Posted on: Thursday, August 23, 2007
Movie openings
Advertiser Staff
"The 11th Hour": This documentary is a dire warning about the demise of planet Earth, presented in a format of talking heads and nature footage. Kahala Mall. (PG)
"Eye of the Dolphin": Family film set in the Bahamas about a girl who reunites with her father and learns to talk to dolphins. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theatres, Kapolei 16-Plex. (PG-13)
"Illegal Tender": A smart South Bronx girl's boyfriend is fatally shot the day she gives birth. She wisely invested his profits, 20 years later is wealthy, and tries to hide herself and her family in the suburbs, but the past comes calling. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward Stadium 16, Pearl Highlands Stadium 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei. (R)
"Mr. Bean's Holiday": Rowan Atkinson's character, the walking disaster Mr. Bean, takes a vacation in France. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Kahala, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Mililani 14-Plex, Kapolei, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Kaahumanu Mall 6-Plex (Maui). (G)
"The Nanny Diaries": Story of a bright college graduate (Scarlett Johansson) who is accidentally hired as a nanny by a rich Manhattan family. Satire on the lifestyles of the rich and famous, with Laura Linney effective as the complex Mrs. X and Paul Giamatti as her cheating zillionaire husband. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Mililani, Kapolei, Ko'olau, Windward, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas. (PG-13)
"Resurrecting The Champ": Samuel L. Jackson stars as a former boxer, now a Skid Row drunk nicknamed Champ, who tells his story to a sportswriter (Josh Hartnett). Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Koko Marina, Pearlridge West, Mililani, Kapolei, Ko'olau, Windward, Prince Kuhio, Makalapua, Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Maui Mall, Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13)
"September Dawn": Story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, when a group of Mormons slaughtered a wagon train of about 120 settlers passing through Utah on Sept. 11, 1857. Opens tomorrow at Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Kapolei, Maui Mall. (R)
"War": Jet Li stars in this action film about a crime war between Triads and the Yakuza. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Koko Marina, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Mililani, Kapolei, Ko'olau, Windward, Prince Kuhio, Makalapua, Maui Mall, Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Wharf Cinemas (Maui). (R)
