Posted on: Thursday, September 25, 2003

Movie Openings

Advertiser Staff

• "Duplex": In this comedy, Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore move to a Brooklyn brownstone and find themselves up against a nightmarish neighbor lady. 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, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). Rated PG-13.

• "The Girl From Paris": A 30-year-old Parisienne decides to leave the city and become a farmer. In French with English subtitles. Opens tomorrow at The Art House at Restaurant Row. Not rated.

• "The Heart of Me": Helena Bonham Carter stars as a woman who falls in love with the husband (Paul Bettany) of her sister (Olivia Williams) in 1940s London. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. Rated R.

• "Lost in Translation": An unusual friendship develops between an American movie star (Bill Murray) and a young woman (Scarlett Johansson) in Tokyo. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex. Rated R.

• "Luther": Joseph Fiennes stars as Martin Luther, the German monk who led efforts to expose corruption in the Catholic Church. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ko'olau 10-Plex. Rated PG-13.

• "The Maori Merchant of Venice": A Maori version of the classic tale by William Shakespeare. In Maori with English subtitles. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row.

• "Passionada": A tale populated with lovable rogues, cuddly coots, passionate widows and beloved ghosts, about a romance between a professional gambler and a torch singer in mourning. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. Rated PG-13.

• "The Rundown": Former Hawai'i' resident Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in an action thriller/buddy flick set in Brazil (and partially shot in Hawai'i). 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, Keolu Center Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, La'ie Cinemas, 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). Rated PG-13.

• "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator": Documentary profiles Mark "Gator" Rogowski, a skateboarding superstar whose life disintegrates. Opens tomorrow at the Art House at Restaurant Row. Not rated.

• "Under the Tuscan Sun": Diane Lane stars in this tale based on the best-selling book about an American who buys a house in Italy. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). Rated PG-13.

SNEAK PREVIEW

• "School of Rock": Saturday: 7 p.m. Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, 7:15 p.m. Pearlridge West 16-Plex, 7:30 p.m. Ward Stadium 16-Plex, 7:40 p.m. Windward Stadium 10, 7:50 p.m. Mililani 14-Plex. Also, Sunday: 2 p.m. Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, 2:15 p.m. Windward Stadium 10, 2:30 p.m. Mililani 14-Plex, 2:45 p.m. Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Ward Stadium 16-Plex. Rated PG-13.