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“What Happened Last Night”

Not reviewed

Two college students wake up together after a night of partying but don’t how they got there. Story is told in reverse order. With Amber Rose, Jake Thomas and Clayton Snyder, and directed by Candice Cain. At Consolidated Kapolei (R, 1:30)

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“The Accountant” **1/2

Ben Affleck is a high-functioning math savant and loner who finds solace in ritual, patterns and finishing his tasks. He leads an unassuming life in Illinois as a strip mall accountant, but his unique gifts allow him a lucrative side hustle as a forensic accountant for “some of the scariest people on the planet.” That puts the Treasury Department hot on his trail, sending him on the run with an innocent co-worker (Anna Kendrick) and bringing out his facility at self-defense. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. (R, 2:08)

“The Handmaiden” ***1/2

“The Handmaiden” is an intricate thriller, but so loaded with wicked humor and sensual appeal that viewers might forget there’s any plot at all. Based on Sarah Waters’ novel “Fingersmiths” but transposed from Victorian England to Japanese-occupied Korea, the film tells the story of Soon-hee, a member of a criminal gang, who is sent to work as a handmaiden for the Japanese heiress Hideko, but whose real job is to pave the way for the gang’s chief to fleece Hideko of her fortune. Hideko herself is under the thumb of her Korean uncle, who forces her to read pornography for the pleasure of his aristocratic pals. The handmaiden unexpectedly falls in love with her mistress, with steamy results. In Japanese and Korean with English subtitles. (Not rated. 2:22.) At Pearlridge West and Kahala

“Inferno” **

Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, the Harvard professor of religious iconography and “symbology” from Dan Brown’s quasi-religious, art history-inspired thrillers. After he wakes up in a Florence hospital bed hungover and beset by visions of wrecked bodies and a mysterious woman on a fiery street, Langdon is whisked out of the hospital by a Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), who happens to be a fan of his work. He’s got a “Faraday pointer” secreted in his clothing (a laser that projects an image of Dante’s Inferno). They decipher its code and link it to billionaire bioengineer Betrand Zobrist (Ben Foster), who plans to deal with global overpopulation by unleashing a weaponized virus. Aside from the Italian scenery, the best things going for “Inferno” are Hanks, whose Langdon has the right modicum of bafflement and brilliance, and Jones, who makes a fine counterpart. With an international cast. (PG-13, 2:01)

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” **1/2

Tom Cruise resurfaces as the ex-military cop who roams the land solving crimes, exacting justice, and calling the current commanding officer of his old unit, Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) to complain about it. When she’s arrested for espionage, he goes into full Reacher mode to free her and uncover a shady arms deal, while dealing with an eye-rolling teenager (Danika Yarosh) who might be his daughter. The Reacher character is simply a vehicle for Cruise’s star strengths — his physicality, his laconic, twitchy charm and his dogged pursuit of righteousness. The film is the kind of action flick in which the simpler moral story sits on top of the twistier but essentially unimportant plot. Directed by Edward Zwick. (PG-13,1:58)

“Keeping Up with the Joneses” **

In concept, this film has a lot going for it: Zach Galifianakis as fuddy-duddy suburban dad Jeff Gaffney; the delightfully unhinged Isla Fisher as his wife, Karen; Jon Hamm and wonder woman Gal Gadot as their new supersexy spy neighbors, Tim and Natalie Jones. Gender dynamics are at play here, with both Tim and Jeff being sensitive partners, while the women take to ferocious warrior roles. And for the Gaffneys, the Joneses are the kick in the pants to their marriage they didn’t even know it needed. The problem is the chemistry of the performers doesn’t work. The editing is awkward, the pacing off. The story takes too long to get to where it intends to: Average couple is thrown into a dangerous and action-packed arms deal. (PG-13, 1:41) At Kapolei Commons

“Luck-Key”

Not reviewed

Korean comedy about an assassin who comes down with amnesia after slipping on a bar of soap and a penniless actor who, thinking the amnesiac is wealthy, switches places with him. (Not rated, 1:52) At Pearlridge West

“The Magnificent Seven” **1/2

Townsfolk hire a septet of outlaws to defend them against a malevolent industrialist in this revision of the 1960 classic Western, based on Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.” With Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Imax 2-D. (PG-13, 2:12) At Pearl Highlands

