Posted on: Thursday, June 9, 2005

Movie openings

Advertiser Staff

• "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D": Cayden Boyd stars as a classroom dreamer whose fantasies come to life when Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner) and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) ask for his help on Planet Drool, a planet he created in his dreams. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16, Kahala 8-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 Theaters (Big Island), Lahaina Wharf Cinemas (Maui). (PG)

• "Dot the I": On the eve of her wedding, Carmen (Natalia Verbeke) kisses a stranger in a restaurant. This is Kit (Gael Garcia Bernal). They feel unmistakable chemistry, but she goes ahead with her wedding. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R)

• "High Tension": A horror flick: Two women are vacationing in a country house in rural France, only to find that a mad killer is loose and after them. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui). (R)

• "Howl's Moving Castle": The latest animated film by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki is a tale about two warring kingdoms and the mysterious Howl and his moving castle. Opens tomorrow at Ward Stadium 16. (PG)

• "The Honeymooners": Cedric the Entertainer is Ralph Kramden, Mike Epps is Ed Norton, Gabrielle Union is Alice Kramden and Regina Hall is Trixie Norton in this comedy about working-class neighbors. Based on the old Jackie Gleason TV series. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)

• "Mr. and Mrs. Smith": Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet in Bogota, are married, move to the suburbs, and go into marriage counseling when the romance starts to subside. What neither one knows is that they're both professional assassins, and then they are each assigned to kill the other. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16, Kahala 8-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, La'ie Cinemas, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Keauhou 7 Theaters (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13)

• "Walk on Water": Eyal, a Israeli intelligence agent, is on the trail of a Nazi war criminal. He befriends his target's grandchildren in Tel Aviv. Opens tomorrow at Varsity Twin. (R, subtitled)