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These are Maui Scene's minireviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Still Playing"American Hustle" R, 2:18. Crime, drama. Maui Mall Megaplex.A con-man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia."Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" PG-13, 1:59. Comedy. Lahaina Wharf Cinemas and Kaahumanu 6.With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's ...

2013 FirstLight Schedule

Presented by the Maui Film Festival and screened at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater, FirstLight films are $15 per showing. Buy a VIP FastPass at $48 and get access to any four FirstLight movies, valid through January; FastPasses can be shared with family and friends. Tickets and VIP FastPasses can be purchased by calling 242-7469 or by visiting the MACC box office during hours of operation and one hour prior to all film screenings. See www.mauifilmfestival.com or www.mauiarts.org.Friday"Enough Said"* 2 p.m. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and James Gandolfini star alongside ...

FirstLight season shines with 47 Globe nods

Fifteen years later - Maui Film Festival is still making Maui a merrier place.FirstLight: Academy Screenings on Maui, a holiday season celebration of cinema, gifts isle moviegoers with Golden Globe darlings, Hawaii premieres, special screenings and encores. The 15th annual FirstLight, screened at Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater, kicked off with a new FirstNight event, a trio of encore screenings, in November; opened with a screening Dec. 11; and continues through Jan. 5.Barry Rivers, Maui Film Festival director and FirstLight curator, said this season's FirstLight films ...

2013 FirstLight Schedule

Today"Captain Phillips"* 2 p.m. Tom Hanks stars in this true tale of the first hijacking of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship in 200 years, this time by Somali pirates. (PG-13/124 min.)"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"* 5 p.m. "People learn to hate. They can be taught to love." The life story of revolutionary, radical, liberator and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela as you've never seen it before. Starring Iris Elba and Naomie Harris. Features the original song, "Ordinary Love," by U2. (PG-13/136 min.)"Nebraska"* 7:30 p.m. Director Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") hits it out of the park ...

Movies on Maui

These are Maui Scene's minireviews, excerpts of wire-service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opened Wednesday"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" PG 13, 1:59. Comedy. Lahaina Wharf Cinemas and Kaahumanu 6.With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm. Stars Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate and Paul Rudd. Directed by Adam McKay.Opens tonight"American Hustle" R, 2:18. Crime, drama. Maui Mall Megaplex.A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney ...

Celebrate cinema during the holidays

Firstlight: Academy Screenings on Maui will get into full swing during the next several weeks at Castle Theater in Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului.More than 10 days of Hawaii premieres, special screenings and encores, 30 films in all, will entice moviegoers intermittently from Wednesday to Jan. 5 in what the promoter calls "Maui's movie palace."When announcing this year's opening night Twilight Premiere that will screen at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Festival Director and Curator Barry Rivers teased that it "was being kept a secret surprise until now.""Called '12-12-12,' the film is an ...