FILMCAPSULES New This Week BANDSLAM - PG13 - Comedy - High schoolers seek stardom and join together to form a teenybopper band. Entering Bandslam, the country’s biggest music competition with a record contract prize (big surprise), they presumably prevail against all odds. As mandated by teen movie law, their bubblegum pop-rock group faces cinematic conflict when inevitable disaster strikes. 101 min. DISTRICT 9 - R - Sci-Fi - Aliens abandon two million of their ill-tempered “prawns” in Johannesburg, South Africa, and humans quickly resign them to a reservation of sorts. The leaderless extraterrestrial hive sees fast deterioration to slum-like conditions, and a buffoon bureaucrat earthling (Sharlto Copley) attempts to rectify the situation by making them move camp. Who knew South African writer/director Neill Blomkamp (in his directorial debut) could offer such entertainting commentary on apartheid by way of outer-space aliens? 102 min. THE GOODS - R - Comedy - Shady car salesman extraordinaire Don Ready (Jeremy Piven), is asked to save a doomed dealership by selling every vehicle on the lot in a single weekend. With his team of even shadier accomplices, Ready attempts to save the day while squeezing in an abundance of drinking and strip clubs along the way. Somehow, Ready even manages to find his soul mate and fall in love. Directed by Neal Brennan (co-creator of ‘Chappelle’s Show’). 89 min. PONYO - G - Animation - Think anime-style ‘Pinocchio’ meets ‘The Little Mermaid’, by Japanese writer/director Hayao Miyazaki. A little goldfish who longs to be human, sneaks away from her father (a pollution-battling wizard of the deep). When she finds the shore, she’s instantly smitten with a boy named Sosuke, and turns herself into the girl she’s always wanted to be--using a drop of the boy’s blood and some internal goldfish magic. No Disney animated flick would be complete without a huge Hollywood voiceover cast ranging from Tina Fey to the Jonas Brothers. 101 min. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE - PG13 Romance - Seemingly devised especially for geeky girls like me, the plot circles around a debonair Chicago librarian (Eric Bana), who is cursed/blessed with a gene causing spontaneous, involuntary time travel. Trouble aside, he remains hopelessly dedicated to and in love with his timeline-bound wife (Michelle Nolden), throughout all their longing battles through time and space. 108 min.
Now Showing (500) DAYS OF SUMMER - PG13 - Romance - The lovey-dovey story of hip indie boy meets hip indie girl. Said boy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a pie-in-the-sky romantic who endlessly courts said girl (Zooey Deschanel), who doesnít share his fireworks idea of amore. 95 min. A PERFECT GETAWAY - R - Thriller Unrealistically sexy honeymooners in Hawaii
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(Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) take a remote and risky backpacking tour where they befriend another couple who asks to tag along. They later meet a third couple who, terrified, recount the news of yet another couple recently found murdered. A wilderness, who-can-youtrust battle for their lives ensues; the movie’s trailer promises a surprise ending. 97 min. ALIENS IN THE ATTIC - G - Art, Foreign - An adaptation of the William Faulkner short story “Barn Burning,” this film’s plot centers on a group of kids who are trying to fight a bunch of aliens. 86 min. [KB] THE COLLECTOR - R - Horror - Nearly retired jewel thief, Arkin (Josh Stewart), picks the wrong night for lock picking, when the house he intends to burglarize is already booby trapped by a sadistic killer intent on butchering the family inside. The latest grueling thriller from those who brought you the series of ’Saw’ movies, this flick is not for the weak-stomached. For those sickies who like this stuff, look forwad to fishhooks in eyelids, crazed canine maulings and bear traps to the brain. 88 min. FUNNY PEOPLE - R - Comedy - Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod. This most recent Judd Apatow flick stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill among others. The protagonist (Sandler), after learning of an inoperable health condition, decides to take a budding comedian (Rogen) under his wing. 146 min. [KB] G-FORCE (3D) - G - Animation - Zack Galifiankis and Will Arnett are among the cast members supplying voices to a squad of guinea pigs who have been sent on a mission to stop an evil billionaire from taking over the world. 86 min. [KB] G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA - PG13 - Action A super-elite team of international military operatives battle the evildoer organization Cobra, with high tech weapons the likes of which you probably never dreamed of while playing with your Hasbro toys in the sandbox. This flashy new rendition’s sandy battlefield is, not surprisingly, a North African desert. 