The Walk, 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 towers. With Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale; directed by Robert Zemeckis. Opens Wednesday
The Martian, 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. Oct. 2
Mississippi Grind, 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, James Toback, Teri Wyble; directed by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden. Oct. 2
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, Chow Yun-Fat, David Morse, Ken Watanabe, Franka Potente; directed by Mikael Hafstrom. Oct. 2
Sicario, 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. Oct. 2
MovieStyle on 09/25/2015