Calendar: December 8-14, 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!
12/9: Sidney Taiko (publisher, Storm Cellar)
12/9: Scott Kimble (rocker, Terminus Victor)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana with Love
Watch this ‘blog during the next few weeks for a handful of brief posts that will serve as a wrap-up for the New Art Film Festival and lead-in for 2018. We’ll also present a final Almanac entry for 2017 next Friday. Happy holidays to you, dearest readers, followed by a new year filled with promise and purpose!
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (12/8 on), BLACK CLOVER (12/8-12/9, 12/11, 12/14), National Theatre Live: Follies (12/9-12/10, 1 p.m., simulcast), GREMLINS (12/12-12/13)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
JUST GETTING STARTED, A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, BLADE RUNNER 2049, COCO, DADDY’S HOME 2, JUSTICE LEAGUE, LADY BIRD, THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ., THE STAR, THOR: RAGNAROK, WONDER (12/8 on), GENESIS: PARADISE LOST (12/11, 12/13, 7 p.m., 3-D), STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (12/14 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
DESPICABLE ME 3, AMERICAN ASSASSIN, THE WHITE KING, DEMENTIA 13, SECRETS AND LIES (s1), more! (12/5 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE DISASTER ARTIST, JUST GETTING STARTED, A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, COCO, DADDY’S HOME 2, JUSTICE LEAGUE, LADY BIRD, THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ., THE STAR, THOR: RAGNAROK, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI, WONDER (12/8 on), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12/10, 12/13), FERDINAND, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (12/14 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. FLATLINERS, Pine Lounge (12/8-12/9, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 1022 (12/11, 7 p.m.)
@ Parasol Label Group, Urbana, IL
That’s Rentertainment pop-up shop in the “Rec Room” (10/11 on; Mon.-Tues., Wed. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Thurs.-Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: HOME ALONE (12/11, 7 p.m.) and WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/12, 7 p.m.)
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 Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
COCO, DADDY’S HOME 2, JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, THOR: RAGNAROK, WONDER (12/8 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
COCO, THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (12/8 on), STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (12/14 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
JUST GETTING STARTED, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, COCO, DADDY’S HOME 2, JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, WONDER (12/8 on), THE POLAR EXPRESS, ELF (12/8, 12/10, 12/12, free), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION, WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/9, 12/11, 12/13, free), STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (12/14 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
DESPICABLE ME 3 (12/8-12/10)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
LOVING VINCENT (12/8, 12/10), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (12/8), “A Further Jazz Holiday” concert (12/9), THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (12/10), HOLIDAY (12/12), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/14)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
COCO (12/8-12/10)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
JUSTICE LEAGUE (12/8-12/10), THE EMOJI MOVIE (12/9, 11 a.m., free)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/19/18-2/25/18
40th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/8/18-3/11/18
Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, IL
4/5/18-4/12/18
20th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/18/18-4/22/18
20th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
6/6/18-6/10/18
25th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free w/i-card
12/8, 12/9: FLATLINERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
Christmas series – HOME ALONE (12/11), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/12), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/15), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 12/19), and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 12/21)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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