Want to see a movie, but not sure what's worthwhile? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around New Orleans.
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.)
Rocketman
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Set to be released on Friday, May 31, "Rocketman" already has a Tomatometer Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Globe and Mail's Brad Wheeler said, "It's whimsy, magic and metaphor," while Ed Masley of Arizona Republic noted, "It helps that Egerton so masterfully rises to the challenge of inhabiting the role in ways that go beyond a certain more-than-passing physical resemblance to the man or the fact that he does his own singing and handles the choreography with ease."
Catch it on the big screen at The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St.) and Prytania Theatre (5339 Prytania St.) through Thursday, June 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees — and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
With a Tomatometer Score of 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1984 release has much to recommend it.
"Spielberg has come up with another rousing piece of entertainment," according to Kathleen Carroll of the New York Daily News, while Time magazine's Richard Corliss said, "Again you will savor the Indiana Jones schizophrenia: by day a bow-tied, bespectacled archaeologist; by night a resourceful swaggerer, whom Ford brings to life as a modern blend of Bogie and the Duke, with just a glint of misfit psychopathy in his eyes."
Catch it on the big screen at Prytania Theatre (5339 Prytania St.) through Wednesday, June 5. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
The Secret Life of Pets 2
The further adventures of Max the dog and his furry animal friends.
Set to be released on Friday, June 7, "The Secret Life of Pets 2" already has a Tomatometer Score of 70 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Sufficiently buoyant to charm the audiences that turned 'SLOP' into a record-breaking box office proposition," noted Michael Rechtshaffen of the Hollywood Reporter, while Variety's Courtney Howard said, "Stronger sentiments and higher hijinks elevate this sequel above the original."
Get a sneak peak at The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St.) on Thursday, June 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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