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CINEMA CANCELS SATURDAY MATINEES

Cinema cancels Saturday matinees

LIKE many other establishments in the town, Omagh's cinema has closed its doors since Saturday afternoon as a mark of respect to those who were involved in Omagh bomb and there will be no matinees on Saturday afternoon.
The cinema is set to re-open again on Friday night at 7.15pm.
Meanwhile, science-fiction blockbuster, the X-Files movie, began its run in the cinema from Friday night.
The film, based on the phenomenally successful television series, stars popular characters, Mulder and Scully, played by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
The plot revolves around a man becoming infected with an alien embryo, which grows inside him while being carefully monitored by a secret Government project.
Sean Connery, Uma Thurman and Ralph Fennes are the stars of the new 'Avengers' movie, which continues its run in Omagh on Friday.
A team of dashing British agents, the intelligent and deadly Emma Peel and the charming, unflappable and impeccably dressed John Steed, must stop a suave, sophisticated villain before his plan for world domination goes into effect.
Romantic comedy, 'The Object of My Affection', also continues its run this week.
George Hanson is at a dinner party when he learns from a total stranger that he is about to be dumped. Fortunately, Nina Borowski is sympathetic, even offering him the spare room in her Brooklyn apartment.
So when his handsome boyfriend, a college professor named Dr. Joley, hesitantly admits that their relationship is over. George accepts Nina's generous invitation.
Bruce Willis stars in the science fiction thriller, 'Armageddon'.
The film also stars Ben Afleck, Billy Bob Thornton and Liv Tyler. It tells the story of a team of oil drillers, who are sent on a dangerous mission to land on the asteroid, drill into its surface, and drop a nuclear device into the core, in order to stop it from destroying Earth.
Sixties television drama, 'Lost in Space' gets the big screen treatment as it continues its run at Omagh's Multiscreen Studios.
It stars Matt La Blanc, star of the hit American television comedy, 'Friends', William Hurt and Gary Oldman.
Based on the original television adventures of the Robinsons, an intrepid space family, the story tells how they move from one space adventure to another.
Based on the original film starring Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy comic's version of the hit film, 'Dr. Dolittle', tells the story of a talented physician, who has a special talent - the ability to communicate with animals, which leads to various comic capers.
Set in the 1980s, light-hearted comedy, 'The Wedding Singer' tells the story of a crooner who delights in singing at weddings, until he is left at the altar on his own wedding day.
He then finds comfort in the arms of a waitress played by Drew Barrymore.
The matinees includes 'Paulie', 'The Little Mermaid', 'Godzilla' and 'Mouse Hunt'.

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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION

Ref: TC/0251

Published Date: 20-Aug-98

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