Admit One 10/25
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Starring: Elizabeth Lail, Anne Winters, Jordan Calloway, Tom Segura, Peter Facinelli, Tichina Arnold
Directed by: Justin Dec
Plot: When a young nurse downloads an app that claims to predict exactly when a person is going to die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and death closing in, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 32%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Current War: Director’s Cut
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterson
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Plot: The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
RT Freshness: 62%
Critic Consensus: “If it lacks the powerful voltage that its impressive cast suggests, The Current War: Director’s Cut represents a significant improvement over previous versions”
Black and Blue
Starring: Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp, Mike Colter
Directed by: Deon Taylor
Plot: A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
RT Freshness: 50%
Critic Consensus: “Black and Blue is elevated by Naomie Harris’ central performance, even if the end result suffers from a simplistic treatment of topical themes”
The Lighthouse
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Plot: The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
RT Freshness: 91%
Critic Consensus: “A gripping story brilliantly filmed and led by a pair of powerhouse performances, The Lighthouse further establishes Robert Eggers as a filmmaker of exceptional talent”
