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Majoring in Love
June 13, 2013 When he was still in high school, Adam Rodgers went on one of those college tours with his dad. At about the eighth university on the trip, Wesleyan in Middletown, Conn. more »» 
Festival honors Maui’s own
June 6, 2013 When he was filming “Short Term 12,” writer-director Destin Cretton had a mantra. “We kept telling ourselves, ‘Don’t leave too many fingerprints. more »»
Getting over ‘The Hangover’
May 30, 2013 Trying to guess whether “The Hangover: Part III” would beat “Fast & Furious 6” at the box office, I realized Hollywood has an alternative to the Indianapolis 500 to mark Memorial Day weeken. more »»
Trekking Home
May 23, 2013 Despite the lofty sound of the “final frontier” — those cosmic places the Starship Enterprise boldly goes where no man has gone before — the real destination of “Star Trek” has always been a lot... more »»
‘Gatsby’ and ‘Mud’
May 16, 2013 “Mud” is like a “Beasts of the Southern Wild” you can actually understand. A lot of it takes place on Arkansas rivers and creeks, some lazy and inviting, others sinister. more »»
Iron clothes make the Man
May 9, 2013 Gwyneth Paltrow has always been my favorite part of “Iron Man.” Oh sure, Robert Downey’s Tony Stark has more, uh, issues than other action heroes, and delivers more clever quips sorting them ou. more »»
Voting for Best of Maui begins tomorrow
May 9, 2013 Ready, set, vote! It’s time again for The Maui News’ annual Best of Maui issue, featuring the island’s best places to eat, activities and shopping. more »»
Wedding bells and dumbbells
May 2, 2013 “Pain & Gain” is mostly pain. This week’s movie box-office winner bills itself as an action-comedy starring the usually likable Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnso. more »»
Cruising to Oblivion
April 25, 2013 Seeing the names of Tom Cruise and “Oblivion” in the same sentence inspires wishful thinking in some, but that didn’t deter this new sci-fi thriller from topping the week’s box-office charts. more »»
Home of the brave . . . play ball!
April 18, 2013 History is a two-way street. Not just in the sense of the oft-repeated warning that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat i. more »»
Fade to Black
April 11, 2013 Eulogies for Roger Ebert were still dotting the media last Sunday when I learned of the death of another film friend and inspiration, documentary director Les Blank. more »»
Being Maui
April 4, 2013 He’s known in myths and legends as a hero, a superman, a dutiful son, a trickster. more »»
Crood family values
March 28, 2013 For prehistoric rubbings on cave walls, “The Croods” sure have a lot of heart. more »»
Bonnie and Soul
March 21, 2013 Under the stars and dancing palms, a thing called love rocked the Maui Arts & Cultural Center last Friday night. It was a happy, soulful sound. more »»
Tired magic
March 14, 2013 It’s no accident that the folks at Disney dropped the word “Wonderful” from their new movie about the Wizard of Oz. Because it’s no. more »»
Lord of the Beans
March 7, 2013 Amid other casualties of modern technology, we can now add fairy tales to the list. Perhaps the problem is that no one knows what a beanstalk is anymore — much less, a giant beanstalk. more »»
Making history, Hollywood-style
February 28, 2013 How could so many wonderful movies result in such mediocre television? That was the question puzzling viewers after sitting through more than three hours of the Oscars last Sunday night. more »»
Small World
February 21, 2013 I paid a quick visit to New Zealand last weekend. Not the actual New Zealand, but the Aotearoa village at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu. more »»
No reading required
February 14, 2013 Some of us still remember Previews of Coming Attractions. That’s what advertisements for upcoming movies used to be called, before we switched to the sleeker term, “trailers. more »»
Witness protection for the rich and famous
February 7, 2013 It’s hardly a noble profession. more »» |
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