Admit One 9/18

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Aiden Gillen, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito

Directed by: Wes Ball

Plot: Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 48%

Critic Consensus: “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials offers an action-packed improvement over its predecessor, although the franchise still stands in the shadow of more successful YA adaptations”

Black Mass

Starring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Dakota Johnson

Directed by: Scott Cooper

Plot: n 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob.

RT Freshness: 76%

Critic Consensus: “Black Mass spins a gripping yarn out of its fact-based story — and leaves audiences with one of Johnny Depp’s most compelling performances in years”

Captive

Starring: David Oyelowo, Kate Mara, Michael K. Williams, Mimi Rogers, Leonor Varela

Directed by: Jerry Jameson

Plot: When Brian Nichols -on the run as the subject of a city wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son – takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren’s best-selling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life.

RT Freshness: 40%

Critic Consensus: N/A