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Admit One 1/31/25

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

Companion (Theaters)

Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend, Marc Menchaca

Directed by: Drew Hancock

Plot: A billionaire’s death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 94%

Critic Consensus: “A fiendishly clever contraption that doesn’t rest on the laurels of its twists, Companion thrillingly puts the demented into domestic bliss”

Dog Man (Theaters)

Starring: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Lu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, Ricky Gervais

Directed by: Peter Hastings

Plot: Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

RT Freshness: 78%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Love Me (Theaters)

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yuen

Directed by: Sam and Andy Zuchero

Plot: In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.

RT Freshness: 44%

Critic Consensus: “Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun are appealing leads, but Love Me‘s admirable narrative reach exceeds its grasp”

Valiant One (Theaters)

Starring: Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Desmin Borges, Daniel Jun, Jonathan Whitesell, Allan Mulvey

Directed by: Steve Barnett

Plot: With tensions between North and South Korea, a US helicopter crashes on the North Korean side. Now the survivors must work together to protect a civilian tech specialist and find their way out without the help of US military support.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Screamboat (Theaters)

Starring: Allison Pittel, Amy Schumacher, Jesse Posey, Jesse Kove, Jarlath Conroy, David Howard Thornton, Charles Edwin Powell

Directed by: Steven LaMorte

Plot: A late-night boat ride in New York City becomes a struggle for survival when a seemingly harmless mouse transforms into a dangerous monster. Passengers must fight to stay alive.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Dark Match (Shudder and Theaters)

Starring: Sara Canning, Chris Jericho, Steven Ogg, Michael Eklund, Ayisha Issa, Jonathan Cherry

Directed by: Lowell Dean

Plot: A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.

RT Freshness: 67%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Green and Gold (Theaters)

Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Brandon Sklenar, M. Emmet Walsh, Madison Lawlor, Charlie Berens

Directed by: Anders Lindwall

Plot: A struggling family farmer wagers everything on a high-stakes Championship bet, while his granddaughter’s musical ambitions could be their ticket to a new beginning.

RT Freshness: 67%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Detective Chinatown 1900 (Theaters)

Starring: Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran , Chow Yun-fat, Bai Ke, Zhang Xincheng, John Cusack, Yue Yunpeng, Tony Jaa, Li Xuejian

Directed by: Chen Sicheng and Dai Mo

Plot: In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Blades in the Darkness (Theaters)

Starring: Manuela Arcuri, Francesco Rossini, Arnold Damazzeti, Lorenzo Lepori

Directed by: Alex Visani

Plot: The story of four friends with diverging ambitions. Three are driven young entrepreneurs smuggling cash into Tirana, Albania, with plans to transform a forgotten war-era bunker on the outskirts of the city into a trendy new restaurant. The fourth, however, is a desperate man willing to do whatever it takes to settle a dangerous debt with a ruthless local mafia boss. As the group is hunted one by one, the sawmill’s chilling history begins to unravel, revealing a twisted tale of violence, vengeance, and madness.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Like Father, Like Son (Theaters)

Starring: Dylan Flashner, Dermot Mulroney, Mayim Bialik, Ariel Winter, Vivica A. Fox, Jim Klock

Directed by: Barry Jay

Plot: Eli’s life begins to fall apart as his murderous father awaits his fate on death row. Discovering similar triggers in himself, he soon takes extreme measures to ensure that his family’s string of savagery comes to an end.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (Theaters)

Starring: Bo Huang, Yu Shi, Fei Xiang, Chen Muchi, Ci Sha, Narana Erdyneeva, Nashi, Wu Hsing-kuo

Directed by: Wuershan

Plot: Taishi Wen Zhong led the army of Shang Dynasty including Deng Chanyu and four generals of the Mo Family to Xiqi. With the help of Kunlun immortals such as Jiang Ziya, Ji Fa led the army and civilians of Xiqi to defend their homeland.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

You’re Cordially Invited (Prime Video)

Starring: Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Meredith Hagner, Jimmy Tatro, Stony Blyden

Directed by: Nicholas Stoller

Plot: When two weddings are double-booked at the same venue, the father of one bride and the sister of the other bride try to preserve the wedding weekend.

RT Freshness: 47%

Critic Consensus: N/A

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