Movie Openings
"Big Fat Liar": A teenager (Frankie Muniz of TV's "Malcolm in the Middle") writes an essay that is turned into a hit movie by a greedy Hollywood producer. The teen and a friend go to Hollywood to claim credit and take revenge on the producer. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Restaurant Row Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Enchanted Lake Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Laie Cinemas, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (PG).
"Collateral Damage": Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in an action thriller: His wife and child are killed by a terrorist's bomb, and he becomes obsessed with finding their killer. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Restaurant Row Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Waikiki 3-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Keolu Center Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (R).
"The Independent": An independent filmmaker (Jerry Stiller), a character loosely based on B-movie legend Roger Corman, seeks the help of his estranged daughter (Janeane Garofalo) to keep his company going. Opens tomorrow at Restaurant Row Theatres. (R)
"Intimacy": A man and woman (Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox) meet weekly for short, brutal, anonymous sex. Eventually he follows her, discovers her real life and plays mind games with her husband. Opens tomorrow at Restaurant Row Theatres. (R)
"Metropolis": A Japanese animated sci-fi story about a plot to use humanoids to take over a vast futuristic city. Named after the 1926 Fritz Lang silent classic, based on a 1949 comic book; not a remake of the Lang film but a springboard into "A.I." territory. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (PG-13).
"Monster's Ball": Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton star as black woman and a white man who find solace in each other for their pain. Her husband is on death row; he is a guard on death row who has a hand in her husband's execution. Opens tomorrow at Ward Stadium 16-Plex. (R)
"Rollerball": A remake of the 1975 film: A few years into the future, athletes play a violent game in which players could die. Starring LL Cool J. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Restaurant Row Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Waikiki 3-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Keolu Center Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13).
