Calendar: August 24-30, 2018
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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LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
BAD COMPANY* U.S. DVD Release: Tuesday, 8/28, Nationwide via MTI Home Video, Miami, FL/Dreamscape Cinema, Champaign, IL
SHOT* U.S. Blu-ray/DVD Release: Tuesday, 8/28, Limited via Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport, CT/Cinemaguild, Urbana, IL
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
New Art Film Festival* call for entries, deadline: August 31 | Full Information
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
BLACKkKLANSMAN (8/24 on), HOT SUMMER NIGHTS (8/24-8/25, 8/30, 10 p.m.), Summer Screams: MORE BLOOD! (8/29, 7 p.m., free)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
A-X-L, BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, ALPHA, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE EQUALIZER 2, THE MEG, MILE 22, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (8/24 on),
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
DEADPOOL 2, FIRST REFORMED, GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS, SHOW DOGS, BLEEDING STEEL, THE ESCAPE, THE WALKING DEAD (s8), GOTHAM (s4), ASH VS. EVIL DEAD (s3), THE TERROR (s1), more! (8/21 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (re-release, IMAX), A-X-L, BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, PAPILLON, ALPHA, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, EIGHTH GRADE, INCREDIBLES 2, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE MEG, MILE 22, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (8/24 on), THE SANDLOT (8/26, 8/29), “Making THE FIVE HEARTBEATS” (8/27, 7 p.m.), Marvel Studios 10th anniversary IMAX marathon: THE INCREDIBLE HULK, IRON MAN, IRON MAN 2, THOR (8/30, 2:45 p.m. on)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (8/24, 7 p.m.; 8/25, 1 & 7 p.m.; 8/25, 1 p.m.; 70mm), MARY POPPINS (8/28, 8/30, 6:30 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
A-X-L, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG, MILE 22 (8/24 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE SEAGULL, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG (8/24 on), LEAVE NO TRACE (8/24-8/26)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
GREASE, TWISTER (Screen 1), SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, JAWS (Screen 2) (8/24-8/25)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, ALPHA, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG, MILE 22, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN (8/24 on), BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN (8/30 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Benefit concert featuring Elvis impersonator Doug Church (8/25, 7 p.m., @ The Lorraine Theatre)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (8/24, 8/26, 8/29-8/30), Tim Burton 60th birthday marathon: PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (8/25, 12 p.m.), EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (8/25, 3 p.m.), BATMAN (8/25, 6 p.m.), ED WOOD (8/25, 9 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (8/24-8/26)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (Screen 1), THE MEG, THE EQUALIZER 2 (8/24-8/25)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/3
2018 Shocktober Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL.
10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
10/30
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/2-11/3
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, 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. Fri., 7 & 10 p.m. Sat., free w/i-card
8/31, 9/1: OCEAN’S 8; 9/7, 9/8: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY; 9/14, 9/15: JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM; 9/21, 9/22: INCREDIBLES 2; 9/28, 9/29: THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME; 10/5, 10/6: THE FIRST PURGE; 10/12, 10/13: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU; 10/19, 10/20: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP; 10/26, 10/27: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3; 11/2, 11/4: BLACKkKLANSMAN; 11/9, 11/10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS; 11/29, 11/30: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS; 12/7, 12/8: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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