Admit One 1/3/25
Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
Starring: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh
Directed by: Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham
Plot: Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: “Comforting as cheese and crackers, with some gentle ribbing of modern technology sprinkled on top, Vengeance Most Fowl revives this lovable pair with all their charm intact”
The Damned (Theaters)
Starring: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran, Francis Magee, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery
Directed by: Þórður Pálsson
Plot: Eva, a 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, in the middle of an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post. Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.
RT Freshness: 78%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Monster Beneath Us (Theaters and Digital/VOD)
Starring: Becca Hirani, Nicola Wright, Marshall Hawkes, Jennifer Lim, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Karl Hughes
Directed by: Sophie Osbourne
Plot: A woman doesn’t take much notice when her young son mentions he has a new friend who lives in the basement of their country estate. However, as the boy spends more time in the dark, cold space under the house, her concern begins to turn to fear.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
