Movies Opening in Cinemas On October 2
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Martian, Sicario, Freeheld, He Named Me Malala, Shanghai and Partisan.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
The Martian (2015)
141 minutes – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself 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.
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara
Sicario (2015)
121 minutes – Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal
Freeheld (2015)
103 minutes – Biography, Drama, Romance
New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Director: Peter Sollett
Stars: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon
He Named Me Malala (2015)
87 minutes – Documentary
A look at the events leading up to the Talibans’ attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Stars: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Mobin Khan
Shanghai (2010)
105 minutes – Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A ’40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
Director: Mikael Håfström
Stars: John Cusack, Li Gong, Yun-Fat Chow, David Morse
limited release in U.S. – International Release Dates
Partisan (2015)
98 minutes – Drama, Thriller
Alexander, a boy who has been raised in a sequestered commune, finds that his increasing unwillingness to fall in line puts him on a collision course with Gregori, the society’s charismatic and domineering leader.
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Stars: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara, Nigel Barber
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments!
(top image source: Partisan – Well Go USA Entertainment)
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