New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters

New This Week :

Blade Runner 2049 | This sequel to Ridley Scott's landmark 1982 science-fiction film picks up the story 30 years later, giving viewers another detailed look at a future in which humanity live in polluted, overcrowded cities and rely on androids known as "replicants" for slave labor. In 2049 Los Angeles, K (Ryan Gosling) works as a "blade runner," a specialized law-enforcement agent dedicated to tracking down and killing rogue replicants. But when he uncovers a shocking conspiracy involving the robot laborers, he searches for the one person who might have answers: a former blade runner named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who vanished decades earlier. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario). Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto co-star.

The Mountain Between Us | Two strangers headed from Salt Lake City to Baltimore -- one a surgeon who has to perform an operation (Idris Elba), the other a photojournalist who's about to get married (Kate Winslet) -- hail a chartered flight together after their initial travel plans fall through. Unfortunately, they end up stranded on a snowy mountain when their plane crashes, and soon realize they must trek to safety since no one is coming to rescue them. Based on the novel by Charles Martin. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.

My Little Pony : The Movie | In this feature-film spin-off of the beloved animated TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane 6 must go on an epic journey to defend their homeland of Equestria from fearsome invaders. Along the way, the ponies make a number of new friends, including a pirate crew. Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Peña, Sia, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba, Zoe Saldana, Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, and Ashleigh Ball all lend their voices to this fantasy adventure. Directed by Jayson Thiessen.

Bad Grandmas | Four grandmothers accidentally kill a con man and must cover it up when his partner arrives.

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American Made | In this '80s-set thriller based on a true story, airline pilot Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) is recruited by the CIA to smuggle drugs and weapons abroad for the U.S. government. Seal quickly amasses a fortune via his undercover operations, but he gets in over his head when he becomes involved with Colombia's Medellín cartel and the Iran-contra scandal. Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Jayma Mays, and Lola Kirke co-star. Directed by Doug Liman.

Flatliners | Eager to find out what the afterlife is like, five adventurous medical students seek out near-death experiences by stopping their hearts for a brief period of time. However, their haunting visions of the great beyond eventually turn nightmarish and take over their waking lives. Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, and Kiersey Clemons star in this remake of the 1990 sci-fi thriller of the same name. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev.

A Question of Faith | Three families become connected after fate brings them together through a series of unfortunate events. Facing these challenges, from a car accident that leads to jail time to a frightening medical diagnosis, the families call upon their faith as they inspire and rely upon each other. Directed by Kevan Otto.

Friend Request | A popular college student named Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) accepts a Facebook friend request from a lonely gal who went to her high school, but quickly unfriends her when she tries to parlay their virtual connection into a real-life bond. Soon, demonic forces start killing off Laura's friends in revenge. Directed by Simon Verhoeven.

The Lego Ninjajo Movie | A team of ninja warriors must defend their LEGO-made city from a sinister warlord. Jackie Chan, Justin Theroux, Dave Franco, and Olivia Munn lend their voices to this animated adventure, which was directed by Charlie Bean.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle | When Kingsman's headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. Taron Egerton reprises his role as Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin in this sequel to the 2014 action adventure sleeper hit Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Stronger | This docudrama recounts the true story of Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), who lost both of his legs during the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. After providing crucial information on the bombers, Bauman faces a long road to recovery and must turn to his family and girlfriend (Tatiana Maslany) for support. Directed by David Gordon Green.

American Assassin | A young CIA recruit named Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) trains to become a black-ops counterterrorism agent under the tutelage of Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton), a fearsome warrior and legend within the agency. While Hurley advises never to make the mission personal, Rapp remains haunted by the death of his fiancée in a terrorist attack. Eventually, the two men must work together to stop a rogue operative from sowing chaos in the Middle East. Directed by Michael Cuesta, American Assassin is based on the novel of the same name by Vince Flynn.

Mother! | A young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) descends into madness and paranoia as her remote country mansion is invaded by a series of unwelcome guests -- all of whom seem to have a mysterious connection to her husband (Javier Bardem), a poet struggling with writer’s block. Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, and Domhnall Gleeson co-star. Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky.

IT | In a small town in 1989 Maine, seven bullied kids known as the “Losers’ Club” discover that a malevolent force is preying on the local children. When they realize that the town’s adults can’t protect them, they band together to destroy the monster, a killer clown called Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård). Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott co-star in this horror film, which is based on the novel by Stephen King. Directed by Andy Muschietti.

Home Again | A recently separated woman (Reese Witherspoon) moves to Los Angeles with her two daughters, where she rents out her guesthouse to three much younger men (Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, and Jon Rudnitsky) -- one of whom she soon begins dating. Her new life gets even more complicated when her estranged husband (Michael Sheen) reenters the picture. Candice Bergen co-stars in this romantic comedy written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard | Professional bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) must protect his longtime nemesis, hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), after the latter agrees to testify at the Hague against an Eastern European dictator (Gary Oldman). The constantly bickering pair are forced to go on a journey together from England to the Netherlands, and are targeted by the dictator’s henchmen along the way. Salma Hayek and Elodie Yung co-star. Directed by Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3).

Wind River | When wildlife officer Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) discovers the body of a young woman on Wyoming's Wind River Native American reservation, FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) is sent to investigate. After Banner hires Lambert as her tracker, the two must brave the isolated winter terrain and local criminal underworld in order to crack the case. Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, and Julia Jones co-star in this thriller. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan.

Compiled by Gail Traver,gtraver@thesunnews.com

This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters."