Admit One 10/27/23
Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One
Five Nights at Freddy’s (Theaters and Peacock)
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard
Directed by: Emma Tammi
Plot: A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 31%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Freelance (Theaters)
Starring: John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Christian Slater, Alice Eve, Martin Csokas
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Plot: Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless–but impeccably dressed–dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she’s about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other in order to make it out alive!
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Inspector Sun (Theaters)
Starring: Ronny Chieng, Iain Batchelor, Emily Kleimo, Jennifer Childs Greer
Directed by: Julio Soto Gurpide
Plot: When a spider detective boards a seaplane to San Francisco after finally capturing his arch nemesis, a murder on his flight draws him into a plot that threatens both the human and bug worlds.
RT Freshness: 75%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Boudica: Queen of War (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Clive Standen, Peter Franzen, Lucy Martin, Nick Moran, Leo Gregory
Directed by: Jesse V. Johnson
Plot: Boudica’s husband, the noble King Prasutagus, is slain, and her children are brutally taken from her by ruthless Roman conquerors. Stripped of her land and forced into subservience, Boudica, consumed by grief and burning with a desire for justice, ignites a fiery spirit within her and vows to reclaim her homeland from the clutches of the Romans. Boudica leads her army in a desperate assault against the Roman forces, where the fate of her people and her own destiny hang in the balance.
RT Freshness: 33%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Under the Boardwalk (Theaters)
Starring: Michael Cera, Keke Palmer, Bobby Cannavale, John Magaro, Jonathan Rudnitsky, Steven Van Zandt
Directed by: David Soren
Plot: Two crabs embark on an epic journey to get home after a storm sweeps them away. Their courage soon unites their families, paving the way for great summers to come.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Holdovers (Theaters)
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Plot: A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
RT Freshness: 97%
Critic Consensus: “Beautifully bittersweet, The Holdovers marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne”
Suitable Flesh (Theaters and Shudder)
Starring: Heather Graham, Barbara Crampton, Judah Lewis, Johnathon Schaech, Bruce Davison, Giovannie Cruz
Directed by: Joe Lynch
Plot: Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering from extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate.
RT Freshness: 85%
Critic Consensus: “Campy and creepy, Suitable Flesh delivers visceral, ’80s-inspired horror topped off by game performances from Barbara Crampton and Heather Graham”
Pain Hustlers (Netflix)
Starring: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Amit Shah, Chloe Coleman
Directed by: David Yates
Plot: Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. She gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy, and Liza’s guts catapult the company and her into the high life, putting her in the middle of a criminal conspiracy.
RT Freshness: 26%
Critic Consensus: “Pain Hustlers has some great actors and a worthwhile premise, but lackluster execution dooms this dramatic look at the opioid epidemic”
Sister Death (Netflix)
Starring: Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor, Maru Valdivielso, Luisa Merelas, Chelo Vivares, Consuelo Trujillo
Directed by: Paco Plaza
Plot: In post-war Spain, Narcisa, a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead her to unravel the terrible skein of secrets that surround the convent and haunt its inhabitants.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
