus 10 (5275 Westpointe Plaza), AMC Lennox Town Center 24 (777 Kinnear Road) and AMC Dine-in Easton Town Center 30 (275 Easton Town Center) through Wednesday, April 10. 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" is well worth a watch.
"It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious," noted Sam Adams of Slate.
It's screening at AMC Dine-in Easton Town Center 30 (275 Easton Town Center) through Wednesday, April 10. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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