In the market for high-caliber entertainment? Take a look at this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around El Paso.
Here are 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.
A Hard Day's Night
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 98 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this mid-century classic has made a lasting impression. Newsday's Mike McGrady said, "[Hard Day's Night] adds up to a breathless, sometimes funny film maybe even worth a squeal or two," while Rafer Guzman of Newsday noted, "The movie never feels like a nostalgia trip. It moves, breathes and sings with life."
It's screening at Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo (250 E. Montecillo Blvd.) through Tuesday, June 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Booksmart
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Booksmart" has been a must-watch since its release on May 24.
"Booksmart puts a fresh spin on the coming-of-age night-of comedy because it's focused on two girls, one of whom is also queer," according to Erin Keane of Salon.com, while the Globe and Mail's Chandler Levack said, "Booksmart is a love letter for any young woman who has ever stayed home on a Friday night to watch a Ken Burns documentary."
Get a piece of the action at Cinemark Cielo Vista Mall 14 and XD (8401 Gateway West Blvd.), The Grand 10 - Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road), Bassett Place Premiere Cinema 17 + IMAX (6101 Gateway West, Suite 15) and AMC El Paso 16 (9840 Gateway Blvd. North) through Wednesday, June 5. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
42nd Street
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 74 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this vintage film comes highly recommended. The New York Times's Mordaunt Hall said, "The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood," and Time Out's Geoff Andrew noted, "Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity."
Interested? It's playing at Alamo Drafthouse Montecillo (250 E. Montecillo Blvd.) through Saturday, June 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Avengers: Endgame
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Avengers: Endgame" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on April 26. The Observer's Oliver Jones said, "What you will be getting when you walk into an inevitably overstuffed movie theater is something singular that reflects our age in a way that none of the MCU films that preceded it have-indeed, very few Hollywood spectacles ever have," while Matthew Lickona of the San Diego Reader stated, "The MCU will go on and on, but this chapter - and the American pragmatism vs. American ideals bromance that drove it - have well and truly come to their "Excelsior! Nuff said!" moment."
Catch it on the big screen at Cinemark Cielo Vista Mall 14 and XD (8401 Gateway West Blvd.), The Grand 10 - Ft. Bliss (1619 Pleasonton Road), Bassett Place Premiere Cinema 17 + IMAX (6101 Gateway West, Suite 15) and AMC El Paso 16 (9840 Gateway Blvd. North) through Wednesday, June 5. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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