Admit One 5/10/24
Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend: it’s Admit One
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Theaters)
Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allen, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Travis Jeffery
Directed by: Wes Ball
Plot: Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 83%
Critic Consensus: “Carving out a new era for The Planet of the Apes with lovable characters and rich visuals, Kingdom doesn’t take the crown as best of the franchise but handily justifies its continued reign”
Mother of the Bride (Netflix)
Starring: Brooke Shields, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Rachael Harris, Sean Teale, Chad Michael Murray
Directed by: Mark Waters
Plot: Lana’s daughter Emma returns from abroad and drops a bombshell: she’s getting married. In Thailand. In a month! Things only get worse when Lana learns that the man who captured Emma’s heart is the son of the man who broke hers years ago.
RT Freshness: 24%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Poolman (Theaters)
Starring: Chris Pine, Danny DeVito, Annette Benning, Ray Wise, Juliet Mills, Christopher Chen
Directed by: Chris Pine
Plot: Darren Barrenman is an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.
RT Freshness: 23%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Hazard (Theaters)
Starring: Dmitri Thivaios, Frank Lammers, Gene Bervoets, Jennifer Hylen, Jeroen Perceval, Monic Hendrickx, Tim Mielants
Directed by: Jonas Govaerts
Plot: Noah really loves his girlfriend, his daughter, and his car, but he gets involved in a deadly driving job that will result in either losing his life, his family or his beloved car.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Lazareth (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Ashley Judd, Katie Douglas, Sarah Pidgeon, Asher Angel, Christine Uhebe, Edward Balaban
Directed by: Alec Tibaldi
Plot: Lee protects her orphaned nieces Imogen and Maeve from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence.
RT Freshness: 40%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Last Stop in Yuma County (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Michael Abbott Jr, Richard Brake, Sierra McCormick, Nicholas Logan, Connor Paolo, Alex Essoe
Directed by: Francis Galluppi
Plot: While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty–or cold, hard steel–to protect their bloodstained, ill-begotten fortune.
RT Freshness: 97%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Aisha (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Letitia Wright, Josh O’Connor, Loran Cranitch, Denis Conway, Stuart Graham, Ruth McCabe, Tara Flynn
Directed by: Frank Berry
Plot: While caught for years in Ireland’s immigration system Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha’s future in Ireland comes under threat.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
