Admit One 4/9/21
Voyagers
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Viveik Kalra
Directed by: Neil Burger
Plot: With the future of the human race in danger, a group of young men and women, bred for enhanced intelligence and to suppress emotional impulses, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they’re consumed by fear, lust, and the hunger for power.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 27%
Critic Consensus: “It has a game cast and a premise ripe with potential, but Voyagers drifts in familiar orbit rather than fully exploring its intriguing themes”
Thunder Force (Netflix)
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Jason Bateman, Melissa Leo, Bobby Cannavale, Sarah Baker
Directed by: Ben Falcone
Plot: Two childhood best friends reunite as an unlikely crime-fighting superhero duo when one invents a formula that gives ordinary people superpowers.
RT Freshness: 22%
Critic Consensus: “It’s got a few chuckles, but Thunder Force is largely a superhero comedy that’s neither exciting nor funny — and an egregious waste of its co-stars’ talents”
