Movie Openings
"All the Real Girls": Paul (Paul Schneider) has spent his young manhood having sex with any girl who would have him, but when he meets Noel (Zooey Deschanel) he doesn't want to rush things because this time is special. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R)
"Basic": John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson star in a military thriller about a training mission gone horribly wrong and the investigation that follows. 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, Enchanted Lake 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), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (R)
"The Core": A sci-fi thriller: Something disastrous is happening to the Earth's orbit, and a team including a scientist (Aaron Eckhart) and an astronaut (Hilary Swank) is sent to the planet core to fix it. 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, 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), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (PG-13)
"Head of State": Comic Chris Rock stars as a District of Columbia alderman who becomes an unlikely candidate for president of the United States. 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). (PG-13)
"Ikiru": Akira Kurosawa's 1952 classic about a bureaucrat, dying of cancer, who finds his life has had little meaning. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated)
"Morvern Callar": A young woman awakens next to the body of her boyfriend, who has committed suicide during the night. Samantha Morton stars as the passive and closed-off woman, who sells the boyfriend's novel as her own, then travels to Spain with a girlfriend, but always seems like the ghost at the feast. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (Not rated; intended for adults.)
"Til Human voices Wake Us": Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter meet in the Australian countryside in a story that has many parallels with a crucial incident in Pearce's youth. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R)
SNEAK PREVIEW
"What a Girl Wants": Saturday 7 p.m. Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island); 7:05 p.m. at Windward Stadium 10; 7:15 p.m. at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Mililani 14-Plex; 7:25 p.m. at Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui). (PG)
