Movie Openings
"Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights": An animated cartoon starring a Sandler look-alike named Davey whose voice is done by Sandler. Warning to families with small kids: This film contains surprising amounts of antisocial behavior and jokes about bodily functions and is in no sense a family-friendly holiday cartoon. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 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, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island),Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (PG-13).
"Extreme Ops": A crew trying to film three extreme-sports athletes in the Austrian Alps finds itself in a life-or-death chase after it inadvertently captures a Serbian war criminal on film. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 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, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui). (PG-13).
"The Man from Elysian Fields": Andy Garcia plays a novelist in financial trouble, who takes a job with an escort agency run by Mick Jagger. His first client: Olivia Williams, wife of a famous elderly novelist (James Coburn). Soon Garcia is servicing both members of the couple, in different ways to be sure, and neglecting his own wife (Julianna Margulies). Opens today at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R).
"Roger Dodger": Campbell Scott plays Roger, an ad exec who has just been dumped by his boss and girlfriend (Isabella Rossellini), but nevertheless feels himself an expert in love. Enter his young nephew Nick (Jesse Eisenberg), who seeks guidance. Opens today at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R).
"Solaris": A space station orbits the planet Solaris, which apparently has the ability to read minds and create people that we miss and desire. George Clooney plays a psychiatrist dispatched to the station, only to discover there his dead wife (Natascha McElhone), apparently alive once again. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-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, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13).
"Treasure Planet": Robert Louis Stevenson meets "Star Wars" in an outer-space version of the pirate classic. With the voices of Emma Thompson, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Short. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, IMAX Waikiki, Kahala 8-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, La'ie Cinemas, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (PG).
"Wes Craven Presents: They": A psychological thriller about a young woman who is trying to understand her childhood fears. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Kailua Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Kress Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui). (PG-13).
