Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.
Him (Theaters)
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Naomi Grossman, Jim Jefferies
Directed by: Justin Tipping
Plot: A young athlete descends into a world of terror when he’s invited to train with a legendary champion whose charisma curdles into something darker.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 35%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Afterburn (Theaters)
Starring: Dave Bautista, Samuel L. Jackson, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju
Directed by: J.J. Perry
Plot: After a massive solar flare destroys the Earth’s eastern hemisphere, an emboldened treasure hunter for-hire adventures to Europe to uncover the coveted Mona Lisa, only to learn the world needs a hero more than it needs a painting.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Xeno (Theaters)
Starring: Lulu Wilson, Omari Hardwick, Paul Schneider, Trae Romano, Wrenn Schmidt
Directed by: Matthew Loren Oates
Plot: A teenage girl and a terrifying alien form a powerful bond after a chance encounter in the desert, sending them on an adventure that questions the nature of good and evil. As government agents close in, the girl discovers the alien is not the extraterrestrial she expected.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Theaters)
Starring: Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith
Directed by: Kogonada
Plot: Two strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding have the chance to relive important moments from their pasts, illuminating the path that led them to the present and gaining the opportunity to change their futures.
RT Freshness: 41%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Senior (Theaters)
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Brandon Flynn, James Badge Dale, Rob Corddry
Directed by: Rob Lurie
Plot: Nearly four decades after being kicked off his team, Mike returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he fights for one last shot at the ending he still believes is possible.
RT Freshness: 91%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Adulthood (Theaters)
Starring: Josh Gad, Kaya Scodalerio, Billie Lourd, Alex Winter, Anthony Carrigan
Directed by: Alex Winter
Plot: When siblings Megan and Noah uncover a long-buried corpse in their parents’ basement, they stumble into a wildly escalating spiral of crime, cover-ups, and murder. The deeper they dig, the harder it becomes to escape.
RT Freshness: 80%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Waltzing with Brando (Theaters)
Starring: Billy Zane, Jon Heder, Richard Dreyfuss, Camille Razat, Alaina Huffman, Tia Carrere, James Jagger
Directed by: Bill Fishman
Plot: Movie star Marlon Brando recruits a Los Angeles architect to build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a small, uninhabited island in Tahiti.
RT Freshness: 57%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Plainclothes (Theaters)
Starring: Russell Tovey, Tom Blyth, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, Amy Forsyth, John Bedford Lloyd
Directed by: Carmen Emmi
Plot: A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.
RT Freshness: 84%
Critic Consensus: “This tension-filled coming out story marks a welcome debut for director Carmen Emmi, whose Plainclothes showcases the perils of love and the effects of isolation”
Compulsion (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Zach McGowan, Anna Maria Sieklucka, Charlotte Kirk, Cinzia Monreale, Giulia Gorietti
Directed by: Neil Marshall
Plot: A young woman’s visit to her stepfather’s villa spirals into danger when she’s targeted by con artists and a violent murder forces her into a deadly cover-up. As a local detective closes in, trust cracks and dark secrets are exposed.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
731 (Theaters)
Starring: Wu Jiang, Zhiwen Wang, Naiwen Lei, Quian Sun, Ziye Lin
Directed by: Linshan Zhao
Plot: Based on true events set during WWII in Northeast China, an ordinary man is thrust into a turbulent fate against the backdrop of the inhumane bacterial experiments conducted by the Japanese Imperial Army’s notorious Unit 731.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Dirty Boy (Theaters)
Starring: Graham McTavish, Susie Porter, Stan Steinbichler, Honor Gillies, Alice Lucy
Directed by: Doug Rao
Plot: Raised in an oppressive cult, a reclusive schizophrenic discovers that he’s being framed by cult leaders for a series of ritualistic murders and must prove his innocence by saving their next victim and destroying the evil sect.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Prisoner of War (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Scott Adkins, Peter Shinkoda, Michael Copon, Donald Cerrone, Michael Rene Watson
Directed by: Louis Mandylor
Plot: A British SAS officer during World War II is captured and forced to fight in a Japanese internment camp.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
London Calling (Theaters)
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Rick Hoffman, Aidan Gillen
Directed by: Allan Ungar
Plot: After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Swiped (Hulu)
Starring: Lily James, Dan Stevens, Myha’la, Jackson White, Ben Schnetzer, Pierson Fodé
Directed by: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Plot: Inspired by the story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and former CEO of dating platform Bumble.
RT Freshness: 35%
Critic Consensus: N/A
