Admit One 7/26/24
Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.
Deadpool & Wolverine (Theaters)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Matthew Macfadyen, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Plot: Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 81%
Critic Consensus: “Ryan Reynolds makes himself at home in the MCU with acerbic wit while Hugh Jackman provides an Adamantium backbone to proceedings in Deadpool & Wolverine, an irreverent romp with a surprising soft spot for a bygone era of superhero movies”
The Fabulous Four (Theaters)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Bolton, Timothy V. Murphy
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Plot: It tells the story of two friends who travel to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend.
RT Freshness: 15%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Didi (Theaters)
Starring: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Mahaela Park, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang
Directed by: Sean Wang
Plot: In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
RT Freshness: 93%
Critic Consensus: “A semi-autobiographical love letter to teenage angst that’s also slyly self-critical, Dìdi is a deeply moving personal statement by writer-director Sean Wang”
The Beast Within (Theaters)
Starring: Kit Harrington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caoilinn Springall
Directed by: Alexand J. Farrell
Plot: After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.
RT Freshness: 45%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Last Breath (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Julian Sands, Kim Spearman, Jack Parr, Alexander Arnold, Erin Mullen, Arlo Carter
Directed by: Joachim Hedén
Plot: A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
RT Freshness: 21%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Girl in the Pool (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Monica Potter, Tyler Lawrence Gray, Gabrielle Haugh, Kevin Pollack, Brielle Barbusca
Directed by: Dakota Gorman
Plot: On his birthday, Tom’s life collapses when his mistress is found dead in his pool. Terrified of the consequences, and desperate to protect his family, he conceals the truth, triggering a chaotic night that threatens to unravel his perfect life.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Mother’s Instinct (Theaters)
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Josh Charles, Anders Danielsen Lie, Caroline Lagerfelt
Directed by: Benoit Delhomme
Plot: Alice and Celine live a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age. Life’s perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.
RT Freshness: 56%
Critic Consensus: “Mothers’ Instinct is a glossily enjoyable showcase for Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, although the stars are ill-served by a thin story and shaky tonal command”
Non Negotiable (Netflix)
Starring: Mauricio Ochmann, Leonardo Ortizgris, Tato Alexander, Fernanda Borches, Geraldine Zinat
Directed by: Juan Taratuto
Plot: A man is a skillful hostage negotiator, the best in Mexico, who will soon face the most crucial case of his career when the President and his lover are kidnapped. The kidnapper demands to negotiate only with him.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
