In the age of streaming entertainment, it can be hard to leave the couch. But movie theaters still offer a special experience for those willing to get out of the house. Want to see what's out there? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Cleveland.
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.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
'Kiss Me Deadly'
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 84 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this vintage film has made a lasting impression, with the "New Yorker"'s Richard Brody saying, "The actors' idiosyncratic voices, wrapped around such chrome-plated poetry as "the great whatsit" and "va-va-voom," are as hauntingly musical as Aldrich's images."
It's playing at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) through Sunday, May 5. 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 together again 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 84 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Avengers: Endgame" has become a favorite since its release on April 26.
"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," according to Matthew Lickona of the "San Diego Reader," while Slate's Dana Stevens said, "'Endgame' consists almost entirely of the downtime scenes that were always secretly everyone's favorite parts of these movies anyway."
You can catch it at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, May 8. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
'Long Shot'
When Fred Flarsky reunites with his first crush, one of the most influential women in the world, Charlotte Field, he charms her. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter and sparks fly.
Set to be released on Friday, May 3, "Long Shot" already has a Tomatometer Score of 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. "Rolling Stone"'s Peter Travers said, "Theron and Rogen are a sparking pair of live wires who turn an impossible relationship - she's the class to his crass, the hot to his not - into a soft-hearted political satire that's raunchy and romantic in all the right places," and indieWire's Eric Kohn noted, "'Long Shot turns its endearing couple into a savvy vessel for exploring America's fractured times."
Catch it on the big screen at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Wednesday, May 8. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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