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"The Cat's Meow" and "Y Tu Mamá También" -- Two of the highlight films from the current HIFF Spring Festival go into regular theatrical runs starting this weekend.
>> "The Cat's Meow" is director Peter Bogdanovich's look at a fateful party held aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November 1924 that resulted in a mysterious and unsolved killing. Edward Herrmann and Kirsten Dunst are particularly good as Hearst and his mistress, actress Marion Davies.
>> "Y Tu Mamá También" is the sensational film by Mexican director Alfredo Cuarón about a fateful journey taken by a couple of horny teenage boys and an older Spanish woman through the natural and social landscape that is Mexico to a supposedly mythical beach. A thoroughly adult film, it's restricted to those 18 and over. "The Cat's Meow" is rated PG-13.
>> "Jason X" -- It wasn't enough that the terror of Crystal Lake, psycho killer-slash-hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees, made his reputation slaughtering dim-witted teenagers during his "Friday the 13th" run of slasher flicks. Now a professor and his students discover his cryogenically frozen body in the year 2455 while on a field trip to Earth. They take the murderous Popsicle back to their spaceship where he "accidentally" thaws out and ... oh, the horror!! (R).
>> "Life or Something Like It" -- Angelina Jolie as a girly-girl?! Believe it as she plays a superficial and blond (no comment) TV feature reporter in Seattle who runs into a homeless man (Tony Shalhoub) who tells her she has only a week to live. When his other predictions come true, she begins to re-examine her life and priorities -- which include rekindling a relationship with her cameraman (Edward Burns) with whom she has long been at odds (PG-13).
Edgy Lee's award-winning documentary film, "Waikiki -- In the Wake of Dreams," will be shown twice a week at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Hotel to show
documentary of WaikikiThe film will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning today, and Thursdays in the hotel's second-floor Ainahau Showroom.
The film takes a rare historical look at the land and the people who call Waikiki home and explores their contribution to American culture.
"Waikiki -- In the Wake of Dreams" has received national acclaim, including the Best Cinematography award in the documentary film category at the 2002 New York International Film & Video Festival and an Intercom Gold Plaque at the 2001 Chicago International Film Festival.
Seating for the 8 p.m. screenings starts at 7:45 p.m. Video copies of the film, as well as a companion book, are available for purchase.
Complimentary parking is available in the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani parking garage. For more information, call the hotel at 931-4524.
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