Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.
Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Plot: Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 92%
Critic Consensus: “Giving Benoit Blanc a worthy mystery with its genuinely soulful fixation on faith and a scene-stealing Josh O’Connor performance, Wake Up Dead Man is another Knives Out puzzle that comes together splendidly”
Ella McCay (Theaters)
Starring: Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Julie Kavner, Rebecca Hall, Albert Brooks, Woody Harrelson
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Plot: An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them.
RT Freshness: 20%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Silent Night, Deadly Night (Theaters)
Starring: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson
Directed by: Mike P. Nelson
Plot: A child witnesses his parents’ murder by a man in a Santa suit. Years later, as an adult, he dons a Santa costume himself and embarks on a violent quest for retribution against those responsible for the traumatic event from his childhood.
RT Freshness: 79%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Dust Bunny (Theaters)
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan, Sheila Atim, David Dastmalchian, Sigourney Weaver
Directed by: Bryan Fuller
Plot: Ten-year-old Aurora has a mysterious neighbor who kills real-life monsters. He’s a hit man for hire. So, when Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her entire family, she procures his services. Suspecting that her parents may have fallen victim to assassins gunning for him, Aurora’s neighbor guiltily takes the job. Now, to protect her, he’ll need to battle an onslaught of assassins — and accept that some monsters are real.
RT Freshness: 88%
Critic Consensus: “Elevated by Mads Mikkelsen and Sophie Sloan’s magnetic chemistry, Dust Bunny is a dazzlingly imaginative and stylish feature debut from director Bryan Fuller”
Lone Samurai (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Shogen Ito, Yayan Ruhian, Rama Ramadhan, Sumire Ashina, Faisal Rachman
Directed by: Josh C. Waller
Plot: A shipwrecked 13th century samurai considers ritual suicide until captured by cannibals on a seemingly deserted island. His will to live awakens.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Resurrection (Theaters)
Starring: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Huang Jue, Chen Yongzhong, Zhang Zhijian
Directed by: Bi Gan
Plot: In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making.
RT Freshness: 86%
Critic Consensus: “Pushing against the boundaries of storytelling with overwhelming style, Bi Gan’s Resurrection is equal parts inscrutable and invigoratingly awake to the endless possibilities of cinema”
Influencers (Theaters and Shudder)
Starring: Cassandra Naud, Georgina Campbell, Lisa Delamar, Jonathan Whitesell, Veronica Long, Dylan Playfair
Directed by: Kurtis David Harder
Plot: In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman’s chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.
RT Freshness: 96%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Turbulence (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Hera Hilmar, Jeremy Irvine, Kelsey Grammer, Olga Kurylenko, Lionel Robert Blanc
Directed by: Claudio Fah
Plot: Zach and Emmy’s romantic retreat aboard a hot air balloon takes a terrifying turn when they are hijacked by a sinister third passenger with a link to Zach’s past. As the mystery of their secret relationship is revealed, their spectacular ride becomes a brutal mental chess match and a lethal battle high in the sky.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Atropia (Theaters)
Starring: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Zahra Alzubaidi, Tony Shawkat, Jane Levy, Tim Heidecker, Lola Kirke, Chloë Sevigny
Directed by: Hailey Benton Gates
Plot: Fayruz is the star thespian of Atropia, a fake country the US military has devised for immersive training. Though she takes great pride in her work, Fayruz believes her tenure here is but a stepping stone on the way to an illustrious acting career in Hollywood. When she meets Abu Dice, an experienced soldier playing the role of an insurgent, their romance quickly threatens their respective ambitions and questions their allegiance to the military and Atropia’s purpose.
RT Freshness: 42%
Critic Consensus: “Atropia‘s satirical farce of a militarized industrial complex is buoyed by Alia Shawkat’s committed performance to a point, but ultimately succumbs under the weight of its own pretense”
Thieves Highway (Theaters)
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Devon Sawa, Lochlyn Munro, Lucy Martin, Brooke Langton
Directed by: Jesse V. Johnson
Plot: Lawman Frank Bennett uncovers a massive smuggling operation after a deadly confrontation. Cut off from cell service and without his truck, he’s forced to take on a dangerous gang led by a deranged ex-military commander.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Visions (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Diane Kruger, Mathieu Kassovitz, Marta Nieto, Amira Casar, Grégory Fitoussi, Élodie Navarre
Directed by: Yann Gozlan
Plot: Brilliant airline captain Estelle has a perfect life with her renowned doctor husband, Guillaume, but everything changes when Estelle starts an intense love affair with Ana.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
Merv (Prime Video)
Starring: Zoey Deschanel, Charlie Cox, Chris Redd, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Ellyn Jameson, Wynn Everett
Directed by: Jessica Swale
Plot: When their beloved dog Merv loses his spark after their split, Anna and Russ are forced into the world’s most awkward co-parenting arrangement. Hoping to shake Merv out of his funk, Russ takes him to Florida for a much-needed getaway–only for Anna to show up unexpectedly. As Merv slowly gets his groove back, turns out fixing their dog’s broken heart may lead to a few sparks of their own.
RT Freshness: 31%
Critic Consensus: N/A
