Admit One 4/12/24
Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One
Civil War (Theaters)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons
Directed by: Alex Garland
Plot: A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 82%
Critic Consensus: “Tough and unsettling by design, Civil War is a gripping close-up look at the violent uncertainty of life in a nation in crisis”
Sting (Theaters)
Starring: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazlehurst, Silvia Colloca
Directed by: Kiah Roache-Turner
Plot: 12-year-old Charlotte’s pet spider rapidly transforms into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family’s survival.
RT Freshness: 69%
Critic Consensus: “Sting should satisfy horror fans in the mood for a creature feature, even if the end results likely won’t linger in the memory”
Arcadian (Theaters)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Joe Dixon
Directed by: Benjamin Brewer
Plot: A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world.
RT Freshness: 85%
Critic Consensus: “Led by a trio of strong performances, Arcadian blends family drama and post-apocalyptic horror to visceral, emotionally stirring effect”
The Greatest Hits (Hulu)
Starring: Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Austin Crute, Retta
Directed by: Ned Benson
Plot: A love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally.
RT Freshness: 47%
Critic Consensus: “The Greatest Hits is built around a genuinely interesting idea, but it’s lost in a shallow treatment that’s too often content to rely on sentimentality”
Damaged (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Gianni Capaldi, Kate Dickie, Vincent Cassel, John Hannah, Laura Haddock
Directed by: Terry McDonough
Plot: When a sadistic murderer surfaces in Scotland, terrified local authorities call on a Chicago police detective who investigated a killing spree with the same horrific pattern five years earlier.
RT Freshness: 31%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (Theaters)
Starring: June Squibb, Iantha Richardson, Simone Joy Jones, Nicole Richie, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Jermaine Fowler
Directed by: Wade Allain-Marcus
Plot: Tanya finds her summer plans canceled when her mom jets off for a last-minute retreat and the elderly babysitter who arrives at her door unexpectedly passes away.
RT Freshness: 58%
Critic Consensus: N/A
LaRoy, Texas (Theaters and VOD/Digital)
Starring: Steve Zahn, Dylan Baker, John Magaro, Megan Stevenson, Matthew Del Negro, Brad Leland
Directed by: Shane Atkinson
Plot: When Ray discovers that his wife is cheating on him, he decides he’s going to kill himself. His plans suddenly change when a stranger mistakes him for a low-rent hitman.
RT Freshness: 100%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Sasquatch Sunset (Theaters)
Starring: Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek
Directed by: David and Nathan Zellner
Plot: In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches–possibly the last of their enigmatic kind–embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them.
RT Freshness: 79%
Critic Consensus: “For audiences attuned to the Zellners’ utterly unique wavelength, Sasquatch Sunset offers a moving — if often inscrutable — look at our relationship with the natural world”