Calendar: June 16-22, 2017
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
6/18: Perry Morris (vice president, Champaign County Historical Museum)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Media that Hits Close to Home
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Sound Mixing,” Robeson Pavilion Room A (6/20, 7 p.m., free)
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Benefit concert assisting Courage Connection, EMPOWERED* Web series (6/18, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL
Urbanalove Summer Movie Nights: JAWS (6/17, 8:30 p.m., free)
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
MY COUSIN RACHEL (6/16 on), A QUIET PASSION (6/16-6/17, 6/19, 6/21), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (6/16-6/18), Cinema Judacia: ONE WEEK AND A DAY (6/18, 7 p.m.), WAREHOUSED benefit screening for refugee advocacy (6/20, 7 p.m.), BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (6/22-6/23, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
47 METERS DOWN, ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY, THE MUMMY, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, WONDER WOMAN (6/16 on), TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (6/20 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, TABLE 19, ALONE IN BERLIN, CHAPTER & VERSE, HEADSHOT, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (s8), AQUARIUS (s2), SHOOTER (s1), more! (6/13 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
47 METERS DOWN, ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, ALIEN: COVENANT, BAYWATCH, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY, THE MUMMY, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, WONDER WOMAN (6/16 on), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (6/18, 6/21), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (6/19), RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA (6/19), TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (6/20 on), Rifftrax Live: “Summer Shorts Beach Party!” (6/20, 7:30 p.m., recorded), The Metropolitan Opera: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (6/21, 7 p.m., recorded), DCI 2017 Tour Premiere: “Drum Corps at the Cinemas” (6/22, 7 p.m., simulcast)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, Anniversary Plaza (6/22, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Films of Steven Spielberg: JAWS (6/20, 6/22, free)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, IT COMES AT NIGHT, THE MUMMY, WONDER WOMAN (6/16 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
CARS 3, MY COUSIN RACHEL, WONDER WOMAN (6/16 on), CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE (6/16-6/18), TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (6/22 on), 17th “Overlooked Films” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 6/15-8/3, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
CARS 3 (Screen 1), THE MUMMY (Screen 2) (6/16 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
47 METERS DOWN, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, THE MUMMY, WONDER WOMAN (6/16 on), IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY (6/16-6/20), TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (6/20 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (6/16-6/18)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
HIGH SOCIETY (6/16, 6/18), MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA (6/16-6/17), OBIT (6/17, 6/23), MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (6/17), ROMEO + JULIET (6/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
CARS 3 (6/16-6/18, 6/21)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (6/16-6/18)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
CARS 3, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE (Screen 1), WONDER WOMAN, THE MUMMY (Screen 2) (6/16 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/12
5th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
Rain Location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union
6/22: THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE; 7/6: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS; 7/13: THE CIRCLE; 7/20: EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING; 8/17: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/24: HIGH NOON; 7/22: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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