Admit One 9/6/24

Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend: it’s Admit One

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Theaters)

Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe

Directed by: Tim Burton

Plot: After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 76%

Critic Consensus: “Michael Keaton’s devious poltergeist still has plenty of juice left in this madcap return to form for Tim Burton, marrying charming practical effects and ghoulish gags to provide a fun fun time”

The Front Room (Theaters)

Starring: Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, Neal Huff, Morgan McKynzie, Wendy Heagy

Directed by: Sam and Max Eggers

Plot: Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

RT Freshness: 48%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Red Rooms (Theaters)

Starring: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin, Charlotte Aubin, Guy Thauvette

Directed by: Pascal Plante

Plot: The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the puzzle: the missing video of a murdered 13-year-old girl, to whom Kelly-Anne bears a disturbing resemblance.

RT Freshness: 95%

Critic Consensus: “Anchored by Juliette Gariépy’s superb portrayal of self-destructive obsession, Red Rooms is a haunting and timely trip down a particularly morbid rabbit hole”

Off Ramp (Theaters and VOD/Digital)

Starring: Jon Oswald, Scott T. Schofield, Ashley B. Smith, Jared Bankens, Reed Diamond, Miles Doleac

Directed by: Nathan Tape

Plot: A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America’s hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted.

RT Freshness: 100%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

Starring: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Oscar Gale, Reid Williams

Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier

Plot: Terry Richmond enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission– post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life’s savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride and the two become ensnared in a deep-rooted conspiracy within the remote township.

RT Freshness: 93%

Critic Consensus: “An intelligent and gripping vehicle for Aaron Pierre’s star-making performance, Rebel Ridge lays down the law on its action-thriller contemporaries”

Wolves Against the World (Theaters and VOD/Digital)

Starring: Michael Kunicki, Quinn Armstrong, Jordan Mullins, Jim Azelvandre, Louie Kurtzman, Eric Six

Directed by: Quinn Armstrong

Plot: Two members of a defunct neo-Nazi metal band reunite at the site of their bandmate’s suicide. One sinks into depravity and grievance and one tries to atone for what he has done. What ensues is an occult battle of wills between two men who have done terrible things as one tries to lure the other back into the movement, unleashing the animals that hide inside them.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A