4 popular films worth checking out in Oklahoma City this week

4 popular films worth checking out in Oklahoma City this weekImage: Booksmart/TMDb
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Published on June 14, 2019

On the hunt for date night ideas? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Oklahoma City.

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.)

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% and an Audience Score of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Booksmart" has been a must-watch since its release on May 24. The New Republic's Kristen Evans said, "It's more John Hughes than Judd Apatow, and it's a little more Bridesmaids than Lady Bird...a success on [its] own terms," while Erin Keane of Salon.com noted, "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."

You can catch it at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 (2501 W. Memorial Road, Suite E) and Harkins Bricktown 16 (150 E. Reno Ave.) through Wednesday, June 19. 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 94% and an Audience Score of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Avengers: Endgame" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on April 26.

"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," according to Oliver Jones of the Observer, while the San Diego Reader's Matthew Lickona said, "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."

In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at Cinemark Tinseltown and XD (6001 Martin Luther King Blvd.) and AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 (2501 W. Memorial Road, Suite E) through Wednesday, June 19. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

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.

With a Tomatometer Score of 91% and an Audience Score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Rocketman" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on May 31. The New Yorker's Anthony Lane said, "If you need somebody to recount the rise of a British rock god from pallid suburbia to the baroque extremes of fame, and to create a stir without causing too much of a fuss, Fletcher is your man," and the Chicago Reader's Leah Pickett noted, "The story reshuffles reality, especially time and facts, and the film is more enjoyable for it."

Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Cinemark Tinseltown and XD (6001 Martin Luther King Blvd.) and AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 (2501 W. Memorial Road, Suite E) through Wednesday, June 19. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

The Souvenir

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Set to be released on Friday, Aug. 30, "The Souvenir" already has a Tomatometer Score of 90 percent and an Audience Score of 35 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Toronto Star's Peter Howell said, "Swinton Byrne and Burke make for one of the year's most intriguing screen couples, although this is a romance based on anxiety, narcissism and opportunism rather than anything resembling genuine affection," while Barry Hertz of the Globe and Mail stated, "This is not a movie that lets life simply play out as it is or was - it is instead a collection of memories, some sharp as shards but others smoothed down."

It's playing at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 (2501 W. Memorial Road, Suite E) through Wednesday, June 19. Click here for showtimes and tickets.


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