OPENING TOMORROW
Beverly Hills Ninja(Star rating unavailable)
Chris Farley is the rotund ronin in a movie co-starring Nicolette Sheridan, Robin Shou and Chris Rock. (PG-13) At Kapolei, Keolu, Koko Marina, Laie, Mililani, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 1
Metro 
This is a mediocre urban thriller with Eddie Murphy as a San Francisco hostage negotiator. See review at left. (R) At Aikahi, Enchanted Lake, Kahala, Kapolei, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row
Mother
Writer-director Albert Brooks' perfectly pitched comic direction and witty, surprising script give Debbie Reynolds an ideal showcase as a mother who uses ineptness to keep annoying problems like her grown-up son at a distance. (PG-13) At Varsity
Portrait of a Lady
Jane Campion's adaptation of Henry James' novel is a classic in its own right. Nicole Kidman is stunning as the American innocent in Europe, Isabel Archer, who chooses the wrong husband for all the right reasons. (PG) At Kapolei
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Beavis and Butt-head Do America
MTV's animated moronic teens cover more ground than Bob Hope and Bing Crosby did in their road movies, but don't generate as much laughter. (PG-13) At Kam Drive-In
Breaking the Waves
This alternately rapturous and devastating love story from director Lars von Trier is one of the best films of 1996. (R) At Marina
Daylight
Sylvester Stallone plays a familiar hero role when a group of people are trapped in the Holland Tunnel after an explosion. There's little suspense, so the movie's a bit of a bore. (PG-13) At Pearlridge West
The English Patient
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. (R) At Varsity
Evita
Madonna plays the title role in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical. The clamorous, overblown style can't disguise the vagueness of the story. A triumph of flash over substance. (PG) At Kapolei, Keolu, Waikiki 3
Ghosts of Mississippi
Director Rob Reiner builds suspense in the telling of how the killer of of civil-rights activist Medgar Evers was finally brought to justice. The movie is also a healing experience for viewers. Stars Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods. (PG-13) At Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
Jackie Chan's First Strike
The storyline is difficult to follow, but Jackie Chan's stunts are, as usual, extraordinary. Chan would be something to behold if he ever makes a film with a great filmmaker. (PG-13) At Aikahi, Enchanted Lake, Kapolei, Mililani, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 2
Jerry Maguire
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. (R) At Kahala, Kailua, Kapolei, Koko Marina, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
Michael
This story about a grungy archangel's visit to Earth owes almost all of its pleasures to the film's star, John Travolta. (PG) At Kahala, Kapolei, Laie, Mililani, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
One Fine Day
Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney star in an effective update of the screwball comedy format that, 50 years ago, would have starred Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. (PG) At Kahala, Laie, Pearlridge West
101 Dalmatians
Where the 1961 animated "101 Dalmatians boasts both style and substance, the live-action remake has neither. (G) At Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Marina, Mililani, Pearlridge West
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Extraordinary blend of goofy biography of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, prurient peekaboo piece, First Amendment courtroom drama and perceptive social satire features touching portrayals by Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love. (R) At Kahala, Kapolei, Keolu, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row
The Preacher's Wife
Almost every element of this story of an angel (Denzel Washington) sent to help a preacher (Courtney B. Vance) and his family feels carefully calibrated. The result is something less than dynamic. (PG) At Kapolei
The Relic
This sad rip-off of "Alien" has none of that movie's suspense or technical brilliance. (R) At Kahala, Kapolei, Keolu, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row
Scream
Director Wes Craven's new 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 Enchanted Lake, Kahala, Kapolei, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row
Shine
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. (PG-13) At Cinerama
Space Jam
Basketball mega star Michael Jordan and cartoon mega star Bugs Bunny team up for this clever, cute, rambunctious mix of animation and live action. (PG) At Kahala
Turbulence
Dramatically flat variation of the killer-is-loose scenario has Ray Liotta as a convicted killer who gets control of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. (R) At Kahala, Kailua, Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Mililani, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row