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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON THEATRE NEWS
& VIEWS</U></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT
color=#008000><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"All of Life's Answers
are in the Movies!"</EM></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM> </EM><FONT
size=2><EM>-Dr. Skippy P. Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Papyrus><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>OCT. 7th</FONT> thru THURSDAY,
<FONT color=#ff0000>OCT. 13th</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>OPENING FRIDAY:
</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>TRANSSIBERIAN</U> (R)</STRONG>
<STRONG><FONT size=2>An Overlooked Thriller!!
One-Week-Only!!<BR></FONT>
<U>BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA</U> (PG)<FONT size=2> FRI, SAT & SUN
ONLY!!<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG><BR>CONTINUING:<FONT color=#000000> <U>CHANGELING</U>
(R)<BR>
<U>THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES</U> (PG13)<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG><BR></DIV></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING SOON: <FONT
color=#000000>JAMES BOND IS BACK in "<U>Quantum of Solace"</U>
(PG13) starring DANIEL CRAIG<BR></FONT><BR>SPECIAL EVENT: <FONT
color=#000000>Movie/TV star BRUCE CAMPBELL IN-PERSON WITH HIS NEW MOVIE "My Name
is Bruce" DEC. 1st @ 8 PM ONLY!! $20 TICKETS GOING FAST!!
HURRY!!<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000><U>CHANGELING</U> (R) </FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=3>Here is internationally-known film critic Leonard Maltin's review of our
exclusive film, CHANGELING, the new powerhouse film from Clint
Eastwood, <U>and ONLY at the Avon</U>!!<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>CHANGELING — Clint Eastwood adds another feather to his cap with the
direction of this emotionally powerful, well-crafted film, while Angelina Jolie
reminds us that she’s more than must a tabloid darling with a beautifully
modulated performance in the leading role. But the real hero of this film is the
one who will likely receive the least attention, screenwriter J. Michael
Straczynski, best known as the creator and principal writer of the TV series
<EM>Babylon</EM><EM> 5</EM>. A former reporter, he followed up on a tip from a
friend about a forgotten true-life case that began in 1928. After a year of
research in Los Angeles newspaper files, court records, and police files, he was
ready to write a dramatization of this extraordinary tale, all of which is true.
</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jolie plays a single mother and working
woman who comes home from her job one day to discover her nine-year-old son
missing. When she tries to report the case the police inform her that they
cannot begin a search until a child has been missing for at least twenty-four
hours. This is the first in a long line of insults to which the woman is
subjected, each one increasingly harsh. <EM>Changeling</EM> turns out to be as
much a story about attitudes toward women as anything else, but it’s to
Eastwood’s credit that he never lapses into melodrama, even when the setting is
a psychopathic ward. It’s that matter-of-fact approach to potentially
sensational material that distinguishes <EM>Changeling</EM> and makes it so
wrenching to watch at times, especially if you’re a parent. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><EM>Changeling</EM> is
long, like most of Eastwood’s movies, but it earns the right to extend past the
two-hour mark because no time is wasted on superfluous or irrelevant material.
Production Designer James J. Murakami deserves special credit for convincingly
recreating the world of Los Angeles in the late 1920s and early ‘30s, and there
is a lovely nod to Eastwood’s longtime collaborator, the legendary designer
Henry Bumstead. A roadside café in an early scene is called Bummy’s, a reference
to Bumstead’s popular nickname</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jolie is surrounded by first-rate
actors, not all of them well-known. Jason Butler Harner is especially potent as
the insane and manipulative serial killer, and Jeffrey Donovan (the star of
cable TV’s <EM>Burn Notice</EM>) is chillingly effective as a heartless police
captain on a corrupt Los Angeles force. I wish I could be as enthusiastic about
John Malkovich in the role of a radio preacher (the real-life rabble rouser Rev.
