Posted on: Thursday, April 20, 2006
Movie openings
Advertiser Staff
"American Dreamz": A satire with two targets, "American Idol" and President Bush, not in that order. Hugh Grant plays the producer and star of an "Idol"-like TV show, and Dennis Quaid is the president whose Cheneyesque chief of staff (Willem Dafoe) is a puppet master. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16, 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), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (PG-13)
"Friends With Money": Three rich friends (Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack and Frances McDormand) are married, not entirely successfully, but despair for their friend, played by Jennifer Aniston, who is "single, a pothead and a maid." Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery, Ward, Maui Mall. (R)
"The Sentinel": Michael Douglas plays a veteran Secret Service agent who is having an affair with the first lady (Kim Basinger). Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery, Ward, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Kapolei, Mililani, Ko'olau, Windward, Prince Kuhio, Makalapua, Kaahumanu 6-Plex (Maui), Front Street Theatres (Maui). (PG-13)
"Silent Hill": Based on the video-game survivor series. Sean Bean and Radha Mitchell star in a horror tale about a woman who journeys into another dimension to retrieve her daughter. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery, Ward, Koko Marina, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Kapolei, Mililani, Ko'olau, Windward, Prince Kuhio, Makalapua, Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui), Lahaina Wharf Cinemas (Maui), Coconut Marketplace Cinemas (Kaua'i). (R)
SNEAK PREVIEW
"Akeelah and the Bee": Saturday 7 p.m. Dole Cannery, Ward and Pearlridge West. (PG)
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