Opens tomorrow:

"The American": The fall movie season kicks off with the new George Clooney movie about a skilled assassin who lets down his guard when he retreats to the Italian countryside for one final assignment. (R)

Opens Friday:

"Going the Distance": Drew Barrymore plays a journalism grad student who meets a music exec (Justin Long) while interning in New York City one summer, and the movie follows their struggle to keep the fire burning once she returns home to California. (R)

"Machete": Robert Rodriguez expands his "Grindhouse" trailer to a full-bore exploitation flick starring Danny Trejo as a renegade Mexican federale and tough-as-nails vigilante for justice who is out to settle the score. Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and Lindsay Lohan co-star. (R)