Which movies to watch this weekend, Sept. 29

Battle of the Sexes This dramatic feature about the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King and the events leading up to it is a well-acted, breezy immersion into another time and consciousness, with Steve Carell especially brilliant in the way he captures Riggs’ strange, vulnerable appeal. PG-13. 121 minutes.

— Mick LaSalle

The Force Peter Nicks, who made the excellent 2012 “The Waiting Room” documentary about Oakland’s Highland Hospital, is back with a parachute drop into the middle of the city’s police department — its struggles, its scandals and its continued slog toward reform.