Movie Openings

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• "Cheaper by the Dozen": Comic adventures of a college football coach (Steve Martin), a writer (Bonnie Hunt), and their 12 children. A very loose remake of the 1950 classic comedy. Opening today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Kahala 8-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, La'ie Cinemas, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward 16-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui). (PG)

• "Cold Mountain": Jude Law is a Confederate soldier who journeys back to his pre-war love, Nicole Kidman, in this Civil War epic. Also starring Renee Zellweger as a mountain girl befriended by Kidman. Opening today at Aikahi Twin, Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Kahala 8-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward 16-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (R)

• "House of Sand and Fog": A recovering alcoholic (Jennifer Connelly) has fallen behind on her taxes, and the house she inherited from her father is auctioned off to an Iranian immigrant (Ben Kingsley) struggling to rebuild the lives of his wife and son. Opening tomorrow at Ward 16-Plex, Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (R)

• "In America": In the 1980s, an Irish immigrant family moves into a New York tenement, upstairs from "the man who screams" — an angry Nigerian artist. Opening today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Varsity Twin. (PG-13)

• "Paycheck": Ben Affleck plays a computer whiz who hires out to reverse-engineer hot cyber products so they can be ripped off by his employers. Opening today 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, Stadium 10, Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)

• "Peter Pan": The classic tale of the never-aging boy, joined by the Darling children; they fly off to Neverland to fight the evil Capt. Hook. Opening today 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, Windward Stadium 10, Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui). (PG)

• "21 Grams": Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts star in three interconnected stories, told by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu out of chronological order; sometimes we are ahead of the characters, sometimes they are ahead of us. Opening today at Varsity Twin, tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres. (R)