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* Maui Climate Action Network presents a documentary with Josh Fox “How to Let Go of the World and Love Everything that Climate Can’t Change” at 6:30 p.m. at POME Maui in Paia preceded by Maui Huliau Foundation student films. More details may be found at the Maui Virtual Climate March Facebook page. * Down the Hatch presents Monday Night Surf Movies the first Monday of the month at 10 p.m. Island Eye Productions will premiere its latest clips featuring Zane Schweitzer, West Side Maui surfers kids clinics and more. Cover charge is $10 and includes entry, raffle ticket, and ...

When the bullets fly, ‘Free Fire’ comes to a crawl

* “Free Fire,” two and a half stars out of four. By JAKE COYLE The Associated Press The shootout, often a ballet, is a battle royale in Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire.” When the bullets start flying, Wheatley’s arms-deal-gone-wrong 1970s shoot-up comes to a crawl. There’s a ...

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These are Maui Scene’s minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews that are provided by studios and other sources. OPENS TONIGHT “FREE FIRE” R, 1:30. Action, crime, thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex. Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two ...

*“GIRL ON WAVE” Documentary Film Premiere at 7 p.m. Friday in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater. “Girl on Wave” introduces Sarah Hauser, 2015 and 2016 American Windsurfing Tour Champion, and her quest to make a career out of her passion for ...

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These are Maui Scene’s minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews that are provided by studios and other sources. OPENS TONIGHT “THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS” PG-13, 2:16. Action, crime, thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex, Kaahumanu 6 and Lahaina Wharf Cinema. When a ...

‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ tells a riveting true story

• “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” three stars out of four. In German-occupied Poland during the darkest days of World War II, a zookeeper and his wife managed to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish people, many of whom were detained in the Warsaw Ghetto, by giving them shelter and refuge ...