At The Movies


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Accepted
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Justin Long plays a guy rejected from every college he's applied to, so he and his friends start their own fake and functioning university. (PG-13)

The Illusionist
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The crown prince of Vienna tries to debunk the illusions of a popular and handsome magician for whom the prince's fiancée has fallen. Edward Norton, Rufus Sewell, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti star. (PG-13)

Little Miss Sunshine
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An oddball clan races across three states to get their 7-year-old daughter to a pageant. Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and Abigail Breslin star. (R)

Material Girls
Hilary and Haylie Duff play heiress sisters whose family cosmetics company folds and leaves them penniless. (PG)

Snakes on a Plane
Samuel L. Jackson is a U.S. marshal escorting a mob witness on a Hawaii-to-Los Angeles flight. But a Mafia boss pays airport security to sneak a crate of 400 deadly serpents on board, timed to release halfway through the flight. (R)

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Rated G

Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
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The beloved comic strip fat cat (voiced by Bill Murray) is mistaken for another tabby who inherited a castle.

Over the Hedge
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A group of woodland animals visit suburbia.

The Wild
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A New York City zoo lion enlists his animal friends to search for his cub, who was mistakenly shipped to the wild.

Rated PG

Akeelah and the Bee
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An 11-year-old inner-city girl is a surprise contender for the national spelling bee.

The Ant Bully
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A 10-year-old boy is reduced to ant size and must live and work in an ant colony to earn his freedom.

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
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A free-wheeling cow named Otis and his misfit farm animals live the high life when humans aren't looking.

An Inconvenient Truth
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A documentary about former Vice President Al Gore's touring talk about global warming.

The Lake House
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Sandra Bullock stars as a doctor who trades love letters with one of her home's previous owners (Keanu Reeves), only to discover they are living two years apart.

Monster House
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A group of kids suspect a creepy old house is really alive and dangerous.

Step Up
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A rebel in trouble with the law becomes the dance partner of a beautiful ballet student at a prestigious performing arts school in Baltimore.

Who Killed the Electric Car?
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A lively, informative whodunit about General Motors' energy-efficient EV1 that debuted with fanfare and died with a whimper.

Wordplay
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A fantastic documentary on crossword fanatics, and their annual tourney in Connecticut.

Zoom
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A retired superhero is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into new heroes.

Rated PG-13

The Break-Up
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Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn play a couple who call it quits but refuse to move out of their jointly owned condo.

The Da Vinci Code
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The murder of a curator at the Louvre reveals a plot to uncover a secret that has been protected since Christ's time.

The Devil Wears Prada
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A hapless young woman (Anne Hathaway) becomes assistant to the demanding editor (Meryl Streep) of a fashion bible.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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A young American street racer, living in Japan, gets caught up in the underworld arena of drift racing.

John Tucker Must Die
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When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge.

Keeping Up with the Steins
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A not-so-kosher comedy about a boy who sees his bar mitzvah as a way to reconcile his dysfunctional family.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom reprise their roles in this swashbuckling sequel.

Poseidon
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This remake, about a cruise ship capsized by a freak wave, is bigger, louder and cheesier than its 1972 predecessor.

Pulse
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A computer hacker unleashes a wireless signal that's pure evil in a story co-written by horror master Wes Craven.

Scoop
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Woody Allen's latest is a mirror image of his more successful "Match Point" from last year.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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"Anchorman" Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR driver who must fight to stay at the top.

World Trade Center
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Oliver Stone retells the harrowing true story of the last two first-responders to be rescued after the 9/11 attack.

X-Men: The Last Stand
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When a "cure" is found, the embattled mutants must choose between remaining as they are or becoming normal.

You, Me and Dupree
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Owen Wilson does more light-hearted loitering, playing a barfly who overstays his welcome with a newlywed buddy.

Rated R

The Descent
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Six women encounter rabidly carnivorous humanoids during a trek into Appalachian caves.

Miami Vice
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Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx star in director Michael Mann's updated version of his popular TV series of the 1980s.

The Night Listener
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A troubled radio-show host (Robin Williams) develops an intense relationship with a troubled young listener.

A Scanner Darkly
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Philip K. Dick's grim novel of drug addiction is made into a sci-fi tale by Richard Linklater.

NR - Not rated.

Sukob
A ghostly flower girl is apparently causing the deaths of the people around her.

ART HOUSE | REVIVAL

THE DORIS DUKE THEATRE, HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS (532-8768):

Wassup Rockers
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At 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Only Human (Seres Queridos)
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Review in Friday's Today section. (R) At 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 to 24.

MOVIE MUSEUM

3566 Harding Ave. (735-8771):

Withnail & I
At 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Friday.

Privates on Parade
At 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 21.

The Naked Spur
At 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Sunday.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
At 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Aug 24.



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