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Harvey Keitel is virtually the entire show in this engrossing character study. See review at left.
A love story set among black bohemians in contemporary Chicago. See review at left.
Director Mike Leigh's film received six Academy Award nominations. See review at left.
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Dolph Lundgren stars in this action film. More information is unavailable, but it must be pretty violent or something because no one under 17 will be admitted. (Unrated) Aikahi, Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Koko Marina, Mililani, Pearlridge West
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Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this total bore of a film about a thief who witnesses a murder, then finds himself in the middle of a big time presidential cover-up. Gene Hackman plays the chief executive. (R) At Kahala, Kailua, Kapolei, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row
This paean to safe sex is an oddly effective comic mix of the politically correct and outre stereotyping. The film maintains its focus that passion will not supersede protection. Despite the film's profane nature, there's an underlying sweetness to the material. (R) At Kapolei, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
Volcano disaster movie, starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton, offers an impressive last 15 minutes of magmatic fire power. But the rest is formulaic Hollywood disaster flick. (PG-13) At Kapolei, Pearlridge West
This is one mob movie that can make you cry. Al Pacino plays a low-level hit man whose recruit, a promising young thief (Johnny Depp), is an undercover agent for the FBI. The two stars do a great job complementing each other's performance. (R) At Enchanted Lake, Kahala, Kapolei, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
The second installment of the "Star Wars" canon is as impressive as any enthusiast could have hoped. A painstaking restoration and enhanced special effects make the movie's impossible creatures and fantastic deeds look all the more real. (PG) At Kahala, Kapolei, Keolu, Laie, Mililani, Nanakuli, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 2
This adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's romantic novel of wartime passion packs all the adventurous and emotional wallop of "Casablanca" and all the coolheaded intellectualism of some scholarly treatise on the futility of war. Nominated for 12 Oscars. Stars Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliette Binoche. (R) At Kapolei, Varsity
Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry star in a romantic comedy as a Mexican spitfire and Connecticut WASP who impetuously elope then must learn to cope with their differences. Hayek turns what should be awful into entertainment with a vibrant, forthright portrayal. (PG-13) At Kahala, Kapolei, Nanakuli, Pearlridge West
Kenneth Branagh's four-hour film version of William Shakespeare's play is robust and resplendent. The length allows every detail of intrigue and hatred-unto-death spelled out in vivid and compelling terms. (PG-13) At Varsity
The storyline is difficult to follow, but Jackie Chan's stunts are, as usual, extraordinary. Chan is inimitable but makes generally bad movies. He would be something to behold if he ever makes a film with a great filmmaker. (PG-13) At Kam Drive-In
A modern morality play in which Tom Cruise plays a sports agent who dishonors himself by being honest. Nobody does redemption better than Cruise, and he does it again -- and better, as a sports agent who dishonors himself by being honest. Nominee for Best Picture, Best Actor (Cruise), Best Supporting Actor (Cuba Gooding), screenplay and film editing Oscars. (R) At Kahala, Kapolei
In "Jungle 2 Jungle," Tim Allen's shown wearing a plumed native headdress, but the movie -- the latest in a slew of lame French comedies remade by American studios -- is no feather in his cap. It's a rote fish-out-of-water story about a commodities trader who brings his Amazonian forest-raised son back to New York. (PG) At Enchanted Lake, Kahala, Kapolei, Laie, Mililani, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row
Sister acts simply don't get any better than Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton. Bessie (Diane Keaton) has put 20 years of her life on hold to care for her dying father, Marvin (Hume Cronyn), and a dotty aunt (Gwen Verdon). Estranged hard-case sister, Lee (Meryl Streep), returns when Bessie discovers that she has leukemia and needs to find a family member with matching bone marrow. (PG-13) At Kahala, Kapolei, Restaurant Row
The Griswolds -- Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo and a new set of kids -- visit the playgrounds of the Nevada desert. Their adventure can join the legions of losers who gambled on Vegas. (PG) At Pearlridge West
"I'm a disgusting, sexist, racist pig with the maturity of a 3-year-old," Howard Stern claims, and in "Private Parts" he proves it. More startling is the revelation that Stern is, hands down, the nicest guy on Earth, in spite of his historic battles with authorities and his on-air obsessions with lesbians and endless parade of near-naked twits with breast implants. (R) At Aikahi, Kapolei, Keolu, Mililani, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 1
Director John Singleton grabs the emotions with his telling of the destruction of Rosewood, Fla. In 1923, the predominantly black community was attacked by white residents of a less prosperous community nearby, incited by a white girl's lie that she was attacked by a Rosewood resident. (R) At Pearlridge West
Director Wes Craven's teens-in-peril thriller raises the cheesy formula of the stalk-and-slash movie to an unexpected level of intelligence and valid suspense. (R) At Pearlridge West
Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks tells the story of a prodigy, pianist David Helfgott, driven to madness by a possessive father, and saved by strangers. It is an unforgettable story of the power of love, richly rendered. Nominated for seven Oscars. (PG-13) At Cinerama, Kailua
On the 20th anniversary of the movie's release, this rerelease features some new footage, enhanced special effects and a digital THX soundtrack. (PG) At Keolu, Pearlridge West
