New this week
The Walk
82 PG Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Philippe Petit, the only person who has ever, or will ever, walk a high wire between the World Trade Center twin towers. With Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale; directed by Robert Zemeckis. (123 minutes) Opened Wednesday
Etiquette for Mistresses
Not rated. Five successful women (Kris Aquino, Claudine Barretto, Kim Chiu, Iza Calzado, Cheena Crab) share the same secret: They all are having an affair with a married man. With Eddie Gutierrez; directed by Chito S. Rono. (running time unknown)
Hell and Back
R Three friends embark on a wayward journey into the deepest, darkest depths of hell to rescue one of their own. Animated; with voices of Nick Swardson, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, T.J. Miller, Rob Riggle, Susan Sarandon, Danny McBride, Jennifer Coolidge; directed by Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman. (86 minutes)
The Martian
75 PG-13 Matt Damon plays an astronaut on a manned mission to Mars who is presumed dead and left behind after a fierce storm. Stranded and alone on the hostile planet with only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive, while NASA and a team of international scientists and his crew mates concurrently plot daring, if not impossible, rescue missions. With Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean; directed by Ridley Scott. (141 minutes)
Mississippi Grind
88 R Ben Mendelsohn plays a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets a younger, highly charismatic poker player (Ryan Reynolds) and they embark on a road trip to a legendary high-stakes New Orleans poker game, with stops in about every bar, racetrack, casino and pool hall en route (including Oaklawn in Hot Springs). With Sienna Miller, Analeigh Tipton, Robin Weigert, Alfre Woodard; directed by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden. (108 minutes)
Shanghai
R John Cusack plays an American intelligence official investigating a friend's death in 1941 China in the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. With Gong Li, Yun-Fat Chow, David Morse; directed by Mikael Hafstrom. (105 minutes)
Sicario
88 R An idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) teams up with an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) and an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Benicio Del Toro -- and hint: "Sicario" means "hit man") to aid in the escalating drug war along the lawless U.S./Mexico border. With Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Trujillo; directed by Denis Villeneuve. (121 minutes)
Sleeping With Other People
89 R Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis play New Yorkers who, having had a one-night stand in college and meeting a dozen years later, discover they each have the same problem: Because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, which proves easier said than done. With Adam Scott; directed by Leslye Headland. (101 minutes)
MovieStyle on 10/02/2015