Where to Find Tax Day Freebies in Lawrenceville

To help ease the pain of April 15th, many businesses are giving away goods or discounts to taxpayers.

If Uncle Sam took a big bite out of your wallet, some national businesses are providing some relief. Several around Lawrenceville are offering Tax Day discounts and even free items. Here's a round up of restaurants and retailers in our area offering deals on April 15th: --Do you know of any other businesses offering tax day freebies or discounts? Tell us in the comment section below.

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Season 3 of 'The Walking Dead' Will You Tune In?

New series begins on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 9/8c on AMC.

Season three of “The Walking Dead” begins on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 9/8 c. and TV viewers are expected to be tuning in to what has been heralded as the most watched drama in basic cable history. This season viewers can expect 16 episodes which will air in two parts, according to the shows official website, the first eight hours kicking off on Oct. 14 and the second eight beginning in February 2013. If you are a new viewer to the show you might want to know that the series is based on a comic book written by Robert Kirkman and follows Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and more survivors who are seeking refuge in a desolate, post-apocalptic world filled with zombies, also known as the walking dead. Sneak peek videos, photos and webisodes are …

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AMC Theatres Make Changes Following Shooting

The chain will not allow masks or fake weapons in the theaters following the massacre in Colorado. AMC has two theaters in Lawrenceville, Ga.

AMC Theatres released the following statement via Facebook following the shooting massacre at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado:  "AMC Theatres is deeply saddened by the Aurora tragedy. Movie going is part of our social fabric and this senseless act shakes us to our core. We’re reinforcing our security procedures with our theatre teams, which we cannot discuss in detail for obvious, safety reasons. Local law enforcement agencies, our landlords and their and our local security teams are stepping up nationwide to ensure we provide the safest environment possible for our guests. We couldn’t be more grateful for their collective support.  At this time, our show schedules circuit-wide will not change. We will not allow any guests into our…

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AMC Theatres Sold To Chinese Firm

$2 billion-plus deal called a 'trophy' acquisition. AMC has two locations in Lawrenceville.

AMC Theatres, which has two cinema multiplexes in Lawrenceville, has been sold to a Chinese firm for $2.6 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times. For Dalian Wanda, acquiring AMC gives it a pipeline into two of the world's largest theater markets — and more clout in negotiating with major Hollywood studios eager to expand into the rapidly growing Chinese market, the Times reported. What do you think about the sale of AMC Theatres? Tell us in the comments below. AMC operates the Colonial 18 and Discover Mills 18 multiplexes in Lawrenceville. It has a total of 346 multiplexes nationwide. Last year, China saw a 30 percent increase in box-office sales, to $2.1 billion. This year it passed Japan as the biggest foreign market for Hollywood …

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'Hunger Games' - Read a Review Before You Go

The movie opens at midnight at both AMC theaters in Lawrenceville.

Movie fans who haven't yet purchased tickets for the midnight showing of The Hunger Games will have to wait for the BigD experience — but there are still tickets available for the regular showing. Click here to see show times at AMC Discover Mills and AMC Colonial 18. Barrow Patch Editor Deanna Allen got a sneak peek of the film during a screening Monday and offers a review.  Taking a story from page to screen apparently isn’t easy — even when the author is on board co-writing the screenplay. But the latest young adult book-to-film adaptation set to make its debut on movie screens across the country still delivers — The Hunger Games brings enough of Suzanne Collins’ original storyline to the screen to satisfy fans of the series in a film …

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Mr. Clooney Goes to Washington in 'The Ides of March'

Clooney brings doom and gloom as the bad guy in this political thriller.

Hollywood superstar George Clooney stars in and directs "The Ides of March," a political thriller that reveals a dark underbelly of our ever-changing democracy. Clooney plays Democratic presidential candidate Mike Morris, a man who isn't what he appears to be in this political thriller. The movie also features rising star Ryan Gosling. Gosling plays Clooney's hot-shot media strategist Stephen Myers. Gosling's character butts heads with the campaign manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and the opposition's campaign manager (Paul Giamatti). Marisa Tomei stars as the New York Times reporter who plunges them all down the slippery slope of tragedy and sleaze. Without giving too much away, the story does loosely follows a Bill Clinton/Monica …

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