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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 24, 2009

Movie digest

Advertiser Staff

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Isabelle Fuhrman stars as Esther in the new horror film "Orphan."

Warner Brothers

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Gerard Butler as Mike Alexander and Katherine Heigl as Abby Richter in "The Ugly Truth."

Columbia Pictures

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Hurley (voiced by Jon Favreau) is a pet-shop guinea pig in the animated/live-action talking-guinea-pig movie "G-Force."

Disney Pictures

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G-FORCE

89 minutes | PG

This Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film follows a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world.

ORPHAN

123 minutes | R

The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated a couple, taking a toll on their marriage and the wife's fragile psyche as she is haunted by demons from her past.

RUDO Y CURSI

103 minutes | R

A drama-comedy about two brothers from a rural Mexican family who fight over who performs better in professional soccer. Stars Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal and Guillermo Francella.

THE UGLY TRUTH

97 minutes | R

A romantically challenged morning show producer (Katherine Heigl) is embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his views on relationships.

BRUNO

82 minutes | R

The title character is a flamboyant, deliberately provocative gay man who ambushes innocent bystanders in his desperate bid for celebrity. Sacha Baron Cohen ("Borat") shows nerve in placing himself in real situations in front of rabid crowds.

BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE

89 minutes | R

A 16-year-old vampire heroine (who has been 16 for 400 years) engages in a showdown to free Japan of ancient demons. Korean star Gianna is charismatic as the heroine.

CHERI

93 minutes | R

Michelle Pfeiffer plays an escort contemplating retirement until her rival convinces her to teach her disaffected 19-year-old son about women. Kahala 8.

DEPARTURES

125 minutes | R

Oscar winner for best foreign language film. Japanese with English subtitles. Kahala 8.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

130 minutes | PG

The Hogwarts trio reunites in this continuation of J.K. Rowling's worldwide sensation.

THE HANGOVER

100 minutes | R

Four pals head to Vegas for a weekend bachelor's party. They check into the hotel. And they wake up the next day so hung over they can't recall how one of them lost a tooth, how a tiger and a baby got into their room and where they left the groom.

THE HURT LOCKER

127 minutes | R

An elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a bomb.

I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER

102 minutes | PG-13

A teen romcom about a nerd (Paul Rust) who harbors a secret love for the most popular girl in school (Hayden Panettiere) and declares this during his valedictory speech.

MY SISTER'S KEEPER

119 minutes | PG-13

Story of two young sisters; one suffers from leukemia, the other exists to sustain her with perfectly matched donations.

MOON

93 minutes | R

Alone on the dark side of the moon, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same contract Sam began all those years ago.

PUBLIC ENEMIES

143 minutes | R

Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger as efficient, violent and hard as steel. Marion Cotillard is Billie Frechette, his girlfriend at the end, and Christian Bale is all business as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.

THE PROPOSAL

108 minutes | PG-13

Sandra Bullock is a boss needing to marry her employee (Ryan Reynolds) in order to keep her job and not be deported to Canada.

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

151 minutes | PG-13

Summer blockbuster has gotten poor reviews since opening.

UP

90 minutes | PG

The Pixar Animation wizards have cranked out another winner with this story of a 78-year-old curmudgeon (voiced by Ed Asner), who ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats away in a quest to get to Paradise Falls. Uninvited guests come along.

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