Calendar: December 21-27, 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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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
12/18: Hope Pankoke (HQ horse whisperer, C-U Confidential)
12/22: AJ Christensen (director, WATER YOU SAD ABOUT?, Pens to Lens 2018)
12/24: Owen M. Anderson (actor, ALPHAVILLE: BEER OF THE VAMPIRE)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
11/11: Douglas Rain, 90 (voice actor, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY)
12/12: Hardy Jones, 75 (conservationist/filmmaker, DOLPHIN, THE COVE)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana Mendota with Love
Friends! We at the mobile MFHQ wish everyone the best in bringing on 2019 with a sense of love and purpose. In our minds, there is no better way to reestablish our footing in what we do and where we do it for the New Year than to put our next issue of C-U Confidential digest in your hands. Do you agree? Would you pick it up at beloved venues and merchants near you if it appeared on their shelves for the tenth time? We continue to ask for your collective help in affording its print cost since our advertising base has dried up. Please follow this link to our GoFundMe drive and contribute if you see it fit. With a week and a day left to our self-imposed deadline of next Sunday, December 30, we are half the way to our goal. Any support would certainly make our holidays a little bit brighter and give us needed motivation. Thank you for the continued interest in all things Confidential and peace to everyone!
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (12/21 on), SUSPIRIA (2018; 12/21, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
AQUAMAN, BUMBLEBEE, MARY POPPINS RETURNS, SECOND ACT, WELCOME TO MARWEN, ZERO, THE GRINCH, INSTANT FAMILY, MORTAL ENGINES, THE MULE, ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (12/21 on), VICE (12/24 on), HOLMES & WATSON (12/25 on), THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (12/27, 4 p.m.)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK ON ITS WALLS, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, ASSASSINATION NATION, AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, FAHRENHEIT 11/9, LITTLE WOMEN, AIR STRIKE, more! (12/18 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
AQUAMAN, BUMBLEBEE, THE FAVOURITE, MARY POPPINS RETURNS, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, SECOND ACT, WELCOME TO MARWEN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, GREEN BOOK, THE GRINCH, MORTAL ENGINES, THE MULE, ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (12/21 on), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/23-12/24), HOLMES & WATSON, VICE (12/25 on), THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (12/27, 4 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: “The Best Christmas Movies Ever” feat. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/21, 1 & 7 p.m.; 12/22, 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
AQUAMAN, BUMBLEBEE, MARY POPPINS RETURNS, THE GRINCH, MORTAL ENGINES, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (12/21 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
AQUAMAN, MARY POPPINS RETURNS (12/21 on), THE GRINCH (12/21-12/24), VICE (12/25 on)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
AQUAMAN, BUMBLEBEE, MARY POPPINS RETURNS, SECOND ACT, MORTAL ENGINES, THE MULE, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (12/21 on), KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS (12/21-12/27, daily show, free), HOLMES & WATSON (12/25 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
A CHRISTMAS STORY (12/21, 7 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/21-12/24), ELF (12/21), IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE, THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (12/22), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, HOME ALONE (12/23), THE APARTMENT (12/27)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (12/21-12/23, 12/26)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (12/21-12/23)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
3/21-3/24, 2019
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
4/4-4/11, 2019
21st Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/10-4/14, 2019
21st Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
12/21-12/22: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (7 p.m. only on 12/21); 1/12/19: CHARADE; 2/9/19: TOP HAT; 3/9/19: GASLIGHT; 4/6/19: METROPOLIS; 5/25/19: THE THIN MAN; 6/22/19: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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