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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>-</EM></FONT><FONT size=2>Prof.Skippito
Hustonovitch</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>JAN. 23rd</FONT> thru
THURSDAY, <FONT
color=#ff0000>JAN. 29th</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Check
out our cool website at: </STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.theavon.com/"><FONT
face=Arial size=4><STRONG>www.TheAvon.com</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>OPENING FRIDAY:
</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>THE WRESTLER</U> (R)</STRONG>
<STRONG>Mickey Rourke's astounding BEST ACTOR Oscar nominated comeback
with Marisa Tomei in her BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Oscar nominated role!! <FONT
color=#ff0000>AVON EXCLUSIVE!!</FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
size=4><FONT face=Impact></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>CONTINUING:
</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>GRAN TORINO</U> (R)</STRONG> Clint
Eastwood is cleaning up the
neighborhood!<BR><STRONG> <U>LAST
CHANCE HARVEY</U> (PG13)</STRONG> Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson<STRONG>
</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>ENDS
WEDNESDAY!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>SPECIAL
EVENT:</STRONG><FONT color=#000000> RICHLAND-AT-THE-AVON FILM CLASSES ARE BACK
IN SESSION THURSDAY, JAN. 29th AT 6:30 PM!! Have you registered for
<STRONG>"<U>AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES--PART TWO</U>"</STRONG>
yet??</FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>NEXT
FRIDAY:</STRONG> <FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>By Popular Demand for
ONE-WEEk-ONLY!!</FONT><STRONG> <U>VALKYRIE </U>(R)</STRONG> Tom Cruise plots to
kill Hitler in WWII !!<BR></FONT><BR></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>FRIDAY, FEB. 6th:<BR><U><FONT color=#000000>SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE</FONT></U></STRONG><FONT color=#000000> See what all the
fuss is about!! <STRONG>BEST PICTURE Oscar
nominee</STRONG>!!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><U>PINK PANTHER 2</U> (PG13)</STRONG> Steve Martin is back
as Inspector Clouseau!<BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>HE'S JUST NOT
THAT INTO YOU</U> (PG13)</STRONG> Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben
Affleck and more!</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><FONT color=#000000>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT
color=#ff0000><STRONG>FRIDAY, FEB. 20th:</STRONG></FONT><BR><STRONG><U>FROZEN
RIVER</U> (R)</STRONG> <STRONG>Best Actress Oscar Nominee Melissa
Leo!!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><FONT
face=Georgia><STRONG><U>OSCAR UPDATE!!</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#0000ff>Remember that this is the time of
year when the Oscar movies play in a "rotated" fashion. Some of them THE AVON
will have first, and some of them the "other guys" will have first, but <U>WE
<EM>WILL</EM> GET TO THEM IF WE DON'T GET THEM FIRST!</U> So, if you
are bemoaning the possibility you may have to brave the mean screens of the
"other guys" instead of seeing one of these films at THE AVON, do not
despair! With a very few exceptions, WE WILL HAVE THEM A COUPLE WEEKS
LATER, <U>IF NOT FIRST</U>!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#0000ff>So, you can expect
to see <U>FROST/NIXON</U>, <U>RACHEL GETTING MARRIED</U>, <U>FROZEN
RIVER</U>, <U>SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE</U> very, very soon at
Decatur's "Best Place</FONT> <FONT color=#0000ff>to See a Movie", THE
AVON!! </FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><U>THE WRESTLER</U><FONT
size=2> </FONT><FONT size=4>(R)</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Georgia size=2>
<FONT face=Tahoma size=3>As the plaintive sounds of the award-winning title song
by Bruce Springsteen waft through your soul, you know you are about to
experience something remarkable. There is nothing anyone likes better in the
movie biz than a "come back" story, and <FONT size=4>MICKEY ROURKE's</FONT> is a
doozy! Here is a guy who once had it all. If his career had gone the way it was
positioned to, he would probably be a multi-Oscar winner today, and have a long
roster of incredible roles behind him... So what happened to him? Well, the best
thing you can say is this: LIFE happened to him. His was the kind of crash and
burn you really don't come back from. As his character says in the film, he was
a "broken down piece of meat", and so it goes with art imitating life.
