Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Theaters)
Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Plot: Chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 “Nebraska” album. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his most enduring works–a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching for a reason to believe.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 66%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Regretting You (Theaters)
Starring: Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Clancy Brown
Directed by: Josh Boone
Plot: Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.
RT Freshness: 24%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Theaters)
Starring: Kikunosuke Toya, Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki, Shogo Sakata, Shiori Izawa
Directed by: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Plot: Denji encounters a new romantic interest, Reze, who works at a coffee café.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Shelby Oaks (Theaters)
Starring: Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Sarah Durn, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach
Directed by: Chris Stuckmann
Plot: A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.
RT Freshness: 68%
Critic Consensus: “Shelby Oaks may stumble in its final moments, but its atmospheric tension and emotional core firmly establish it as a chilling debut from director Chris Stuckmann”
Queens of the Dead (Theaters)
Starring: Katy O’Brian, Jaquel Spivey, Riki Lindhome, Jack Haven, Cheyenne Jackson, Margaret Cho
Directed by: Tina Romero
Plot: Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against the undead threat.
RT Freshness: 94%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Bugonia (Theaters
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Plot: Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
RT Freshness: 88%
Critic Consensus: “Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are at the top of their game in Bugonia, a bonkers entertainment that applies director Yorgos Lanthimos’ whip-smart method to modern society’s madness”
Last Days (Theaters)
Starring: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Naveen Andrews
Directed by: Justin Lin
Plot: Â Follows 26-year-old John Allen Chau’s journey to fulfill his life’s mission. He embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to share his faith with the isolated tribe of North Sentinel Island, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the tribe.
RT Freshness: 26%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Dream Eater (Theaters)
Starring: Mallory Drumm, Dainty Smith, Kelly Williams, David Richard, Brittany Hayward
Directed by: Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams
Plot: During their holiday at a cabin deep in the snowy Laurentian mountains, Mallory documents her boyfriend Alex’s violent parasomnia. When his sleepwalking gets worse, Mallory suspects the cause may be something far more sinister than a mere sleep disorder. Using her expertise as a documentary filmmaker, Mallory digs into Alex’s shadowy past and begins to unravel a decades-long mystery steeped in trauma and the occult.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Tenement (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Thorn Thanet, Socheata Sveng, Yoshihiko Hosoda
Directed by: Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea
Plot: Following the death of her mother, a Japanese-Cambodian manga artist decides to travel to Cambodia along with her boyfriend, in a quest to find out more about the country her mother fled. She reunites with lost family and moves into the apartment where her mother used to live. As she tries to find out more about her past, she’s confronted to strange events within the building that hint at something darker going on with the residents.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
In Our Blood (Theaters)
Starring: Brittany O’Grady, E. J. Bonilla, Krisha Fairchild, Alanna Ubach
Directed by: Pedro Kos
Plot: Filmmaker Emily Wyland reunites with estranged mother for documentary. When mother disappears, Emily and cinematographer Danny pursue clues to her whereabouts amidst traces of her past addictions.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
This Too Shall Pass (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Maxwell Jenkins, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Ben Cockell, Jaylin Webb, Aidan Laprete
Directed by: Rob Grant
Plot: Simon, 16 and over the rules of his strict Mormon life, heads to Canada with his best friends for a weekend of freedom. What starts as a rebellious getaway turns into a funny, eye-opening adventure as they fumble their way through first tastes of independence, unexpected truths, and the messy, magical process of figuring out who they are.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Seclusion (Theaters)
Starring: Lyndsey Bentham, Jamie Craib, Mariela Hill, Jeff Wickersham, Cristina Westwood
Directed by: Lovinder Gill
Plot: It’s been a terrible year for Mary. Broke up with her partner, lost her job, so she decides to take what’s left of her life and flee. Hitting the road to find adventure, she comes across a secluded mansion, boarded up, that appears empty. Breaking in, Mary soon discovers the mansion hides a secret, and that it’s been boarded up for a sinister reason. Realizing she is not alone, Mary must figure out how to survive her seclusion
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Where the Wind Blows (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Trevor Donovan, Ashley Elaine, C. Thomas Howell, Michelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro
Directed by: John Schimke
Plot: A hardened cowboy puts his unfettered life on the open range on pause when he pretends to be a temporary husband for his late friend’s widow so she can adopt. The two go from strangers to something neither expected: a chance at love.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Hulu)
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome
Directed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
Plot: An upscale suburban mom brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy, into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be.
RT Freshness: 49%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Elixir (Netflix)
Starring: Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia Latjuba, Donny Damara, Marthino Lio, Dimas Anggara, Varen Arianda Calief
Directed by: Kimo Stamboel
Plot: An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Plot: When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
RT Freshness: 81%
Critic Consensus: “Playing out a nightmare scenario with nerve-wracking plausibility, Kathryn Bigelow’s masterfully-constructed A House of Dynamite is an urgent thriller that’s as distressing as it is riveting”
