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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2003

Movie Openings

Advertiser Staff

• "Better Luck Tomorrow": In the Los Angeles suburbs, Asian-American teenagers are on the fast track to good schools and jobs, but also have a thriving sideline selling cheat sheets and drugs. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Kailua Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (R)

• "Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary": Documentary focuses on 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who was the private secretary to Hitler from 1942 until his suicide in 1945. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. (PG)

• "Confidence": Edward Burns stars as a con artist who runs afoul of a crime boss (Dustin Hoffman). Opens tomorrow 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), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (R)

• "The Good Thief": Nick Nolte plays a great shambling wreck of a wounded hero in "The Good Thief." He's an addict and gambler who lives in the south of France, hits bottom, and pulls himself together for one last heist. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R)

John Cusack and Amanda Peet star in the psychological thriller "Identity."
• "Identity": Ten strangers are stranded in a remote desert motel, and there's a killer among them. Cast includes John Cusak, Rebecca De Mornay, Ray Liotta. Opens tomorrow 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), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (R)

• "Irreversible": A story told in reverse: A woman is raped for several unrelenting minutes, and a man's face is pounded in with a fire extinguisher. Then the story unfolds. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated; graphic violence)

• "It Runs in the Family": The comic drama of a dysfunctional New York family, with Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas and Cameron Douglas. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Kailua Cinemas, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)

• "The Real Cancun": From the producers of MTV's "The Real World," a film in which 16 revelers spend eight days in the Mexican resort. Opens tomorrow 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), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (R)

• "Saathiya": A love story in the grand Bollywood tradition of Indian films. Two people fall in love and must traverse class issues, family disagreements, tragedy and reconciliation. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated)