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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><FONT size=3><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT
color=#008000><FONT size=3><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"All of Life's
Answers are in the Movies!"</EM></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>
</EM><EM>-Dr. Skippy P. Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Papyrus><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>MARCH 13th</FONT> thru THURSDAY,
<FONT color=#ff0000>MARCH 19th</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=#800080> </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#800080>NOTE: We are "holding" all shows from last week. There really is
not anything new this week that is <U>"Avon Appropriate"</U>, and, while we
sometimes are forced to go outside those perimeters just to have "fresh"
product", we decided to simply "stay the course" this week.<BR>Starting NEXT
week, however, there is at least <U>one new movie opening</U> for the next
several weeks!<BR>Check our website, </FONT><A
href="http://www.theAvon.com"><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#800080>www.theAvon.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma color=#800080> to see
coming attractions for April and well into the Spring!<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><BR><STRONG>CONTINUING: </STRONG><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><U>WATCHMEN</U> (R)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>#1 Movie in
America!<BR></FONT><STRONG> <U>TAKEN</U>
(PG13)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>The surprise HIT of the year!
Action-packed!<BR></FONT><STRONG> <U>SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE</U> (R)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>ABSOLUTELY THE
FINAL WEEK!!</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING SOON:
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>March 20th:
</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>DUPLICITY</U> (PG13)</STRONG> <FONT
size=3>Julia Roberts and Clive Owen spar, spark and SPY!<BR><FONT
color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT size=4>MARCH 27th</FONT></STRONG>:</FONT> <FONT
size=4><STRONG>TBA<BR><FONT color=#ff0000>APRIL 3rd:</FONT></STRONG></FONT>
<FONT size=4><STRONG><U>SUNSHINE CLEANING</U> (R)</STRONG></FONT> Amy Adams and
Emily Blunt as sisters in an, er, <EM>odd</EM> business venture.<BR><FONT
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>APRIL 10th:</STRONG></FONT> </FONT><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>OBSERVE AND REPORT</U> (R)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT size=3>Seth
Rogen as the "funnier" <EM>mall cop! </EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=3><FONT size=4><STRONG>APRIL
17th:</STRONG></FONT> <FONT color=#000000 size=4><STRONG><U>STATE OF PLAY</U>
(PG13)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren in a
knock-out political thriller!</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><BR>THIS
SPRING:<BR></STRONG><FONT color=#000000><U><STRONG>X-MEN ORIGINS:
WOLVERINE</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3>(Hugh Jackman hairy and
ferocious!)<BR></FONT><U><STRONG>MY LIFE IN RUINS</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3>(A
new "Big Fat Greek" movie!!)<BR></FONT><U><STRONG>GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS
PAST</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3>(Matthew McConaughey chick
flick!)<BR></FONT><U><STRONG>ANGELS AND DEMONS</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3>(Da
Vinci Code sequel! ---or "prequel" for those purists)</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><BR>COMING
IN SUMMER:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><U>TERMINATOR SALVATION</U></STRONG> <FONT
size=3>(Christian "Batman" Bale battling the futuristic
meanies!)<BR></FONT><U><STRONG>NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM--PART 2</STRONG></U> <FONT
size=3>(Need I say more?)<BR></FONT><U><STRONG>PUBLIC
ENEMIES</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3> (Johnny Depp as DILLINGER! Oh,
boy!)</FONT><BR><U><STRONG>THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1,2,3</STRONG></U> <FONT
size=3>(Remake of the overlooked crime classic from the
'70's)</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><U><STRONG>NEW HARRY POTTER!!</STRONG></U> <FONT size=3>(You can
start to line up now!)</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>NOTE: Study the showtimes <U>carefully</U> this
week!<BR>We are still on a <EM>shortened</EM> "late-Winter" schedule,
<BR>and we don't want you to come at the wrong time!<BR>Pay
particularly close attention to the Saturday and Sunday
time<BR>differences.</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Impact size=5><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><BR><STRONG>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>WATCHMEN</U> (R)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT
size=3><STRONG>Currently the #1 movie in America. I think many of those who are
not familiar with the graphic novel (that means highfalutin comic book) don't
know what in the world this movie
is!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=3><STRONG>Truth be told, I didn't either!<BR>Then,
my wife and many of the other ladies who run the Avon, threatened to beat
me senseless if I did not play this!!!<BR>I am told you don't have to be a fan
of the book to understand and enjoy the film.<BR>Apparently, the fact that it is