120 min. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - PG - Fantasy - This is the one where he dies. Just kidding. Now in his sixth year at Hogwart’s, Potter begins learning some dark secrets about one of his mentors. 133 min. [KB] JULIE & JULIA - PG13 - Comedy - Writer/director Nora Ephron intertwines the lives of famed TV chef Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and at-wits-end New York professional Julie Powell (Amy Adams), in a twoscoop adaptation of their respective best-selling memoirs. Things get tastily tricky when Powell, on the eve of her 30th birthday, embarks on a mission to tackle all 524 recipes in Child’s ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’. 123 min. THE PROPOSAL - PG13 - Romance - This is one of those “romantic comedies” that periodically gets pushed out. Sandra Bullock is a domineering executive who happens to be Canadian. She marries her assistant in order to stay in the U.S. Laughs presumably ensue (for some). 107 min. [KB] TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN - PG13 - Art, Foreign - If there are two things I can’t get enough of, they are sequels and giant robots. In this case, the revisited giant robot race once again battles other giant robots that happen to be evil. 150 min. [KB] THE UGLY TRUTH - R - Comedy - Basically, an uptight talk show producer (Katherine Heigl) is routinely put off by the antics of one of the show’s strapping correspondents (Gerard Butler). I’ll give you one guess as to the outcome. 101 min. [KB]
SHOWTIMES Front Street Theater 900 Front Street, Lahaina, 249-2222 (Matinees: MF until 6:30pm, Sa-Su until 3:30pm, Discount Tue), A Perfect Getaway - R - Sa-Su 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55. F-Th, M 4:45, 7:15, 9:45. Julie & Julia - PG13 - Sa-Su 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55. F -Th, M 4:30, 7:15, 9:55. The Time Traveler’s Wife - PG13 - Sa-Su 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 9:30. F, M-Th 4:30, 7:00, 9:30. The Ugly Truth - R - Sa-Su 2:30, 5:00 7:20, 9:50. F-Th, M 5:00, 7:20, 9:50
Ka’ahumanu 6 Queen Ka’ahumanu Shopping Center. 1-800326-3264 (Matinees: everyday until 4pm), 500 Days of Summer - PG13 - Fri - Sat 11:05, 1.15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55. Sun-Thur 11:05, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45. Aliens in the Attic - G - F-Th 11:55, 2:05, 4:10 District 9 - R - Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30. Sun-Thur 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. Funny People - R - Fri- Sat 11:45, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00. Sun-Thur 11:10, 2:10, 5:10, 8:10.
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Kukui Mall 1819 South Kihei Road, 1-800-326-3264 (Matinees: everyday until 4pm), 500 Days of Summer - PG13 - Fri- Sat 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50. Sun 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50. M-Th 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - PG13 - Fri-Sat 11:15,1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35. Sun 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7:00. Mon-Thur 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 Julie & Julia - PG13 - F-Sa 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45. Su 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05. MonThur 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00. The Time Traveler’s Wife - PG13 - F-Sa 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. Su 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. M-Th 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15.
Maui Mall Megaplex Maui Mall, 249-2222 (Matinees: M-Th until 6pm, F-Su until 3:30pm), A Perfect Getaway - R - M-Th 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15. Bandslam - PG13 - F-Su 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10. M-Th 3:50, 6:30, 9:10. G-Force (3D) - G - F-Su 12:00 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20. M-Th 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - PG13 - F-Su 12:40, 1:45, 3:25, 4:25, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00. M-Th 1:45, 3:25,6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00
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The Time Traveler’s Wife - PG13 - F-Su 12:55, 1:55, 3:30, 4:30, 6:05, 7:05, 8:40, 9:40 M-Th 1:55, 3:30, 4:30, 6:05, 7:05,8:40, 9:40
Wharf Cinema Center 658 Front Street, 249-2222 (Matinees: Tue all shows, until 6pm every other day), District 9 - R - F-Th 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50. Funny People - R - F-Th 1:30, 5:00, 8:30. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - PG13 - F-Th 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45.
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