[Avon-theatre-news] AVON THEATER NEWS---SEPT. 12th, 2014

[AVON THEATER 3]

WEEK OF FRIDAY, SEPT. 12th thru THURSDAY,  SEPT. 18th ONLY!! 
Check out our NEW & REDESIGNED website at: www.TheAvon.com
NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE 
ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!  
 >>>Click this link: http://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre
OUR "QUICK LOOK" SHOWTIME PANEL!!

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COLD IN JULY (R) Crime Thriller         (1hr 40 min--not including 8 to 12 min of previews)

How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar, Freddy Russell. Although he's hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family's safety when Freddy's ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town; hell-bent on revenge. However, not all is as it seems. Shortly after Dane kills the home intruder, his life begins to unravel into a dark underworld of corruption and violence. Twists and turns continue to pile up as the film reaches its inevitable destination: a gore-soaked dead end. Michael C. Hall brings a shell-shocked vulnerability to his portrayal of Dane that contrasts perfectly with the grizzled "badasses" portrayed by Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Directed with an excellent eye for the visual poetry of noir, this pulpy, southern-fried mystery is a throwback to an older breed of action films; one where every punch and shotgun blast opens up both physical and spiritual wounds. Cold in July is hard to shake as an east Texas summer.
Boasting plenty of twists, a suitably seedy tone, and a memorable supporting turn from Don Johnson, Cold in July proves an uncommonly rewarding thriller.

NOTE: Folks, this is an "Avon Discovery", and I know you don't know much about it. The reviews are excellent, and if you like a tough crime thriller (like I do) this delivers the goods! ---Skip

COLD IN JULY (R)
brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")
FRI: (5:00) - 8:00
SAT: (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00
SUN: (2:00) - (5:00)
MON thru THURS: 7:00
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A MOST WANTED MAN (R)  Suspense/Mystery/Drama         (2hr 1 min--not including 8 to 12 min of previews)
When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill-gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist?

An impressive cast, including one of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last roles before his recent death. This also starts Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Robin Wright.

Smart, subtle, and steadily absorbing, A Most Wanted Man proves once again that John le Carre books make for sharp, thoughtful thrillers.
A MOST WANTED MAN (R)
brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")
FRI: (4:00) - 7:00
SAT: (1:00) - (4:00) - 7:00
SUN: (1:00) - (4:00)
MON, TUES & WED: 7:00

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NOW IN ITS 4th WEEK!!
HURRY!! ENDS SUNDAY!!!

"ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST MOVIES!!"
And...ONLY at THE AVON!!
BOYHOOD (R)   Drama  2 hr 45 min hrs   (not including 8 to 12 min of previews)
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey.
Epic in technical scale but breathlessly intimate in narrative scope, Boyhood is a sprawling investigation of the human condition.
BOYHOOD (R)
(Showtimes in brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")
FRI: (3:00) - 6:30
SAT: (3:00) - 6:30
SUN: (3:00)  ENDS SUNDAY!!

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RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO


Folks, you can't look at any media reports for the movie business and not be regaled about what a terrible slump the entire film business is in.
The last article I read said this was the lowest summer since 1998!!

We've definitely felt it at the Avon too, but we've tried to bring in more art and independent films that are not the "same ol' same ol'" in order to gain your interest...

I have heard from dozens of you how you appreciate the Avon is showing more of the "Avon movies", and not just the same movies it seems everyone else is!

And, those comments are spot-on! I look at the listings for the other Central Illinois theaters, and they are ALL PLAYING THE SAME MOVIES!!

Please support our radical strategy by taking a chance on "COLD IN JULY" or "BOYHOOD" or "A MOST WANTED MAN" this weekend!

It won't be long before this 'slump' will be over, and we'll be back playing the same movies everyone else is too!

BUT, right now, it feels good to be 'different'!
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NEW FALL FILM CLASSES START THURSDAY, SEPT. 11th!!

Sign-up now for "AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES---PART 6"
Classes start on THURS @ 6:30 PM at the Avon Sept. 11th thru Oct. 30th!
Flyers are in our lobbies right now!
NOTE: These classes are NOT through RICHLAND, you need to sign-up and pay at THE AVON!!
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The Avon Theater has been YOUR 'hometown theater' for almost 100 Years!! 
This weekend, I'm looking for you and you and...YOU!!
-Skip Huston
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THIS INCREDIBLE PROMOTION IS STILL GOING ON NOW... 
-TUESDAYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!


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BOTH START FRIDAY, SEPT. 19th:
 

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