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 Dallas.
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.)
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 will 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% and an Audience Score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1960s classic is a critical darling. Newsday's Mike McGrady said, "['A 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 Dallas (1005 S. Lamar St.) through Saturday, June 29. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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% and an Audience Score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Toy Story 4" has been a must-watch since its release on June 21.
"Cooley's film quickens and deepens," according to Anthony Lane of the New Yorker, while Salon's Matthew Rozsa said, "The latest installment, 'Toy Story 4,' is perhaps the bleakest (and most beautiful) of them all."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Studio Movie Grill NorthWest Highway (10110 Technology Blvd.) through Monday, July 1; Regal UA Galaxy Theatre - Dallas (11801 McCree Road) through Wednesday, July 3; LOOK Cinemas Prestonwood (5409 Beltline Road) through Wednesday, July 3; and Cinepolis Luxury Cinema Victory Park (2365 Victory Park Lane) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Jaws
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
With a Tomatometer Score of 97% and an Audience Score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, this 70s throwback has been a favorite of critics.
"'Jaws' is a grisly film, often ugly as sin, which achieves precisely what it set out to accomplish -- scare the hell out of you," noted Arthur Cooper of Newsweek, while Washington Post's Gary Arnold said, "I don't think there's a more exciting talent at work right now than Spielberg, an authentic moviemaking prodigy, and perhaps his worst problem from June 20, 1975, on will be preventing success from making a nervous or artistic wreck of him."
Get a piece of the action at LOOK Cinemas Prestonwood (5409 Beltline Road) through Wednesday, July 3. 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% and an Audience Score of 77% 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," and Salon's Erin Keane 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."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Angelika Film Center & Cafe (5321 E. Mockingbird Lane) through Wednesday, July 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
With a Tomatometer Score of 96% and an Audience Score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1991 release is a must-see. The Boston Globe's Jay Carr said, "Jonathan Demme's 'Silence of the Lambs' has everything you want in a popular thriller. It's stylish, intelligent, audacious rather than shocking and stolen by a suave monster you'll never forget," while Duane Byrge of the Hollywood Reporter stated, "Hopkins' performance is spectacularly unnerving and should win him future award nominations. Holding her own against Hopkins' hare is Jodie Foster as the tenacious, tortoise-like trainee."
It's screening at Angelika Film Center & Cafe (5321 E. Mockingbird Lane) through Monday, July 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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