CONWAY — A man yanks on the locked doors of the Mountain Valley Mall.
“You’re killing me,” he shouts to Ed Gearity, the manager of the Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7 since 2013, who stands on the other side of the doors.
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Upon entering the Mountain Valley Mall you are greeted with social-distance markers to line up for movie tickets at the Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)
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Movie tickets and concessions can be purchased as usual at the Mountain Valley Cinema 7 but now with extra social distancing. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)
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Signs with guidelines are posted throughout the Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)
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"Trolls: World Tour" was released both in theaters and to video-on-demand on April 10. The Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7 will be showing Thursday through Sunday. (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
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The Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7 will be taking over the former Panda Garden location which has been vacant since 2015. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)
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The hallway for screens 1 through 5 at the Mountain Valley Mall Cinema 7 with social-distancing markers. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)
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