BOX OFFICE: ‘Knowing,’ ‘Man,’ Propel Fairmount to Top

PLANE PROPHECY: A commuter jet crashes before the runway at a Boston airport, just like a child’s numbered paper pulled from a time capsule said it would. It’s part of the creepiness of Knowing, the No. 1 film in the nation, which plays exclusively at the Fairmount Cinema 6 in Sebring.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT
SEBRING, [...]

Sebring Falls to Lake Wales; Crowd Disappoints

SEBRING, March 19, 2009 – The varsity Lady Blue Streaks hung in with the state’s best team for three innings before too many errors dictated a 7-0 Lake Wales victory in softball.
Sebring trailed only 1-0 after three (that lead coming on two errors), but two critical errors in the 4th gave the Lady Highlanders what [...]

More Adversity For Lady Streaks

SEBRING, March 18, 2009 – In a season already stamped with an unbelievable number of injuries to starters, the Sebring Lady Blue Streaks appear to have suffered yet another setback.
Unconfirmed reports indicate pitcher/fielder Kaitlyn Ostrander, a sophomore, is out for the rest of the season with an arm/shoulder injury.
The reports could not have come at [...]

Drama Fuels Sebring Softball Wins

SEBRING, March 17, 2009 – With critical injuries to key players, one might have thought the varsity Sebring Lady Blue Streaks were down for the count. Monday night’s victories proved the fires still burn brightly.
The varsity Lady Streaks took command in the first inning and never let go, earning a 7-2 win over a tough [...]

Sebring Sports Schedule

Monday, March 16:
SOFTBALL: Home vs. DeSoto, JV @ 5:00 & V @ 7:00 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS: vs. Okeechobee @ Sun ‘N Lake of Sebring, 3:30 p.m.

BOX OFFICE: Can You Smell What ‘The Rock’ Cooked?

SEBRING, March 16, 2009 – Once he was the biggest name in pro wrestling. And he began his career on a musclebound, action note.
Since his thespian infancy, however, Dwayne Johnson, affectoinately known as ‘The Rock,” has enjoyed more success in kid flicks. That’s not bad, though I hope to see him resurrect his action hero [...]

REVIEW: ‘Last House’ Full Of Fear, Suspense

GETTING TO THE POINT: Emma Collingwood (Monica Potter) and surgeon-husband John cook up retaliation in Last House on the Left, which plays at the Fairmount.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROGUE PICTURES
Special Note: Some movie listings do not display the start times for Last House on the Left. It IS playing at the Fairmount Cinema 6. Start times [...]

Night Of Woe In Baseball, Softball

I’M GOING HOME: Josh Acevedo scores in the third inning on a Cody Hoffner sacrifice fly, but the Streaks fell to Braden River Friday night, 13-3, in six innings. They weren’t alone. All Streak JV and varsity baseball and softball teams lost.

PHOTO BY SEBRING CINEMA AND SPORTS
SEBRING, March 13, 2009 – It was a beautiful [...]

Two Films Debut At Fairmount!

SEBRING, March 13, 2009 – With the Carmike banking on the graphic sex and violence of Watchmen, the Fairmount Cinema 6 added two new movies to its lineup.
Already that lineup is strong. The Fairmount hosts the Oscar-winning best film Slumdog Millionaire, the  No. 1 box office hit for two weeks, Madea Goes to Jail, the [...]

MOVIE REVIEW: Who Watches the ‘Watchmen’: Suckers

SEBRING, March 13, 2009 – This film – Watchmen – about the inherent monstrousness of man is itself a monstrosity, a bloated, pompous, dark farce flowing over with graphic murders, sex, and nudity.
If you like all that wrapped around themes borrowed from other films and TV, most notably the “Architects of Fear” Outer Limits episode, [...]