Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. SPECIAL SCREENINGS “BLIND EYES OPENED” 1:55. Regal Maui Mall Megaplex. 7 p.m. Thursday. A Christian documentary diving into the sex trafficking industry in the U.S. exposing the ...
The Associated Press Welcome to January, which, in terms of quality movies, is the worst, the lowest, the abyss. Actually, that’s pretty accurate when it comes to the latest, straight-to-January release “Underwater,” which steals from “The Abyss” and many other movies like “Alien” and even “Godzilla.” The filmmakers started with an overused thriller cliche — trapped workers far from home, often in space. This time they’re deep under the waves. Then disaster strikes, forcing them out. Then a monster or two are added. Everyone making it hopes all the suckers ...
Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. NEW THIS WEEK “BAD BOYS FOR LIFE” R, 2:04. Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime. Consolidated Theaters Maui. Opens Thursday. Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowry have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel. “DOLITTLE” PG, 1:46. Adventure, Comedy, Family. Regal Maui Mall Megaplex. Opens Thursday. A ...
The Associated Press There’s usually one film that tops lists whenever powerful legal thrillers are debated — “To Kill a Mockingbird,” set in the 1930s. Now comes a film showing how little has changed since then, based on a murder in the same Alabama town where Harper Lee wrote her masterpiece. “Just Mercy” is the real story of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson and his fight to keep an innocent black man from being executed. It is urgent, searing and powerful, led by a first-rate cast. Though it portrays events more than 25 years ago, it is very much a film of ...
Maui Scene’s minireviews, wire service reviews and previews are provided by studios and other sources. NEW THIS WEEK “JUST MERCY” PG-13, 2:16. Drama. Regal Maui Mall Megaplex. Opens Thursday. World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. “1917” R, 1:59. Action, Drama, War. Regal Maui Mall Megaplex, Regal Kihei Cinemas, Consolidated Theaters Ka‘ahumanu. Opens Thursday. Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission. “LIKE A BOSS” R, 1:23. Comedy. Regal ...
NEW YORK — Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been anyone less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. When the year closed out Tuesday, the top 10 films in U.S. and Canada theaters were all intellectual property-backed movies. That, in itself, isn’t new. It’s the third year in a row that the year’s 10 biggest ticket-sellers have all been sequels, remakes and superhero films. But in today’s IP-driven movie world, one studio is in a ...
