13. May 2005 • Josh Steichmann
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The Village Seven theaters closed today, with no outside notice (they’re still listed as on Yahoo’s Movie page).
Though the “official” website makes no mention (their phone number was disconnected), their showtimes website confirms this Ann Arbor/Ypsi livejournal post reporting their demise. (And if anyone knows where to get the kid a job, he’d probably appreciate it).
The fine folks who ran the Village Four out at Fox Village, formerly the only discount movie theater around (and home to Washtenaw County’s biggest screen), seem to have fled in the night. Even after a bit of digging, no contact has been made. Reportedly, when they took on the Briarwood Village Seven theater (formerly Madstone), they simply stopped paying rent at their old location, and continued operating until the landlords evicted them. The Village Four is currently slated for demolition, after which it will be just another strip mall. Did their creditors finally catch up with them? No one knows for sure. If I was Drudge, I’d say “developing…”
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But this sucks. I’d actually started going to the Briarwood theater for the cheap matinee’s the last few months.
—Scott May. 13 '05 - 01:08AM #
—Murph. May. 13 '05 - 12:46PM #
—js May. 13 '05 - 01:51PM #
—KGS May. 13 '05 - 02:35PM #
* Sunday nights Blind Pig does a double-feature for $5 ($8 for under 21)
* State Theater matinees are $5.50 before 6pm or any time w/ a Michigan Theater membership ($50)
A Michigan Theater membership is starting to look like a good deal. I’ll probably get one when I move back downtown. And then I can buy beer at the Michigan. :)
—Scott May. 13 '05 - 06:17PM #
—Juliew May. 13 '05 - 06:42PM #
I admit I’ve never been to the Blind Pig, and had no idea they did movies. Is the venue any good for movies, though?
State Theater matinees are $5.50 before 6pm or any time w/ a Michigan Theater membership ($50)
Problem is, the State puts the movies you want to see after 6 so you have to pay full price (natch). At least that’s been the case for the last few movies I thought about seeing there.
Indeed, a Michigan Theatre membership is looking better and better…
—KGS May. 13 '05 - 07:49PM #
—js May. 13 '05 - 08:38PM #
—Scott May. 13 '05 - 11:13PM #
Once I get another job, I’ll probably cave and get a Michigan Theater membership. I don’t really want to give it a bad word at the moment, though—I was there Wednesday night, out on a date for the first time in five years (we went to see the Enron documentary), and I’m rather grateful to the Michigan at present.
—Lazaro May. 14 '05 - 12:21AM #