Posted on: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Movie openings
Advertiser Staff
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Actors Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as his willing accomplice Mrs. Lovett star in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
DreamWorks Pictures
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"Atonement": A 13-year-old girl's lie that destroys all possibility of happiness for herself, her older sister (Keira Knightley) and her sister's lover (James McAvoy). Begins in sheer happiness, ventures through the horror of World War II in France and London, ends in dark irony. Opens tomorrow at Ward Stadium 16. (R)
"Charlie Wilson's War": A biting satire based on the true story of a congressman (Tom Hanks), a Houston socialite (Julia Roberts) and a CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who conspired to arm Afghanistan's mujahedeen against Soviet invaders in the early 1980s. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theatres, Ward, Mililani 14-Plex, Pearl Highlands Stadium 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kahala Mall, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Kaahumanu Mall 6-Plex (Maui), Kukui Mall Theatres (Maui). (R)
"The Kite Runner": A drama by Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball"), based on the much-loved best-seller about two boys in 1970s Afghanistan and the lives they go on to lead. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Kaahumanu. (PG-13)
"National Treasure: Book of Secrets": Nicolas Cage returns as Benjamin Franklin Gates for another treasure-hunt travelogue. This time the Lincoln assassination is revisited. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Mililani, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Kahala, Ko'olau, Kapolei, Windward, Kaahumanu. (PG)
"P.S. I Love You": When her husband dies, Holly (Hilary Swank) discovers that he left her a series of letters with detailed instructions on how she's supposed to move on with her life. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Mililani, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, Ko'olau, Kapolei, Windward. (PG-13)
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": Stephen Sondheim's darkly comic musical story about a vengeful barber (Johnny Depp) who slits his customers' throats and the lovesick baker (Helena Bonham Carter) who grinds up the dead bodies for her meat pies. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Mililani, Pearlridge. (R)
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story": A takeoff on the music biopic, the genre parody hits all the familiar conventions seen in overly earnest movies. A marginally talented country rocker Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) comes from humble beginnings and eventually fulfills his dreams of music stardom through sheer heart and grit. Opens tomorrow at Dole, Ward, Mililani, Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, Koko Marina, Ko'olau, Kapolei, Windward. (R)
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