What movie should you go see today?
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Want to see a movie, but not sure what's worth your time (and money)? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Cleveland.
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.
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 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The Chicago Reader's Leah Pickett said, "The story reshuffles reality, especially time and facts, and the film is more enjoyable for it," while David Sims of the Atlantic noted, "Fletcher isn't seeking to reinvent a very practiced storytelling formula; he's just perfecting it."
You can catch it at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, June 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Vera Cruz
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by Emperor Maximillian and Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
With a Tomatometer Score of 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this old-school film has proven a solid viewing choice.
"Played out as a seat-of-the-pants con game of shifting alliances and double-crosses, it's a cheerfully ruthless tale that served as a veritable blueprint for the mercenary brand of Italian spaghetti westerns of the 1960s," according to Sean Axmaker of Stream on Demand, while Movie Metropolis' James Plath said, "'Vera' Cruz is one of the better Westerns that no one remembers ."
It's screening at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) through Saturday, June 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Irma La Douce
A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living sex worker.
With a Tomatometer Score of 83 percent and an Audience Score of 79 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1960s classic has proven a solid viewing choice.
"Wilder's soft-centred cynicism provides frequent enough laughs without too many longueurs," noted Geoff Andrew of Time Out, while the New York Times' Bosley Crowther said, "Mr. Lemmon is little short of brilliant."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) through Saturday, June 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Ma
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
Set to be released on Friday, May 31, "Ma" already has a Tomatometer Score of 65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Tribune News Service's Katie Walsh said, "'Ma' zips along while providing a foundation for Landes' increasingly bonkers script (and most importantly, Spencer's creepy-larious performance)," and the Boston Globe's Tom Russo noted, "The lady might be a wackjob, but she's one with some complexity behind the creeping instability. As showy character roles go, Spencer hits the motherlode."
Catch it on the big screen at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, June 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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