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I really don't see a problem with it, as long as the theater employees are monitored for checking peoples' I.D.s. Even in a contemporary movie theater, if people want to pay the prices that theaters set, it's their money and their choice. Movies aren't just for kids, remember.

Um, their movies today were:

Volver, an R-Rated spanish art film.
Pan's Labyrinth, an R-Rated spanish art film,
300, an R-Rated gladiator movie,
Last King of Scotland, a R-rated art movie.

Not exactly showing Teenage Mutant Turtles there.

Furthermore, the theater doesn't even have a parking lot and is located in an area full of public transportation options, plus their website tells people to take the T instead of driving.

Plus, while you certainly don't have to be from Somerville to go there, let's face it, this is a neighborhood movie house . AND, just as anyone from elsewhere can go there, nobody HAS to go there. Therefore, people who don't like the idea of beer and wine at the movies can pay $9.00 and go to the 20-screen chain theaters where teenagers are noisy, the theaters smell like nacho cheese, and there is no beer. People who are adults and can handle one or two adult beverages can pay $7.00 and see a film at a cinema like the Somerville Theater where teenagers rarely go, see a movie on a human scale, and so forth.

This isn't even the first theater to do this, I'm not even sure why it is news. Places all over the state serve beer without problems; it's not like Regal or AMC are looking to do this.