Admit One 8/16

Kick-Ass 2

Starring: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Jim Carrey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Directed by: Jeff Wadlow

Plot: While Hit Girl tries to live a normal life in high school, Kick Ass joins a newly formed group of costumed vigilantes and becomes the target of the world’s first supervillain, The MotherF**ker.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 26%

Critic Consensus: “Kick-Ass 2 falls short in its attempt to emulate the original’s unique blend of ultra-violence and ironic humor”

Lee Daniels’ The Buttler

Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, John Cusack

Directed by: Lee Daniels

Plot: A White House butler serves eight different American presidents and witnesses the dramatic changes that came out of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement.

RT Freshness: 70%

Critic Consensus: “Gut-wrenching and emotionally affecting, Lee Daniels’ The Butler overcomes an uneven script thanks to strong performances from an all-star cast”

Paranoia

Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Lucas Till

Directed by: Robert Luketic

Plot: In debt to a powerful CEO, Adam Cassidy becomes a corporate spy sent to the company of his boss’ rival in order to steal their latest piece of technology.

RT Freshness: 3%

Critic Consensus: “A cheap, unoriginal techno-thriller whose main performers look bored and/or incompetent”

Jobs

Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine, JK Simmons

Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern

Plot: Steve Jobs goes from a garage to one of the most influential people in the world of technology and culture.

RT Freshness: 26%

Critic Consensus: “An ambitious but skin-deep portrait of an influential, complex figure, Jobs often has the feel of an over-sentimentalized made-for-TV biopic”