<FONT size=4>This is a Best Actor Oscar nomination, and may even be the
winner!</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>Then, we have <FONT size=4>MARISA
TOMEI</FONT>, still looking gorgeous, and playing a stripper, which is a
courageous thing to do for a woman on the north side of 40 (44 to be exact) to
do, and just garnered her a <FONT size=4>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR</FONT>
<FONT size=4>NOMINATION!!</FONT> And let's not forget <FONT size=4>EVAN
RACHEL WOOD</FONT>, who is a young actress I have noticed ever since her
regular role in the lamented 1999-2002 TV series ONCE AND
AGAIN. She is a major talent, and holds her own with these two heavyweights
admirably. See THE WRESTLER for a stunning performance by an actor who's own
story may have more in common with the film role than you may
realize.</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG></DIV>
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color=#000000>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>THE WRESTLER</U></FONT> <FONT
size=4>(R)</FONT></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are
$6.00/$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:15) -
7:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>SAT & SUN: (1:15) -
(4:15) - 7:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>MON thru THURS:
6:40<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U>GRAN TORINO</U> (R) <FONT size=3><FONT size=4>CLINT
EASTWOOD's</FONT> tale of our racially divided America, and of the diversity and
change that is going to be inevitable, is an absolute marvel! This is one you
can see more than once, as there are favorite scenes you think about later, and
then decide to see it again! Take my word for it; This one is even better the
second and third time! The fact that ticket sales barely dropped in the 2nd week
(and the opening 1st week was a monster!) shows that more and more people are
talking this one up, and bringing their friends and family (especially the older
ones) to see it. I have had several people tell me they haven't been to a movie
in over 10 years or more, and they are sure glad they came for this one! See it
at least once, and you'll probably be back for
more!</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><U>GRAN
TORINO</U> (R)</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><FONT color=#000000>(Showtimes in brackets
are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")<BR></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (5:00) - 8:00<BR>SAT &
SUN: (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00<BR>MON thru THURS:
7:15<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=4></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>LAST
CHANCE HARVEY</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT size=3>Isn't it terrific when
there is actually a love story that features older people?<BR>Hollywood has
neglected the 'boomers and seniors so deplorably, and the love story genre is
the most blatant example of that. If it were up to the "mall crowd", all love
stories would be about people 40 and under <EM>(or, in most cases, 20 and
under!)---</EM>Well, here comes a wonderful little movie with Oscar winners
<FONT size=4>DUSTIN HOFFMAN</FONT> and <FONT size=4>EMMA THOMPSON</FONT> to show
us all that we are NOT forgotten! Now, YOU need to do YOUR part and get out and
see it! If you do NOT see it, you will only be adding fuel to the fire that the
older viewers don't support movies well enough! You know what to do now, right?
</FONT><FONT size=4>ENDS WEDNESDAY!!
HURRY!!</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia
size=2></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><U>LAST CHANCE
HARVEY</U> (PG13)<BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00<BR>SAT & SUN: (1:00)
- (4:00) - 7:00<BR>MON thru THURS:
6:30<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4><U>A NOTE FROM SKIP</U>...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>It's hard to believe that Christmas 2008 has come and
gone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>We at the Avon were so busy that the holidays were over
before we knew it!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><EM>(And I am still waiting for <U>MY</U> holiday!! Fat
chance!)</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#000000></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Many of you out there have been having a big problem
with what to do on your Thursday nights now that my Richland-at-the-Avon
film classes have been on break since Dec. 18th.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I hear it every weekend!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><EM>"When are the film classes starting back
up??"</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Well, your rescue is at hand, because we start <FONT
size=4>"<U>AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES--PART 2</U>"</FONT> on Thursday, January 29th
@ 6:30 for the next 8 weeks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>If you have not registered, <U>please do so now</U>.
Here is the contact info:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>Jennifer Peterson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>Richland Community College</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>(217) 875-7211, Ext. 353</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>-or-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>You can merely show up next Thursday, Jan.
29th, at about 6:20 and get registered with Ms. Peterson
in-person!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>The Richland-at-the-Avon film classes are a
great way to meet people who have a similar interests as you; the
movies!<BR>And, what is "AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES" about?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>Any film that celebrates and chronicles
aspects of the American experience!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>They can be dramas, comedies, epics,
musicals, westerns---<EM>you get the picture</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT color=#000000>Come and join us Thursday, January 29th,
and find out what hundreds of Decatur residents have discovered for the past 7
1/2 years about the Richland-at-the-Avon Film Classes!!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT color=#000000>They are soooooo
groovy!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000
size=4><EM>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><FONT size=6>And, that
is IT for now, Folks!</FONT></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=6>-<FONT
face="Lucida Handwriting">Skip Huston</FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
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size=4></FONT></EM> </DIV>
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