At The Movies
At the Movies lists first-run films showing on Oahu, effective tomorrow. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. Check theater listings for more information.

Thursday, May 29, 1997



OPENING

Gone Fishin' (Star rating unavailable

In this Walt Disney comedy, Danny Glover and Joe Pesci play best buddies who reel in more than they bargained for when they win a fishing trip. (PG) At Enchanted Lake, Kapolei, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row

'Til There Was You

This romantic trifle stars Jeanne Tripplehorn and Dylan McDermott. See review at left. (PG-13) At Kahala, Kailua, Kapolei

Trial and Error

"Seinfeld's" Michael Richards and Jeff Daniels star. See review at left. (PG-13) At Enchanted Lake, Kapolei, Koko Marina, Mililani, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 2



CONTINUING

Addicted to Love

Matthew Broderick and Meg Ryan star in this far-fetched comedy about the darker side of love. At its best, the movie is fun, but it attempts the impossible task of being both nasty and ingratiating at the same time. (R) At Kahala, Kailua, Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Mililani, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row

Anaconda

As a scary movie "Anaconda" is no more than middling. But if you look at it as a parody, you might find it howlingly funny. It's snake-bit by badness, which is the only thing that makes it tolerable. (PG-13) At Kapolei, Pearlridge West

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Mike Myers plays both British secret agent Austin Powers and his arch-rival Dr. Evil. The two have been in a deep freeze for 30 years and when they emerge, must not only deal with each other, but also with being hopelessly out of date. Director Jay Roach's farce is simply groovy. (PG-13) At Aikahi, Cinerama, Kapolei, Keolu, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row

Breakdown

Kurt Russell plays an average man battling malevolent strangers who have kidnapped his wife. Exhausting, terrifying movie brings to the screen your worst fears and nightmares. (R) At Mililani, Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Keolu, Restaurant Row

Chasing Amy

A smart, heartfelt romantic comedy/drama about girl trouble, boy trouble, and every imaginable trouble in between. Stars Ben Affleck and Jason Lee. (R) At Varsity

Father's Day

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, together for the first time outside of a Comic Relief broadcast, play two guys searching for a mutual former girlfriend's runaway son. Each thinks he's the father, of course, and if it sounds like another remake of a French farce, it is. (PG-13) At Kahala, Kapolei, Nanakuli, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge West

The Fifth Element

High-gloss, imaginative looks and almost no story values distinguish this movie in which Bruce Willis stars as a cab driver who gets involved in some futuristic war between good and evil. (PG-13) At Enchanted Lake, Kapolei, Laie, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 1

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Set in 16th-century India and played in English, the film takes its title from the Hindu lovemaking manual. It follows the story of a servant girl whose sexual prowess ensnares a king. But the sex is actually tame and the plot is both too vague and too complex to be an instructive moral fable. (R) At Varsity

Liar Liar

Jim Carrey plays a scummy lawyer forced to tell the truth for 24 hours. As usual, Carrey and his facial and bodily contortions make up the whole show. (PG-13) At Kahala, Kapolei, Pearlridge West

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Plot and human characters are given little consideration in this "Jurassic Park" sequel, but the special effects are astounding. Never before have imaginary, extinct animals been so convincing as aggressive, active antagonists. (PG-13) At Aikahi, Kahala, Kam Drive-In, Kapolei, Keolu, Koko Marina, Laie, Mililani, Nanakuli, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, Pearlridge West, Restaurant Row, Waikiki 3

Night Falls on Manhattan

This Sidney Lumet movie is a tough, dramatically effective probing of moral issues. Andy Garcia plays an assistant district attorney faced with difficult questions of justice and personal loyalty. (R) At Kahala

Sling Blade

This modern masterpiece of Southern Gothic stages a battle between good and evil in a heartwarming but edgy drama. With its dreadful sense of imminent violence, it is eccentric moviemaking at its most spectacular and gratifying. Director/actor Billy Bob Thornton received an Oscar for the screenplay. (R) At Pearl Highlands

Sprung

This sweet comedy rather too schematically and almost too innocuously matches up a naughty couple and a nice one, taking a long time arriving at a pretty obvious destination. Stars Tisha Campbell, Paula Jai Parker, Rusty Cundieff and Joe Torry. (R) At Pearlridge West

Warriors of Virtue

In this formula action fantasy, a teen-age boy stumbles into a strange world to help five kung fu kangaroos battle an evil warlord, Komodo, finding his own warrior virtues along the way. With Angus MacFadyen and Mario Yedidia. (PG) At Pearl Highlands




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