Maui Film Festival: What’s playing on Wednesday

June 6, 2013

Maui Film Festival kicks off Wednesday and continues through Sunday, June 16, with movie screenings at the outdoor Celestial Cinema in Wailea and the Castle Theater at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului.Tickets and festival passes are available online at www.mauifilmfestival.com, by calling 579-9244; or at the door at each event, if still available. See ad on Page 10 for a complete schedule. Below, you'll find Wednesday's movies. Maui Scene will run the June 13 to 16 schedule next week."20 Feet from Stardom"Mick Jagger, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler and ...

Movies on Maui

June 6, 2013

These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opens Tonight"The Internship" PG-13, 1:59. Comedy. Maui Mall Megaplex.Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most ...

Movies on Maui

May 30, 2013

These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opens Tonight"After Earth" PG-13, 1:40. Action, adventure, Sci-Fi. Lahaina Wharf Cinema and Kaahumanu 6.One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige (Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land ...

Movies on Maui

May 23, 2013

These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opened Wednesday"The Hangover Part III" R, 1:40. Comedy. Maui Mall Megaplex.This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off. In the aftermath of the death of Alan's father, the wolfpack decide to take Alan (Zach Galifianakis) to get treated for his mental issues. But things start to go wrong on the way to the hospital as the group is assaulted, and Doug (Justin Bartha) is kidnapped. Now ...

Movies on Maui

May 16, 2013

These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opens Today"Star Trek Into Darkness" PG-13, 2:12. Action, adventure, sci-fi. Maui Mall Megaplex and Lahaina Wharf Cinema.When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find that an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one- man weapon of mass ...

Movies on Maui

May 9, 2013

These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.Opens Friday"Mud" PG-13, 2:10. Drama. Kaahumanu 6.A pair of inquisitive adolescents encounter a charismatic drifter with an incredible story in this drama from Take Shelter writer/director Jeff Nichols. Mississippi adolescents Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) are exploring along the mighty Mississippi when they stumble upon a small island inhabited by Mud (Matthew McConaughey), a desperado who claims to be on the run from brutal bounty hunters after ...