Film Reviews

Film Blurbs 10-28-2009

OpeningContinuingDoris Duke Theatre Movie Museum Unattributed film synopses indicate movies not yet reviewed by HW staff. Indicates films of particular interest Opening Amreeka Muna, a single mom, leaves the West Bank with her teenage son and settles into small town… [»Read]


Movie Clock 10-28-2009

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Lowdown and high-brow

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WIDE RELEASES Nine (Dec. 25) A singing, dancing Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the screen in this $50 million musical drama based on the Broadway show, which, in turn, was based on Federico Fellini’s film 8 1/2 (l963). It’s all about the meltdown… [»Read]


Strange bedfellows

Paranormal Activity
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Paranormal Activity / Like The Blair Witch Project before it, Paranormal Activity is the latest low-budget home-camcorder horror flick to arrive amidst gigabytes of Internet hype. While the scares are a smidgen obvious, the experience is still fun as theater audiences collectively… [»Read]


Film Blurbs 10-21-2009

OpeningContinuingDoris Duke Theatre Movie Museum Hawaii International Film Festival Unattributed film synopses indicate movies not yet reviewed by HW staff. Indicates films of particular interest Opening Amelia A soaring biopic chronicling the life of Amelia Earhart,… [»Read]


Movie Clock 10-21-2009

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The wild rumpus starts

Where the Wild Things Are
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Where the Wild Things Are / Director Spike Jonze has always been one of our most creatively playful contemporary filmmakers (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation). Coupled with co-screenwriter and literary wunderkind Dave Eggers, he created a version of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book… [»Read]


World’s most adequate dad

The Boys Are Back
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The Boys Are Back / With a title like The Boys Are Back and a plot summary not unlike Mr. Mom, the most surprising thing about director Scott Hicks’ newest film is how it manages to avoid sitcom-stylized antics and treacly moralizing. The subject matter is shamelessly made for… [»Read]


Film Blurbs 10-14-2009

OpeningContinuingDoris Duke Theatre Movie Museum University Of Hawaii Unattributed film synopses indicate movies not yet reviewed by HW staff. Indicates films of particular interest Opening Law Abiding Citizen Clyde Shelton, played by Gerard Butler, turns out not to be… [»Read]


A body eclectic

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HIFF 2009 / One of the greatest appeals of a film festival that doesn’t rely on some sort of theme (be it length-based, region-centric, genre-specific or otherwise) is that each film you see is like a palate cleanser to the last. As this year’s Hawaii International Film Festival… [»Read]


HIFF hits

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HIFF 2009 / The folks at the Hawaii Independent Film Festival gave us a peek at a variety of offerings this year. Here are a few more. 9500 Liberty (Tues 10/20 & Fri 10/23) Local-born Eric Byler (director of the amazing Charlotte Sometimes)… [»Read]


The power of music

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HIFF 2009 / A surefire way to grab your audience’s attention is to break out into song. If you’re going to go that route, however, you damn well better have something to say. In After the Storm, playing Thu, 10/22 and Fri, 10/23 at Dole Cannery, there’s a lot that… [»Read]


Movie Clock 10-14-2009

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Brainless fun

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Zombies, along with vampires, are clearly the two monsters with the best cinematic subgenres. Where the latter get romanticized by people who wear too much black and spend their time espousing middle-school learned philosophy, zombie aficionados celebrate the mindless nihilism… [»Read]


Capitalism for Dummies

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Capitalism: A Love Story / Right-wingers rev up your tempers and get ready to stab at the keyboard in a tweet-rage, Michael Moore is back. This time our favorite rotund documentary-filmmaker takes on an entire ideology with Capitalism: A Love Story. The subtitle is rather obvious and that’s… [»Read]