THURSDAY, DEC. 27
2 p.m.
Man in the Chair
(PG13/109 min)
Christopher Plummer stars in this film about a teen who gets help from a bunch of retired film people when he decides to enter his own student film in a film competition so he can win and go to film school. (Anthony Pignataro)
5 p.m.
Grace is Gone
(PG13/93 min)
The story of a father struggling to find a way to tell his two daughters that their mother—an army soldier—was killed in Iraq. Instead of breaking the news he decides to take them on a road trip to an amusement park. (Jessica Armstrong)
7:30 p.m.
Cassandra’s Dream
(PG13/105 min)
Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play two brothers. One has bad gambling debts, and the other is smitten with some actress he just met. Then something sinister tangles them up, and bad things happen, as bad things are wont to do. (AP)
FRIDAY, DEC. 28
2 p.m.
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
(NR/113 min)
This film is about two girls, one of whom is pregnant and tries to get an illegal abortion from a creepy guy in Bucharest during the last days of communist rule. Somehow, I don’t think this is a comedy. (AP)
5 p.m.
Margot at the Wedding
(R/91 min)
Two sisters, both of whom are crazy but one is particularly so, end up in the midst of even greater insanity when the less crazy one decides to get married to some dude the really nuts one doesn’t like. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Atonement
(R/122 min)
A 13-year-old girl forever changes a few lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Stars Saoirse Ronan, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. (AP)
9:30 p.m.
In the Valley of Elah
(R/119 min)
A Vietnam Vet (Tommy Lee Jones) and a small town detective (Charlize Theron) try to find out why the vet’s son, recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, was found murdered just outside a New Mexico army base. (AP)
SATURDAY, DEC. 29
2 p.m.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(R/160 min)
The movie’s pretty much as the title describes, with Brad Pitt playing the notorious bank robber James and Casey Affleck as the creepy Ford. (AP)
5 p.m.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(PG13/114 min)
The story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of French Elle who laughed, loved and lived life to the fullest, until one day his life exploded. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
The Savages
(R/113 min)
Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play siblings who escaped their domineering father and live narrow, neurotic lives, but now must return home and care for their dad, who’s dying of dementia. (AP)
9:30 p.m.
The Orphanage
(R/105 min)
A woman who had a happy life growing up in an orphanage grows, starts a family and returns to the place to turn it into a home for disabled children. But her son starts talking about dark troubles, which may end up knocking the happy family apart for good. (AP)
SUNDAY, DEC. 30
12 p.m.
Ratatouille
(G/111 min)
Animated tale—ha!—of a rat named Remy who wants to become a great and famous French chef. Happens all the time. (AP)
2 p.m.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
(PG13/114 min)
In 16th century merry ol’ Queen Elizabeth is dealing with attempted takeover by the Spanish king, forbidden romantic feelings for a knight and an assassination attempt on her life, not to mention her daily royal duties and a campaign to return the entire English population to Catholicism. Whew! (JA)
5 p.m.
War/Dance
(PG13/105 min)
This documentary follows a few children who compete in Uganda’s music and dance festival, despite their troubled lives growing up in a refugee camp during that country’s bloody 20-year civil war. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Charlie Bartlett
(R/97 min)
A charming kid in high school sets up shop in the boy’s restroom as a shrink for his classmates, all while trying to avoid confrontation with his mom, hook-up with a beautiful girl and keep her old man—the school principal—from closing down his practice. (AP)
Tickets: $8, 12; $10 with 4-film pass ($40); For more info, visit www.mauifilmfestival.com or call 572-3456. All films showing at the Castle Theater, located at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, One Cameron Way, Kahului. MTW
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