“A Man Called Ove” ***

In this charming, warm Swedish dramedy, a misanthropic 59-year-old factory worker played by Rolf Lassgard has lost the will to live after his wife’s death, so he’s about to join her in the hereafter, stepping off a ladder with a rope around his neck. But Ove has one passion that outstrips his desire to die: to remind other people just how stupid they are. He aborts his suicidal plunge when he sees that his new neighbors are breaking his neighborhood’s ban on car traffic. This happens repeatedly — Ove puts on the noose, then sees another infraction that sets him off in a rage. This is how he bonds with the new family — the vivacious wife Parvaneh (Bahar Pars); her mellow husband, Patrick (Tobias Almborg); and their two daughters. Adapted from Fredrik Backman’s best-seller, the film is skillfully made — and unashamed to play on the viewer’s emotions. In Swedish with English subtitles (PG-13, 1:56) at Kahala

“Max Steel”

Not reviewed

In this action movie based on the Mattel action figures, a teenage misfit (Ben Winchell) and an extraterrestrial discover that together they form the world’s most powerful superhero. With Maria Bello and the voice of Josh Brener. Written by Christopher L. Yost. Directed by Stewart Hendler. (PG-13, 1:32) At Consolidated Mililani, Consolidated Kapolei

“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” **

A young boy (Asa Butterfield) discovers a fantastical place where the residents possess special powers and danger lurks deep. With Eva Green, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney and Rupert Everett. Based on the novel written by Ransom Riggs. Directed by Tim Burton. (PG-13, 2:07) At Consolidated Mililani and Kapolei Commons

“Ouija: Origin of Evil” **

What’s unexpected in “Ouija: Origin of Evil” is how character-driven, well-acted and unusually well-written this sequel is, as the film winds back to the events that generated the first “Ouija” movie. Sisters Paulina (Annalise Basso) and Doris (Lulu Wilson) Zander and mom Alice (Elizabeth Reaser) were once close-knit, but beloved Dad died not long ago and the clan is running a fortune-telling scam to pay the bills. One of those wacky Ouija boards gets brought into the action and malevolence ensues. Directed by Mike Flanagan. (PG-13, 1:10)

“Storks” **1/2

Animated adventure in which the long-legged birds deliver packages for an internet giant, until one of them inadvertently activates a dormant Baby Making Machine. With the voices of Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer and Katie Crown. Written by Nicholas Stoller. Directed by Stoller and Doug Sweetland. (PG, 1:29) At Consolidated Kapolei and Pearl Highlands

“The Third Party”

Not reviewed

Romantic drama starring Angel Locsin as Andi, a woman who wants to patch things up with ex-boyfriend Max (Sam Milby), although he’s in a relationship with Christian (Zanjoe Marudo). Then Andi discovers she’s pregnant, and the men offer to adopt her baby. Directed by Jason Paul Laxamana. In Filipino with English subtitles. (Not rated, 2:00) At Consolidated Kapolei and Pearlridge West

“Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween” **1/2

Perry plays three characters in this film, which features ghosts, goblins, demented clowns, zombies and, most frightening of all, teenagers. At times, the acting feels too big and stagy for cinema, as if the actors are trying too hard to capture the energy of a live play on film. Some scenes are too long, and some of the writing feels cheesy. Nonetheless, with “Boo!” you’ll laugh hard. (PG-13, 1:43)

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“Bolshoi: The Bright Stream”

12:30 p.m. Sunday Dole Cannery, $16-$19; 12:30 Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kahala, $20 (PG, 2:30)

The acclaimed Russian ballet company resurrects Dmitri Shostakovich’s work, which was banned in the Stalinest Soviet Union despite its depictions of playful peasant life on a collective farm, mostly because the composer had fallen out of favor with Soviet apparatchiks.

“From Dusk Till Dawn: 20th anniversary”

6 and 9 p.m., Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dole Cannery, (R, 2:20) $13.

Quentin Tarantino’s first paid script resulted in a combination of crime-thriller and vampire flick, as George Clooney and Tarantino play the Gecko brothers, who, on a crime spree, kidnap a pastor (Harvey Keitel) and his family and hightail it to Mexico, where they hole up in a strip club for vampires. Also stars Juliette Lewis, Cheech Marin and Salma Hayak; directed by Robert Rodriguez.

“Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour”

7:30 p.m. Monday, Dole Cannery, (R, 2:00) $13-$16.

Satirist Stephanie Miller provides the last word in political punditry on the eve of Election Day.

Royal Shakespeare Company: “King Lear”

2 p.m. Wednesday, Kahala, $20

The bard’s tragedy about a king’s descent into madness when two of his three daughters scheme for his throne after he tries to divide his empire among them.

“Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USA”

1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dole Cannery, (PG-13, 1:30 p.m.) $13-$16.

Road-trip documentary featuring party-happy Britons Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee, famed for online videos of stupid stunts, who tour the United States doing “American” things like rodeo, being lifeguards and working out at a fitness club.

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