Archive for the 'Public Events' Category

Flock to C-U Flea for CUZine!

Friday, October 19th, 2012

If you’re in the market for unique pop culture goodies that you won’t find through MegaOnLineMerchants or a HumungousBoxStore near you, we’ll have you covered at the next C-U Flea swap meet at Parasol on Saturday, October 20, 2012, starting at 12 p.m.!

Gnarly beasts tackle TTC tonight!

Friday, September 28th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On September 28, 2012, we offer the animal kingdom a little more respect when THE GIANT GILA MONSTER and THE KILLER SHREWS claw their way to town, while THE GIANT COMMUNIST throws down crazy ideas with laser-sharp precision and NINJA THE MISSION FORCE finally reveals who will harness Ultimate Ninja Power!

TTC foresees Lovecraftian fright

Friday, August 31st, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! Sadly, this month’s show is cancelled but Howard Phillips Lovecraft might await you in October. Read about how you can help make it so!

Ye Ed awaits you in Chicago!

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

It’s the return engagement we’ve all been waiting for! Make plans to meet and greet your humble editor at the Bachelor Pad Magazine table during this weekend’s Wizard World Chicago Comic Con at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont, IL!

Mars needs TTC and so do you!

Friday, July 27th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On July 27, 2012, we defrost a cinematic footnote in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS – complete with a prepubescent Pia Zadora – and deck the SoDo halls with knights and ninjas and robots and Vampire Abraham Lincoln! Oh, my!

June a bluesy boon for TTC

Friday, June 29th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On June 29, 2012, we unleash a cornucopia of movie styles with comedic ninjas, droll knights, troubled stop-motion children, a stand-up robot, and all the vintage blues culture you can handle!

May’s TTC is MAD, we say!

Friday, May 25th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On May 25, 2012, we climb even higher with additional NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, cringe at the conundrums cooked up by THE WINDOW INTO TIME, wonder about the mental state of THE BLACK KNIGHT OF SIOUX CITY, and allow Vincent Price full reign as THE MAD MAGICIAN!

April TTC buzzed on ninjas!

Friday, April 27th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On April 27, 2012, we take a leap of faith with NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, root for the loonies paddling UP THE CREEK, and marvel at the low-budget ingenuity behind STAR WARS UNCUT!

Art hosts NAFF 2012 today!

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Please read through the complete line-up for the third annual New Art Film Festival, celebrating locally-made cinema at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Friday, April 20, 2012, and then experience the real deal with us tonight!

Psych! TTC to vanish until April

Friday, March 30th, 2012

C-U Confidential *would* team up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the lost movie gems of yesteryear with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, this fine evening but, alas, that will not come to pass. Until April, anyway.

Ebertfest 2012 films revealed

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the fourteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

Love hurts at Feb. 24 TTC!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the lost movie gems of yesteryear with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On February 24, 2012, we get swept up in the poetic words of CYRANO DE BERGERAC and dark undercurrents of NIGHT TIDE!

NAFF 2012 to kick ass April 20

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Hear ye, hear ye! The New Art Film Festival will prove the third time’s the charm by enveloping the Art Theater of Champaign, IL, with immeasurable local movie love on Friday, April 20, 2012! Submit your agents of artistic amore now!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 02.08.2012

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we report first news of two short film projects, preview the Big Muddy and Insect Fear Film festivals, note entertainment media mentions of area college alums, and more!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 01.30.2012

Monday, January 30th, 2012

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we mention two film festival opportunities and a production grant, note the passing of Bingham Ray and Eiko Ishioka, dare to touch Andy Dick’s pigskin (movie), and more!