You're Invited to Out @ the Hurt Locker

The votes have been counted! With 41% of the votes, our first movie outing for August is The Hurt Locker!

Funny story #1: The Hurt Locker wasn't even going to be in the running. It had been up for the last movie of July. Brüno was a juggernaut and destroyed all competition. However, the Hurt Locker couldn't have won anyway as it opened a week later than scheduled at Park Lane. I was one movie short so I threw it in there.

Funny story #2: Someone really likes Aliens in the Attic. Somehow I accidentally de-activated the poll restriction that only allows you to vote once. I know this because there were an extra 21 votes for Aliens in the Attic today. It turns out to be a moot point since it's not playing at Park Lane this week. I took it out of the poll to un-skew the results.

We'll head out to the theatre on Thursday, August 6th at Park Lane. The movie starts at 6:40 p.m. We'll rally at the tables and chairs just in front of the arcade between 6 and 6:25; then we head in to get seats. If this is your first time attending, look for guy in the orange baseball cap!

Tickets are $8.99; you can purchase tickets online at https://www.empiretheatres.com/empire-express/MAP00359/43/8-3-2009/18:50.

Empire Theatres Daily Deal (http://www.empiretheatres.com/dailydeals) is $2 off admission. Remember that you need to be an Empire Insider and can only print one coupon (and you can't photocopy them). Coupons not online until Thursday.

After the movie, we'll head to the Dairy Queen for some post-movie discussion and socializing.

So what is The Hurt Locker all about?
Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner), Sgt. J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) are members of a bomb-disposal unit in Baghdad. As their tour of duty enters its final weeks, the men face a set of increasingly hazardous situations, any of which could end their lives in an explosive instant.

Why do you want to see it?

• It's being hailed as the best movie about Iraq yet and as a great drama about war, period.
• 98% approval rating on RottenTomatoes - Ninety-eight per cent.
• "The Hurt Locker is a spellbinding war film by Kathryn Bigelow, a master of stories about men and women who choose to be in physical danger." - Roger Ebert
• Has won 6 awards; 4 at the Venice Film Festival, one at the Seattle International Film Festival and one at the Nantucket Film Festival.

If you're on facebook, you can RSVP to the event (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104801108228).

See you on Thursday!

Kirk F