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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><U><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6 face=Impact>AVON
THEATRE EXTRA !! EXTRA!!</FONT></U>
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<DIV><EM>Long-time Avon Theater supporter, the national critic LEONARD
MALTIN, has just posted his review of our new movie starting
today, <FONT size=4><U>THE TOWN</U></FONT>.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Take it away, Leonard!!</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><U>THE TOWN</U></FONT> Reviewed by Leonard Maltin</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT size=4>This is, quite simply, the best movie I’ve seen
all year.</FONT> </FONT><FONT size=4><I>The Town</I> has everything one could
ask for: a solid story, a superb cast playing interesting and well-drawn
characters, pulse-pounding action, and the element of surprise. It’s violent,
visceral, and completely captivating.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2><BIG>I admired Ben Affleck’s debut feature as director, <I>Gone
Baby Gone</I>, but this surpasses it; what’s more, he gives a fine performance
in the movie’s leading role, as a bold bank robber who finds that loyalty—to his
lifelong friends, to his very way of life—has a price. He’s returned to familiar
turf, as the film is set mostly in Charlestown, a Boston suburb widely known for
its criminal element, and again, Affleck captures </BIG><BIG>the look and feel
of the place with great skill.</BIG></FONT></P>
<P><BIG><FONT size=2>You might think that there aren’t any new ways to depict
bank robberies, city-bound car chases, or cops-and-robbers shootouts, but
Affleck, his talented cinematographer Robert Elswit, and film editor Dylan
Tichenor prove otherwise. Each set-piece is extraordinarily
gripping.</FONT></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><FONT size=2>But heart-stopping chase scenes wouldn’t sustain the film
if we weren’t drawn in by the characters. There are no “stock types” here: Jon
Hamm’s FBI agent plays just as tough as the criminals he’s stalking. Rebecca
Hall’s bank teller is intelligent but vulnerable. Jeremy Renner, Affleck’s
lifelong pal and partner in crime (literally), isn’t just a loose cannon: he’s
an ex-con who figures he has nothing to lose.</FONT></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><FONT size=2>There’s even an homage to <I>The Friends of Eddie
Coyle</I>, which in many ways—not the least, its understatement—remains the
definitive Boston crime movie. This film ups the ante in terms of energy and
excitement, but it takes its place alongside <I>Coyle, The Departed, Mystic
River</I>, and Affleck’s own <I>Gone Baby Gone </I>as one of the best films ever
made about the city and its zeitgeist. I hope it’s the smash hit it deserves to
be. Leonard Maltin (used with
permission)<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><FONT color=#0000ff>Look for another "Extra Extra" early next week about
the LIVE OWLS making their IN-PERSON appearance next weekend with our 3D
premiere presentation of <U>LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS--THE OWLS OF
GA'HOOLE</U> You can get more info now on
our website at </FONT><A
href="http://www.theAvon.com">www.theAvon.com</A></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><FONT color=#0000ff>PLUS, NEXT SATURDAY from 3:15 to 8:15, Democratic
Illinois State Senate candidate TIM DUDLEY will be working an actual shift at
the Avon! He'll be bagging popcorn, selling tickets, hauling trash to the
dumpster, and beating theater cell-phone abusers with a
flashlight!</FONT></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><EM><FONT color=#0000ff>All the things we do every day at the
AVON!!</FONT></EM></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>-Skip</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=4>P.S. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at the
Avon on STAGE & SCREEN is FRI & SAT, Oct. 22nd and 23rd at
MIDNIGHT!<BR>Tickets are $10.00. Come in costume...<EM>as BARE as you DARE!!
More details
later!</EM></FONT></FONT></BIG></P></DIV></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>