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	<title>The Colonial Theatre &#187; First Friday Fright Night</title>
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		<title>House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Fri, Sep 3, 10:00 pm; ] How to describe Nobuhiko Obayahshi’s 1977 movie House? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How to describe Nobuhiko Obayahshi’s 1977 movie House? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat. <span id="more-4573"></span>Too absurd to be genuinely terrifying, yet too nightmarish to be merely comic, <em>House</em> seems like it was beamed to Earth from another planet. Or perhaps the mind of a child: the director fashioned the script after the eccentric musings of his eleven-year-old daughter, then employed all the tricks in his analog arsenal (mattes, animation, and collage) to make them a visually astonishing, raucous reality. Never before released in the United States, and a bona fide cult classic in the making, House  is one of the most exciting genre discoveries in years. (Janus Films)</p>
<p>We are very excited to screen one of Janus&#8217; brand new 35mm prints of House!</p>
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		<title>Asian Horror Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sat, Sep 4, 12:00 pm; ] Join us for three very different films that range from classic monster mayhem, to genre pastiche, to unrelenting gore. We're thinking of it as a bento box of Asian (and Asian-inspired) cinema. 

Please make note of the ratings information for each film.

Godzilla Vs. The Sea Monster
On a remote island, a group of dastardly revolutionaries are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us for three very different films that range from classic monster mayhem, to genre pastiche, to unrelenting gore. We&#8217;re thinking of it as a bento box of Asian (and Asian-inspired) cinema. <span id="more-4881"></span></p>
<p>Please make note of the ratings information for each film.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Godzilla Vs. The Sea Monster</span><br />
On a remote island, a group of dastardly revolutionaries are plotting to take over the world using the overwhelming power of Ebirah, a gigantic crustacean under their control. Seeing no other choice, two clever castaways decide to rouse Godzilla and have him challenge the sea monster to a duel to the death. <em>This film is not rated but is appropriate for ages 10+.</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Big Trouble In Little China</span><br />
Directed by thrill master John Carpenter, this edge-of-your seat adventure stars Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a tough-talking, wisecracking truck driver whose hum-drum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend&#8217;s fiancee is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown, in a murky, creature-filled world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who mercilessly presides over an empire of spirits. Dodging demons and facing baffling terrors, Jack battles his way through Lo Pan&#8217;s dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl. Co-starring Kim Cattrall, this effects-filled sci-fi spectacle speeds to an incredible, twist-taking finish. <em>This film is rated PG-13.</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Audition</span><br />
Deceptively innocent at first, Takashi Miikes <em>Audition</em> finds Shigeharu Aoyama (<em>Ryo Ishibashi, Suicide Club, The Grudge</em>), a middle-aged widower of many years, urged by his teenage son and his film producer friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa (<em>Jun Kunimura, Ichi The Killer</em>) to get out and start dating again. To help Aoyama meet women, Yoshikawa devises a plan to hold a fake audition for a leading lady. Reluctantly agreeing, Aoyama auditions 30 young hopefuls and falls for the silent beauty of Asami (model/actress Eihi Shiina), a former ballerina with a dark past. Their courtship veers from quiet romance to psycho nightmare, realizing a sadistic breach of contract between filmmaker and audience of which Hitchcock could only dream. <em>This film is not rated and is NOT APPROPRIATE for under 18. It is excessively violent.</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Showtimes:</span><br />
Godzilla vs The Sea Monster: 12:00pm &#8211; 1:15pm<br />
Big Trouble In Little China: 2:00pm &#8211; 3:40pm<br />
Audition: 4:00pm &#8211; 6:00pm</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tickets:</span><br />
Adults: $8 per screening or $20 for all three<br />
Students/Seniors: $6 per screening or $15 for all three<br />
Children/Members: $5 per screening or $10 for all three<br />
Please note that the discount for purchasing tickets to all three films will be calculated at check out. You will have the opportunity to add multiple tickets to multiple shows to your order before you check out. We recommend that you buy your tickets online so as to avoid all fees and a potential line at the box office.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Things to remember:</span><br />
There will be a 45 minute break between films 1 &amp; 2 for lunch; and a 20 minute break between films 2 &amp; 3.</p>
<p>Free passes and discounts are not valid toward the purchase of marathon tickets ($10 &#8211; $20), but can be used towards the purchase of a single ticket for a single screening. Thanks for your understanding.</p>
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		<title>Monster Squad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Fri, Oct 8, 9:45 pm; ] "Squad boasts a seemingly foolproof premise (The Little Rascals  meet Universal's monsters), but it nevertheless took years to develop a  cult, thanks largely to marketing that made it look like a soulless Ghostbusters knock-off. A clever script by Shane Black and director Fred Dekker  pits a resurgent Count Dracula (Duncan Regehr) and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;<em>Squad </em>boasts a seemingly foolproof premise (The Little Rascals  meet Universal&#8217;s monsters), but it nevertheless took years to develop a  cult, thanks largely to marketing that made it look like a soulless <em>Ghostbusters </em>knock-off. A clever script by Shane Black and director Fred Dekker  pits a resurgent Count Dracula (Duncan Regehr) and his clique of monster  sidekicks against a pint-sized monster club devoted to exploring  pressing matters like whether the Wolfman can drive a car.<span id="more-4933"></span></p>
<p><em>Squad </em>joins <em>The Lost Boys</em>,<em> Fright Night</em>,<em> Gremlins</em>,<em> </em>and <em>Poltergeist</em> in a winning &#8217;80s subgenre  dedicated to ghoulies invading the suburbs. Like its more commercially  successful peers, <em>Squad </em>oozes geek-love for its subject matter;  it&#8217;s clear the filmmakers are just as enamored of things that go bump in  the night as their fearless kiddie vampire-slayers. That ingratiating  affection for classic horror permeates every facet of the film, from the  way monster-maker Stan Winston takes on ubiquitous horror icons to  Black and Dekker&#8217;s snappy banter to the fine performances of monsters  Tom Noonan (as Frankenstein), Jon Gries (as a tormented werewolf), and  the elegantly understated Regehr. <em>Squad</em>&#8217;s gleeful monster mash  anticipates bloated CGI orgies like <em>Van Helsing, </em>which likely  cost a hundred times as much, yet boasts a hundredth of <em>Squad</em>&#8217;s  scrappy, ramshackle charm. At a lean 82 minutes, the film also boasts a  virtue increasingly lost to the past: brevity.&#8221; (Nathan Rabin, <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-monster-squad,7670/" target="_blank">The Onion A.V. Club</a>)</p>
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		<title>Batman Returns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Fri, Dec 3, 9:45 pm; ] Dark, twisted and filled with only the holiday cheer that Tim Burton could bring, Batman Returns was Burton’s last run at the Caped Crusader. This was also the last time Michael Keaton would be the Dark Knight. Released in June of 1992 the film was a stark contrast to the summer heat blazing outside. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dark, twisted and filled with only the holiday cheer that Tim Burton could bring, <em>Batman Returns</em> was Burton’s last run at the Caped Crusader. This was also the last time Michael Keaton would be the Dark Knight. Released in June of 1992 the film was a stark contrast to the summer heat blazing outside. The Colonial feels it is only right to play this dark fairy tale in December with the bitter cold on the outside and bitter villains (Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Christopher Walken) scheming on the inside. (Bob Trate)</p>
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