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Avalon Theater will be one long smorgasbord at our March 19 screening of ‘Tremors’

Matt Wild
February 20, 2025
In a recent retrospective for The Reveal, Keith Phipps calls 1990's Tremors a "five-star three-star movie." "It doesn't aim as high as, say, Born On The Fourth of July, the 1989 holdover that topped the box off...

Save the date (February 19) for our screening of ‘50 First Dates’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild
January 23, 2025
Imagine this: You forgot to buy a present and/or make restaurant reservations for Valentine's Day. Your significant other is...displeased. But a-ha! You did buy tickets ahead of time for our screening of the 20...

Avalon Theater, Marcus Theatres will screen ‘Major League’ in honor of Bob Uecker

Matt Wild
January 18, 2025
The death of Bob Uecker on Thursday has left a baseball-sized hole in the hearts of Milwaukeeans, Wisconsinites, and anyone in the world who appreciates top-shelf play calling and bone-dry humor. Want to pay tr...

Radical! We’re screening ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
December 19, 2024
Dudes and dudettes of Milwaukee and beyond: Let it be known that on Wednesday, January 22, Milwaukee Record will be screening Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze at Avalon Theater. Tickets t...

So you’re telling us there’s a chance you’ll go to our ‘Dumb And Dumber’ screening at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
November 21, 2024
Just when you thought Milwaukee Record couldn't possibly screen a film any better than Escape From New York, we go and do something like this. That's right, film fans! In honor of the movie's 30th anniversary, ...

Witness “Nightmares Of A Clown” December 4 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild
November 19, 2024
I was walking on the ground, I didn't make a sound And then I turned around, I saw a clown Clown Clowny clown clown - Crispin Glover, "Clowny Clown Clown" Clowns. They're beloved by some (we assume), a...

We’re screening ‘Escape From New York’ at Avalon Theater on November 20

Tyler Maas
October 24, 2024
The year is 1997. Due to rising crime rates in the country, New York City has been turned into a maximum security prison that holds all the nation's violent offenders. All bridges and waterways are blocked off,...

Pick Flick and come to our October 23 screening of ‘Election’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
September 26, 2024
In case you've missed the endless onslaught of media attention, robocalls, unsolicited text messages, attack ads, social media awfulness, and armchair political punditry from almost everyone around you, allow u...

Here are the spooky, groovy Shocktoberfest lineups for Avalon Theater and Times Cinema

Matt Wild
September 17, 2024
Are you already prepping for the Halloween season in mid-September? Of course you are. Are you looking forward to October, when the Halloween season really gets cooking? Again, of course you are. So without ...

Come to our ‘RoboCop’ screening at Avalon Theater. Thank you for your cooperation

Tyler Maas
August 29, 2024
Last night, we brought Kindergarten Cop back to the big screen for an extra special screening at Avalon Theater. We'll follow that up in September by screening another "Cop" film with a decidedly darker, gritti...

It’s not a tumor! It’s our ‘Kindergarten Cop’ screening at Avalon Theater on August 28

Tyler Maas
July 25, 2024
Last night, we screened Cruel Intentions at Avalon Theater and it was a great time. So how are we following up a 25th anniversary showing of that racy and scandalous teen drama? By screening Kindergarten Cop, o...

Milverine will be at Avalon’s premiere of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ of course

Matt Wild
July 22, 2024
In today's "Yep, that absolutely makes sense" news, Milwaukee's beloved shirtless power-walking hero Milverine is scheduled to make an appearance at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater (2473 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) on...

We’re screening 1999’s ‘Cruel Intentions’ at Avalon Theater July 24

Matt Wild
June 27, 2024
It's summer, which means it's a perfect time to duck into the air conditioned confines of a movie theater and enjoy some steamy flicks. And flicks don't get much steamier (well, flicks we're able to screen, any...

Are you too good for our June 26 screening of ‘Happy Gilmore’ at Avalon Theater? Answer me!

Tyler Maas
May 30, 2024
Last night, we went back to the Back To The Future film franchise with a screening of Back To The Future 2 at Avalon Theater. For June's movie installment, we're going back to the, um, past with a special scree...

We’re going back to the ‘Back To The Future’ franchise, screening Part II at the Avalon May 29

Matt Wild
April 11, 2024
Back in May 2023, we screened the 1985 classic Back To The Future at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater. You know, the first one with the whole "Marty's mom falls in love with him" thing. Now, one year later, we're...

We’re putting the band back together and screening ‘The Blues Brothers’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
March 28, 2024
How haven’t we screened The Blues Brothers yet? We’re not sure, but that omission won’t be an issue much longer. On Wednesday, April 10, Milwaukee Record will finally be putting the band back together, so to sp...

We’re screening ‘Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy’ at Avalon Theater on March 27

Tyler Maas
February 29, 2024
Bark twice if you're in Milwaukee! If you missed seeing the trailer before last night’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World showing and you didn’t see our recent article that announced all of our spring film screenings...

Action! Here’s the schedule of our spring screenings at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
February 15, 2024
Here's how things usually work: Each month, we host a screening of a classic film at Avalon Theater. For example, we're showing Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World there on February 28 (and tickets are still available!...

We’re screening ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas
January 25, 2024
First off, thanks to everyone who came to last night's sold-out screening of Wild At Heart. It was a great time, but as awesome as it was, we feel like we've really 1UPed ourselves with next month's film select...

Rockin’ good news: We’re screening ‘Wild At Heart’ January 24 at the Avalon

Matt Wild
December 28, 2023
Even with films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive under his belt (not to mention the third season of Twin Peaks), David Lynch's Wild At Heart is the director's most wonderfully garish creation. The 1990 cri...
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