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Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum, Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>Packed with period detail and perfectly cast, Hail, Caesar! finds the Coen brothers delivering an agreeably lightweight love letter to post-war Hollywood.</span></i></b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>HAIL CAESAR!</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>.</span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (4:00) - 7:00<br>SUN: : (1:00)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:15</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>PERFECT FOR THE AVON CROWD!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=386 height=290 id="Picture_x0020_22" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D1698A.15D72680" alt=LADYquad.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>THE LADY IN THE VAN</u> (PG13) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>1 hr 40 min</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>This film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>Led by a marvelous performance from Maggie Smith, Lady in the Van wrings poignant, often hilarious insight from its fact-based source material.</span></i></b><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE LADY IN THE VAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (4:45) – 7:45<br>SAT: (1:45)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (4:45) - 7:45<br>SUN: : (1:45)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (4:45)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>.</span></i><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>HILARIOUS NEW COMEDY!!</span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=239 height=355 id="Picture_x0020_20" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D1697E.295B2550" alt=SINGLEA.jpg></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>HOW TO BE SINGLE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>110 side-splitting minutes<br><span style='color:#333333;background:white'>A young woman searches for love in New York City in this romantic comedy based on the novel by Liz Tuccillo, and produced by Drew Barrymore.<br></span><span style='color:#333333'>New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.</span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=plotsummary style='background:#F6F6F5'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>HOW TO BE SINGLE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (5:00) - 8:00<br>SUN: : (2:00)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>– (5:00)<br>MON, TUES & WED: 6:30</span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><img border=0 width=55 height=74 id="Picture_x0020_28" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D1697E.295B2550" alt=SkipJan31A.bmp></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><br></span></u><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO<br><br></span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>So, Oscar season is well upon us!<br>The Avon has always paid a lot of attention to Oscar season.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>So, while those “other guys” pump the latest new cinema hoo-hah (most of which won’t get within 500 miles of Oscar consideration next year!),<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>We, at THE AVON, are very excited about the Oscars!<o:p></o:p></span></u></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR!<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>It’s really difficult to try to guess the winners this year, since in recent years the Oscars have been too bound up by political correctness, art-house myopia and just general flavor-of-the-week nonsense…<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>This year is very contentious and competitive, and should make for great viewing!<br><br>At the Huston house, we treat the Oscars as “our” SuperBowl.<br>We plan the snacks, the beverages, turn OFF the damn cell phones and fire up the 8 foot screen in our basement theater hours earlier; (just making sure everything is working correctly, and the 2 subwoofers are woofing, and all surround speakers balanced.)<br><br>It’s just like being there!<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.65pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Now, before some of you jump on your emails about this: YES, once upon a time we DID do a few years of Oscar parties at the Avon.<br>It was really something to see them on Decatur’s biggest screen!<br>BUT…the first time we did it, we had a big crowd, but there were technical difficulties, and the broadcast picture and sound looked terrible!<br>The 2<sup>nd</sup> time we did it, we had installed DirecTV on the roof, and had a perfect picture with fabulous sound…<i>yet hardly anyone came!</i><br><br>I decided my beloved Oscars were best spent the way I’ve done them since I was a little boy…at HOME.<br>(Besides, a huge storm blew the DirecTV dish off the theater roof a few years ago, so I took that as a sign from heaven!)<br><br>Here’s a few Oscar tidbits for you: I have video recorded EVERY Oscar show since 1979, and have some incredible moments that will probably never be seen again. I started with VHS, but started transferring them to DVD a few years ago. Cool stuff.<br><br>In next week’s newsletter, I will TRY to tell you how I think the major winners are going to go.<br>Since my favorite living director, Ridely Scott, was shockingly not nominated, I have a pretty good idea how most of the major awards will fall in.<br>(But, “BEST PICTURE” is a real toughie! Oddsmakers have THE BIG SHORT as the winner, but we know how that can go!)<br><br> WE’LL FIND OUT SUNDAY, FEB. 28<sup>th</sup> at the 88<sup>th</sup> Annual Academy Awards!<br>I can’t wait!!<br></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>T<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>h</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>e Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned & family-operated 'hometown theater' for 100 Years THIS YEAR!!</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'><br></span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This<span style='color:#00B050'> </span>weekend, I'm looking for ALL of you and, especially...</span></em><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;font-weight:normal'>YOU!!</span></em><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><img border=0 width=42 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D1697E.295B2550" alt=SkipTan.bmp></span></i><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>-</span></em><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'> Skip Huston</span></em><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black;font-weight:normal'><br></span></i><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++++++</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=160 height=264 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image014.jpg@01D1697E.295B2550" alt=LOCAL.bmp><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>