Movie Openings

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• "Elephant": A sad, implacable movie inspired by the Columbine tragedy. Winner of the Golden Palm at Cannes 2003. Opens today at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (R)

• "Shattered Glass": Stephen Glass was charming and self-deprecating and kept everybody entertained with his pitches at the weekly story conferences at The New Republic, but there was a problem: 27 of his stories were complete fiction. Opens today at The Art House at Restaurant Row. (PG-13)

• "Bad Santa": A dark comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton as a foul-mouthed, unkempt, drunken Santa. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Pearl Highlands 12, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (R)

• "The Haunted Mansion": Based on the Disney amusement-park attraction, this comedy stars Eddie Murphy as a real-estate agent who takes his family on a vacation that includes a detour to a haunted mansion. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Pearl Highlands 12, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (PG)

• "The Missing": When Indians kidnap her daughter, frontier doctor Cate Blanchett strikes a truce with her hated father (Tommy Lee Jones), and together with her younger daughter they track down the evil band. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Pearl Highlands 12, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (R)

• "Timeline": A technology corporation invents a teleporter, but it becomes linked to a wormhole and sends characters back to 14th-century France; another team follows to bring them back. Opens today at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Pearl Highlands 12, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maunaloa Town Cinemas (Moloka'i), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13)

SNEAK PREVIEW

• "Cheaper by the Dozen": Friday: 7 p.m., Pearl Highlands 12.

• "The Last Samurai": Saturday: 7:30 p.m., Pearl Highlands 12.

Consolidated Theaters listings were not available at press time.