Sunday, September 23, 2007

AVALON THEATRE -- ELECTRIC CASTLES WONDERLAND

Located in the historic Belmont District, one would be forgiven if one thought this place was a little, um, saucier than it is, what with the clicking lights, and garish signs (it reminded us a little bit of a pre-Guliani Times Square), but inside is a siezure-inducing good time. The Avalon Theatre part of the place is just a standard-issue second-run theater, like the Academy or the Laurelhurst, with good theaters (Ratatouille is coming up) with not-too-beat-up seats and very fair concession prices, but the other part? An eye-glazingly-fun 5-cent arcade that sent me back to summer days on the jersey shore, pumping nickels into machines trying to win tickets to get some junk for the kiddies. Ruth and Geo liked the driving games (the Big Rig one was best) and, as long as you keep their little eyes from the zombie shoot-'em-ups, you're good to go. If you have a 10-year-old? Nirvana. Bring some singles (or rolls of the aforementioned nickles) and you're good to go, as they say.
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