Gustav Briegleb) but his demeanor makes it difficult to take the character as
seriously as one should. That’s a small quibble about an otherwise superior
film. -Leonard Maltin (used with
permission)<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT size=4><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>CHANGELING</U> (R)</STRONG>
</FONT><FONT size=1><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")<BR></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (5:00)
- 8:00 <BR>SAT & SUN: (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>MON, TUES & WED: 6:30<BR>THURS:
7:15<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000><U>THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES</U> (PG13)
</FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=3>As long as we are reading Leonard Maltin's
reviews, let's take a look at the one he did for THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, which
is now in it FINAL week at the Avon!!<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
— I love movies that take me to a particular time and place. Gina
Prince-Bythewood’s adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s best-selling novel takes place
in 1964. President Johnson has just signed the historic Civil Rights Bill into
law, but that hasn’t changed attitudes in the South, as 14-year-old Dakota
Fanning learns when she runs away from home with her black housekeeper (Jennifer
Hudson). Fanning has been raised by her distant, often abusive father (Paul
Bettany), who refuses to tell her about her mother, who died when the girl was
four. So Fanning journeys to Tennessee, to a town she’s certain her mother must
have visited. Here she and Hudson are taken in by a big-hearted woman (Queen
Latifah) who lives with her sisters (Alicia Keys and Sophie Okenedo) and
provides the two refugees with shelter and love. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><EM>The Secret Life of
Bees</EM> explores the interior world of its young heroine and the sisters who
become her surrogate family, along with the harsh world outside the oasis of
their home, where angry bigots still rule the roost. Prince-Bythewood never
allows her film to descend into cheap melodrama, even though some of its most
vivid episodes are as upsetting as they are inevitable. What keeps the film on
course, aside from a well-written and evocative screenplay, is the skill of its
ensemble. Young Fanning fulfills the promise she showed in her earliest work as
a child, while Latifah commands the screen, filling it with warmth as few actors
can. Hudson is a natural who never seems to be reciting memorized lines, and
another singer-turned-actress, Alicia Keys, acquits herself well as the most
independent-minded of Latifah’s sisters. The other sibling, a fragile and
sensitive creature, is beautifully played by Okenedo, who avoids theatricality
and seems touching and genuine. </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Like a good novel, <EM>The Secret Life
of Bees</EM> takes us on an emotional journey. It’s a trip well worth taking.
-Leonard Maltin (used with permission)</FONT></FONT><BR><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT
size=1><BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><FONT
color=#000000>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")<BR></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:00)
- 7:00 <BR>SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) - 7:00<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>MON thru THURS:
7:00<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>TRANSSIBERIAN</U> (R) <FONT size=3>I wanted to find an
"overlooked" film for this week that will give all of you who see it a sense of
discovery. TRANSSIBERIAN is a film you will tell all your friends about! Here is
the review from the Rotten Tomatoes website, which, by the way, gave it a
whopping 92% positive! (That equates to either a 4-star or 3 1/2 star
review!)<BR></FONT><BR></FONT><SPAN id=movie_synopsis_all
style="DISPLAY: inline"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial size=2>With
TRANSSIBERIAN, filmmaker Brad Anderson proves once again that he has an
exceptional ability to craft a suspenseful thriller. Roy (Woody Harrelson) and
Jessie (Emily Mortimer) have just finished working with children overseas as
part of a church project. Before flying back to the States, they decide to
travel from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Express train, where they
meet two fellow travelers, the handsome Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and young Abby
(Kate Mara). The couples bond, but gradually Jessie becomes worried that her new
friends are involved in drug trafficking. At that point, the web has been spun,
and when the intimidating Russian detective, Grinko (Ben Kingsley), arrives, Roy
and Jessie become innocent targets in a dangerous chase. Anderson's script,
co-written with Will Conroy, helps to elevate TRANSSIBERIAN beyond mere thriller
status. It remains a well-executed portrait of a complicated relationship
between two real people. Mortimer is her usual fantastic self, and it's fun to
watch Harrelson play an average, upbeat American guy. Throw the always riveting
Kingsley into the mix and you have a motion picture that is above average in
every way. By the time the film reaches its payoff, viewers will have felt as if
they, too, took a ride on the Trans-Siberian
Express.</FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>TRANSSIBERIAN</U> (R)<BR><FONT size=1>(Showtimes in brackets
are $5.50 'Bargain Matinees")</FONT><BR>FRI thru WEDNESDAY:
7:15<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <U><BR></U></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA</U> (PG) <FONT size=3>Just for
fun, here is a weekend-only all-matinee priced reprise of the huge family hit!
Check your brain at the door, and have some real fun with this one! <FONT
size=4>All Shows ONLY
$5.50!!</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA</U> (PG)<BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma size=1><FONT color=#000000>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")<BR></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:15)
<BR>SAT & SUN: (1:15) -
(4:15)<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><U>A NOTE FROM
SKIP</U>...</FONT> </STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000>Don't forget the BOGART MOVIES class for the Richland-at-the-Avon
film classes starts Thursday, Nov. 13th @ 6:30 PM. This is a special 5-week only
class that will end on Dec. 18th (after skipping Thanksgiving Thursday). Here is
a rare chance to see 5 classic Bogart movies on the big screen, with a
discussion afterward with some like-minded film buffs and just regular folks
too.<BR><BR>The list of selected films is not the regular Bogarts you see all
the time, but a carefully chosen sampling of classic films from all the times of
his career in Hollywood.<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>This
special short-form class is only $50, and you can sign up with Richland, or
simply come down a little earlier than 6:30 on the first night of class. A
Richland official will be there to enroll you.<BR><BR>I hope to see you there
for this one!<BR>Then, in Janury we go into an 8-week "AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES:
PART 2", and, after that, a 6 week series on MARILYN MONROE!<BR>The
Richland-at-the Avon Film classes are great fun and informative
too!<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting"
size=5><EM><FONT size=4>Seeya' Soon, Folks!!<BR></FONT>-Skip
Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT><FONT><STRONG><FONT
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