honoluluadvertiser.com

Sponsored by:

Comment, blog & share photos

Log in | Become a member
The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, December 11, 2003

Movie Openings

"Die, Mommie, Die": Drag queen Charles Busch stars in a send-up of 1950s melodrama and movie magazine cliches; he plays a failing actress, married to a failing producer (Philip Baker Hall). Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R)

"Love Don't Cost a Thing": An updating of the 1987 film "Can't Buy Me Love." A smart but unpopular teenage boy hires a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend in order to boost his reputation in school. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Kapolei 16-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward 16-Plex, Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui) and Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)

"Something's Gotta Give": Jack Nicholson is a music executive who dates younger women; Diane Keaton is the mom of his latest trophy date. Suddenly he's interested in her, but there's the complication of a young doctor (Keanu Reeves), who also falls for Keaton. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Kahala 8-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward 16-Plex, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island) and Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island). (PG-13)

"The Station Agent": Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) is a dwarf who is obsessed by trains. He inherits a train station in New Jersey, and soon, against his will, meets Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), who is grieving a dead child, and Joe (Bobby Cannavale), who runs a coffee wagon. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R)

"Stuck on You": Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are an odd couple of twins who are conjoined at the hip/torso. A comedy from the Farrelly brothers. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Kahala 8-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, La'ie Cinemas, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward 16-Plex, Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Front Street Theatres (Maui) and Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)

"Teknolust": Cloning is the topic of this sci/tech tale starring Tilda Swinton as a scientist who might have a formula to create the perfect human. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R)