On the hunt for date night ideas? Take a look at this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Worcester.
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.)
Toy Story 4
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 98 percent and an Audience Score of 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Toy Story 4" has proven to be a critical darling since its release on June 21. The New Yorker's Anthony Lane said, "[Director Josh] Cooley's film quickens and deepens," while Matthew Rozsa of Salon noted, "The latest installment, 'Toy Story 4,' is perhaps the bleakest (and most beautiful) of them all."
You can catch it at Showcase Cinemas Worcester North (135 Brooks St.) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Midsommar
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Set for wide release on Wednesday, July 3, "Midsommar" already has a Tomatometer Score of 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
"The movie works best, I think, as a black-comic treatise on what can befall a garden-variety passive-aggressive mixed blessing of a boyfriend if he's not careful," according to Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune, while the AV Club's A.A. Dowd said, "This is, in other words, a less perfectly crafted nightmare than [director Ari] Aster's last one. But there's a deranged integrity to its sprawl, and to the filmmaker's willingness to embrace the darkest, most unsparing aspects of human desire."
It's screening at Showcase Cinemas Worcester North (135 Brooks St.) beginning Tuesday, July 2. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Yesterday
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.
Released on Friday, June 28, "Yesterday" already has a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Weaknesses aside, it's a feel-good experience with more to recommend it than the obligatory nostalgia trip associated with half-century old songs," noted James Berardinelli of ReelViews.
Catch it on the big screen at Showcase Cinemas Worcester North (135 Brooks St.) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Annabelle Comes Home
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target — the Warrens' 10-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
With a Tomatometer Score of 69 percent and an Audience Score of 72 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Annabelle Comes Home" is well worth a watch. The Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips said, "The reason the movie works, I think, is simple. The actresses are all strong," and the Globe and Mail's Brad Wheeler noted, "What follows is excellent, uncomplicated and well-wrought house-of-horrors fun, complete with a message about self-blame and the real things that haunt us."
It's playing at Showcase Cinemas Worcester North (135 Brooks St.) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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