the #1 movie in America bears this out!<BR>It is best on the Decatur area's
BIGGEST screen, and that is where it is until next week when it moves to the
Twins!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>WATCHMEN</U> (R)</STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50
'Bargain Matinees")</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>FRI: 7:15</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>SAT: (3:15) - 7:15<BR>SUN: (1:00) -
(4:30)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>MON, TUES & WED: 6:20<BR>THURS:
7:00<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>TAKEN</U> (PG13)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT
size=3><STRONG>Talk about "right place/right time" with this one! Liam Neeson is
not exactly thought of as someone who could headline an action picture...until
now! This lean and mean little film is still being discovered by the mainstream
audiences, and what a fun discovery to make! It moves like lightning, and, at 92
minutes is short enough to not wear out its welcome. The story of a
tough-as-nails ex-CIA father searching for his daughter who has been kidnapped
by Euro-trash baddies, is instantly engrossing.<BR>This is the biggest "surprise
hit" of the year so far! Come see why! It's also just as good if not better the
2nd time! (hint hint)</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>TAKEN</U> (PG13)<BR><FONT face=Tahoma
size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>FRI: 8:15<BR>SAT: (5:15) - 8:15<BR>SUN: (2:15) -
(5:15)<BR>MON thru THURS: 7:15</STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=4><STRONG><BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U><FONT size=4>SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE</FONT></U> <FONT
size=4>(R)</FONT><FONT face=Georgia> </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>And now we
come to the final week of the big award winner. After a whopping 7 weeks, we
HOPE you will get around to seeing it this weekend! If you don't, then I think
you will probably regret not seeing it on the big screen when it makes it way to
DVD. This is REALLY your last chance to see it! We mean it! We really
do!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
size=4><U>SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE</U></FONT> <FONT size=4>(R)</FONT><FONT
face=Georgia> </FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50
'Bargain Matinees")<BR></STRONG>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>FRI: 8:00<BR>SAT: (5:00) -
8:00</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>SUN: (2:00) - (5:00)<BR>MON, TUES &
WED: 7:00 ENDS
WEDNESDAY!!<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><U>A NOTE FROM
SKIP</U>...</FONT> </STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=4><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>As my current
Richland-at-the-Avon Film Class ("Americana at the Movies--Part 2") winds down
to the final two weeks, I have decided to change the format of my
<U>next</U> class...<BR>Instead of 6 weeks of a profile on Marilyn Monroe
movies, as was previously announced, I am going to do</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>"SIX CLASSIC
COMEDIES"!!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>That's right, it's time for some
belly-laughs, and I am going to present in my popular screening and discussion
series 6 of the finest examples of movie comedy ever made!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>There will be probably NOT be
anything that is NEW in this series, as we are talking "classics" and anything
of recent vintage has not stood the test of time...yet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>What will be shown is some from the
'30's, '40's, '50's, '60's and, maybe the '70's.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>There will be more info on this next
week as to dates, pricing, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>New date for <STRONG>THE
INFORMANT</STRONG> release is Oct. 9th! All these changes are wreaking havoc on
my plans to have some INCREDIBLE SPECIAL GUESTS!!! I had it all set for the
original March release, then it was Sept. 11th, then Sept. 18th and now this! I
still have commitments from some of those guests as "any time/any where",
but gee, what a revoltin' situation! (to quote Jimmy Durante who also said
<EM>"Everybody wants to get into the act!"</EM> fits,
dun'it?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>As I look at this week's extended
weather forecast, it looks like after Friday we are in 50 and 60 degree weather,
with little or no rain, for the next 10 days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>Could we really sneak past ol' man
March without any more frigid temps and snow?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><EM>(Yes, I have seen it snow in
April, but by that time the ground is usually too warm for the cursed white
stuff to stay around for very long).</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4>I don't know about YOU, but I am
looking forward to Spring and Summer, and a time when we are not all paying
the power company their heating blood money just to keep from becoming
popsicles!<BR><BR><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" size=5><STRONG><EM>Seeya at
the MOVIES!!</EM></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=4><STRONG><EM>-<FONT
size=6>Skip Huston</FONT></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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