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Cinema Catch-Up

Everyone is having so much fun at the feel-good Mamma Mia! movie we're holding it one more week. We've also added a movie we've wanted to play all summer, Iron Man, one of the summer's best. On top of that we've picked up Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. So we have a lot of great offerings this week--no reason not to come on down, save gas and have a good time.

Next Friday, August 29, starts Labor Day Weekend. We hope to be playing Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Tropic Thunder, but it's too early to tell. We'll let you know next week. Don't think you can go to Bumbershoot and not come here too!

September Rent Party

Okay, here's the deal...every year near the end of summer, people start thinking about last-minute vacations and getting ready for school. They forget about the movies and don't come to their little neighborhood cinema and we get behind on the bills. That's so wrong and it's also very stressful.

So to avoid that unpleasant little scenario, we need all our loyal patrons and friends to step up and get to a movie this week. Make a note on your inner day planner to go this week and attend at least a movie a month after that. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or in our case, a movie a month keeps the creditors away. And with the new screen completed and the third one getting there, we have a lot more than usual. We need your help to kick this crushing debt thing and catch our breath. So please:

• Come to a movie this week
• Pledge to attend at least a movie a month
• Join Cinema Friends
• Buy a T-shirt (available soon - check back soon for updates)
• Volunteer
• Make a donation or loan

I know it gets old always asking for help, but what if your rent was $10,000 a month and you were up to your ears in construction debt? Your local neighborhood cinema has always been the little cinema that could. Now with three screens and your continued support, we can become the little cinema that's bound for glory.

Your local cinema and all your local businesses need your support. Become local-level philanthropists by giving them the gift of business and help keep our thriving community afloat.

Car Free Zone

Sunday, August 31, between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. has been proclaimed Car Free Time by official edict. Rainier, between Ferdinand and Angeline will become a big play area with dancing, booths and various kinds of fun. For our part, we will have a booth selling movie posters, so get here early.

The Parade

For the fourth year in a row we did not win first place or any place at the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade last Saturday. But we sure had a good time driving our decorated electric car and passing out candy. Thanks for all the cheers as we went by.

That's it for now. See you at the movies.

Paul Doyle

Cinema 1

Mama Mia!

109 minutes - Rated PG-13
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA. official site

Iron Man

126 minutes - Rated PG-13
When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil. official site

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Cinema 2

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

117 minutes - Rated PG-13
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they always have-with honesty and humor. official site