Sunday, July 15, 2007

The Sun Theatre in Yarraville Village

I recently bought a townhouse in Yarraville, a rapidly gentrifying suburb, west of the city of Melbourne in Australia. A former working class industrial suburb, Yarraville has the vibe of a small country town, accentuated by its shopping area set out a in a series of small streets. Aside from a couple of mini supermarkets, greengrocers, flower shop, hairdresser, cafes, restaurants, bakeries and bookshop, it also features an art deco cinema complex with six screens, showing both arthouse and commerical films.

The Sun Theatre is a dream come true. Within walking distance from home, reasonable ticket pricing, comfortable and beautifully renovated theatres and most importantly, it's the only cinema in Melbourne which shows no ads-not one. You buy your ticket, go in the cinema, see one movie preview and launch right into the movie.

Most of the movies reviewed were seen in the Sun Theatre.

If you are a visitor out of town, out for a local experience, then catch a train to Yarraville (on the Williamstown line), and check out Yarraville Village and the Sun Theatre.

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