Local ‘Twilight’ fans drawn to midnight showing of ‘Eclipse’, triple features


How to go

AMC Hamilton 10

877 NW Washington Blvd., Hamilton

12:01 a.m. showing, Adult: $7:50, Child: $5

www.amcentertainment.com

AMC Showplace Hamilton 8

1453 Main St., Hamilton

12:01 a.m. showing; Adult: $7.50, Child: $5

www.amcentertainment.com

Colony Square Cinemas 7

726 E. Main St., Lebanon

12:01 a.m. showing; call for prices

www.movietickets.com; (513) 932-3456

Deerfield Towne Center Stadium 16, Regal Cinemas

5500 Deerfield Blvd., Mason

Showing ‘Eclipse’ in IMAX 2D; Adult: $10, Child: $7

www.regmovies.com

Danbarry Cinemas Middletown

3479 Dixie Hwy., Franklin/Middletown

Midnight June 29 showing; Adult: $8, Child: $6

www.danbarry.com

Rave Motion Pictures

9415 Civic Centre Blvd., West Chester Twp.

7 p.m. double showing of “Twilight” & “New Moon;” $10

11:59 p.m. showing; Adult: $10, Child: $7.25

www.RaveMotionPictures.com/BuyTickets.aspx

The third installment of “The Twilight Saga” will hit movie theaters at midnight June 29, and several that are showing “Eclipse,” say the seats are already filling up with fans, dubbed by media as “twihards.”

Both Rave Motion Pictures in West Chester Twp., 9415 Civic Centre Blvd., and Regal Deerfield Towne Center Stadium in Mason, 5500 Deerfield Blvd., have already sold out three theaters of the midnight showing. Both have added a fourth theater to offer the midnight showing to meet demand.

Rave officials said the theater is digital, so it can open as many theaters as it needs in order to accommodate a large crowd.

Tillie Elvrum, 37 of Maineville, is a self-proclaimed “TwiMom.” She bought her tickets more than a month ago to see the film at the Regal Deerfield in Mason. She has not only read the books and seen the movies, she traveled across the country in June 2009 to Forks, Wash. and Portland, Oregon to visit the setting where the books are based and movies have been filmed.

“It was a dream come true for a ‘Twilight’ fan,” she said.

For other “Twilight” fans, many theaters are offering a double showing of “Twilight” and “New Moon,” the first two installments in the saga, before the premiere of “Eclipse.”

Regal Deerfield in Mason and the Rave in West Chester Twp. are offering a package to see the first two installments for $10. A ticket for “Eclipse” is sold separately.

Most fans have already declared their loyalty to Team Edward or Team Jacob, meaning, they’ve decided which man Bella, the main character in “The Twilight Saga,” should be with.

“I’m definitely Team Edward,” Elvrum said. “I’m an old romantic.”

Contact this reporter at (513) 483-5237 or kcano@coxohio.com

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