Movie Openings
"Abandon": A campus thriller about a student who thinks her boyfriend, who disappeared two years earlier, is stalking her. Benjamin Bratt plays a cop. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 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). (PG-13).
"Secretary": James Spader plays an exacting lawyer and Maggie Gyllenhaal is his new secretary. They slip easily into a dominant-submissive relationship that seems to soothe urgent psychic troubles for both of them. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R).
"Formula 51": Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle star in a thriller about drugs, crime and a whole lot of things that get blown up. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 16-Plex, Koko Marina 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), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (R).
"Igby Goes down": The story of a disaffected rich teenager trying to survive a family of almost deadly peculiarity. Starring Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon and Jeff Goldblum. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R).
"Quitting": Chinese movie star Jia Hongsheng, the actor's parents and everyone else on the screen play themselves as he relives a seven-year period in the '90s during which he spent four years in a downward spiral on hard drugs. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R).
"Read My Lips": A thriller crossed with a psycho-sexual study, about a hearing-impaired office worker (Emmanuelle Devos) and the ex-con (Vincent Cassel) she hires as her office assistant. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated; intended for adults).
"The Ring" Naomi Watts stars in a supernatural thriller, based on a hit Japanese film, involving an urban myth about a videotape that somehow causes the death of anyone who watches it seven days after viewing. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward 16-Plex, Waikiki 3-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui). (PG-13).
"Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars": A digitally remastered version of the 1973 concert film starring David Bowie's alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (PG).
