THURSDAY, DEC. 20
2 p.m.
Resurrecting the Champ
(PG13/111 min)
A struggling reporter (aren’t we all) meets a former boxing champ who’s now a homeless guy. Stars Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett—guess which one plays which! (Anthony Pignataro)
5 p.m.
The Darjeeling Limited
(R/91 min)
Another oh-so-precious Wes Anderson picture, this one stars Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson as three brothers who bond with each other while taking the train across India. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Charlie Wilson’s War
(R/97 min)
Biopic about alcoholic/womanizer Congressman Charlie Wilson and his efforts to get the CIA to back rebel Afghans in their war against the Soviets. And we all remember how well that turned out! It stars Tom Hanks and is directed by Mike Nichols, so it probably won’t be the darkest war movie you see this year. (AP)
9:30 p.m.
No Country for Old Men
(R/122 min)
Tommy Lee Jones plays a tired West Texas sheriff trying to catch a brutal but really odd-looking killer who is himself chasing a guy who found a bunch of money. Directed by the Coen Brothers. (AP)
FRIDAY, DEC. 21
2 p.m.
The Namesake
(PG13/122 min)
A family moves from Calcutta to New York. Doesn’t sound like much potential for drama to me… (AP)
5 p.m.
Lust, Caution
(NC17/157 min)
This Ang Lee-directed spy thriller concerns a wealthy woman living in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II. It’s a long movie, full of drama, intrigue and some fairly explicit sex—just like the war itself. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Death at a Funeral
(R/90 min)
A dark comedy about a dysfunctional British family trying to keep up appearances at their father’s funeral, which is hard to do when there’s a huge rivalry between the two sons, cousin Martha brings a fiancé who’s high on designer drugs and dad’s secret gay lover shows up to say hello and stir up the pot. (Jessica Armstrong)
SATURDAY, Dec. 22
2 p.m.
The Golden Compass
(PG13/114 min)
A 12-year-old girl, assisted by a talking polar bear that sounds a lot like Ian McKellen, tries to save the world by keeping an evil witch from stealing some magical compass. Talk about your hack plots… (AP)
5 p.m.
Music Within
(R/93 min)
True story of a Vietnam vet (Ron Livingston) who returns to the world with badly injured hearing and starts a new life working with disabled people. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
Love in the Time of Cholera
(R/138 min)
Things get steamy down in Colombia when Florentino falls in love with the beautiful young Fermina and vows to win her heart. Her father, determined to keep them apart, marries her off to a wealthy doctor. Can love prevail? (JA)
9:30 p.m.
King of Kong
(PG13/79 min)
Documentary about a bunch of video game fans competing to set records on classic games. (AP)
SUNDAY, DEC. 23
12 p.m.
Enchanted
(PG/108 min)
Princess Giselle is banished from her storybook dreamland and plopped down in modern-day Manhattan. Prince Charming is waiting for her back on the other side, but she falls for Mr. Wrong in the gritty New York streets. (JA)
2 p.m.
Hairspray
(PG/115 min)
John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Amanda Bynes star in this remake of the classic tender but slightly off-kilter tale of a big girl with big hair who wants to appear on Baltimore’s biggest dance part TV show. (AP)
5 p.m.
Lars and the Real Girl
(PG13/106 min)
An introvert finally meets a chick on the Internet, then invites her over to meet his brother and his wife, who are stunned for some reason when they learn that the chick is actually a life-size doll. Could happen. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
The Great Debaters
(Not Yet Rated/123 min)
Denzel Washington plays an African-American teacher in the South during the 1930s who teaches his students the subtle nuances of debate during that—what is the word? Ah yes—racially explosive time. (AP)
MONDAY, DEC. 24
No Movies
TUESDAY, Dec. 25
No Movies
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26
2 p.m.
Lions for Lambs
(R/93 min)
Politics, religion and war collide as three separate story lines intertwine. Two young soldiers are wounded in Afghanistan: one was the student of an idealistic California professor who’s trying to inspire another student. Meanwhile, a presidential hopeful is about to drop a political bomb that will affect all of their lives. (AP)
5 p.m.
There will be Blood
(R/158 min)
Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this sprawling Paul Thomas Anderson-directed epic of family, power and oil in California in the early 20th century. Sounds like my family—well, except for the power and oil part. (AP)
7:30 p.m.
The Bucket List
(PG13/125 min)
Two old, terminally ill men (Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson) rush to finish a list of stupid, crazy stuff to do before they die. (AP)
Tickets: $8-12; 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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