Calendar: August 2-8, 2019
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!
8/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (producer, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL)
8/2: Satina Braswell (co-owner, Hybrid Performance Arts, Urbana, IL)
8/6: Jason Cerezo (co-owner, ThirdSide, Champaign, IL)
8/6: Sam Ambler (producer, Ambler Video, Champaign, IL)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana Mendota with Love
For the third year in a row, your humble editor will not be actively residing at the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters in Champaign’s original neighborhood as the University of Illinois springs back to life. He will instead witness an absolute lack of a rush in his current living quarters on the edge of an American small town in the northern reaches of the state. Unlike those discernible beats of the academic calendar that dictate the ebb and flow in Champaign-Urbana with little pause between August and May, the summer wind-down to be had 150 miles away consists of a harvest festival, a county fair, a return to the classroom for children, and the beginning of fall. Only the latter will directly impact the end of his street, which bends ‘round the lot and passes a few outlying businesses and storage facilities before it loses itself in farm country. This calming atmosphere is in contrast with the urgency felt inside; lingering family matters, brewing financial concerns, and flighty Opteryx acumen are things that Ye Ed yearns to resolve. Wish him luck in determining what needs to be done and acting upon it as our dearest readers stay the courses of their cool, crazy, and beautiful worlds. We will get back together soon.
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
35 Years Ago … Friday, August 3, 1984: The colorful comedy-drama GRANDVIEW, U.S.A., set in a fantasy composite of an American small town but filmed last year in the real-life small town of Pontiac, IL, opens on more than 1,000 screens in North America through Warner Bros. It and the two other wide-release pictures new to theaters, JOY OF SEX and THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, would be clumped together in the eighth, ninth, and tenth spots on the box office charts come Monday, August 6, proving to be no match as alternatives to the season’s heavyweights like GHOSTBUSTERS, GREMLINS, and PURPLE RAIN. Not really fitting into the mold of the decade’s teen comedies and failing to capitalize on the success of FOOTLOOSE in the spring or director Randal Kleiser’s previous smash hit, GREASE, GRANDVIEW, U.S.A. collapsed into obscurity with less than $5 million in earnings. Box Office Mojo
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
OPHELIA (8/2-8/5, 8/7-8/8), PAVAROTTI (8/2-8/4, 8/6, 8/8), AMERICAN WOMAN (8/2-8/6), Smart Kids: LIYANNA (8/3-8/4, 11:30 a.m.), Member Screening: SWORD OF TRUST (8/7, 7:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
HOBBS & SHAW, ALADDIN, CRAWL, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, STUBER, TOY STORY 4, YESTERDAY (8/2 on), THE ANGRY BIRDS 2 “Early Bird Showing” (8/3, 3 p.m.), IT (8/3, 7 & 10 p.m.; 8/5-8/6, 7 p.m.), THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK (8/8 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
LONG SHOT, THE INTRUDER, UGLYDOLLS, BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK, DOMINO, ULYSSES: A DARK ODYSSEY, EL CHICANO, HOLY LANDS, THE LAST WHISTLE, ASSIMILATE, more! (7/30 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
HOBBS & SHAW, CRAWL, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, STUBER, TOY STORY 4, YESTERDAY (8/2 on), A DOG’S WAY HOME (8/2, 10 a.m.), TOP GUN (8/4, 8/7), I LOVE LUCY “A Colorized Celebration” (8/6, 7 p.m.), DOCTOR WHO “The End of Time” 10th Anniversary (8/7, 7 p.m.)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. ALADDIN, Anniversary Plaza (8/8, 9 p.m., free, rain location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Rewind 92.5 Film Series: MEATBALLS (8/8, 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
HOBBS & SHAW, CRAWL, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4 (8/2 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, STUBER, TOY STORY 4 (8/2 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE LION KING, YESTERDAY (8/5 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE LION KING (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW (Screen 2) (8/2 on)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
HOBBS & SHAW, BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE, THE LION KING, MINE 9, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2, TOY STORY 4, YESTERDAY (7/26 on), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR’S STONE (8/3, 8/6, 10 a.m., free), THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, THE KITCHEN (8/8 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the month!
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SWORD OF TRUST (8/2-8/4), THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (8/4), SCRAMBLE THE SEAWOLVES (8/7, 7 p.m., free, discussion w/filmmakers), John Conlee in concert (8/8, 7 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE LION KING (8/2-8/4, 8/7)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TOY STORY 4 (8/2-8/4)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
THE LION KING, TOY STORY 4 (8/2-8/4)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE LION KING, ALADDIN (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW, YESTERDAY (Screen 2) (8/2 on)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4 (8/2 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
11th Gen Con Film Festival, Gen Con (through 8/4)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/10
7th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
9/7-9/8
Filmscape Chicago production expo
@ Cinespace Studios, Chicago, IL
9/19-9/29
37th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/26
Dark History & Horror Con’s Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 1:30 p.m.
11/1-11/2
3rd Dead in Decatur Film Festival
@ Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, IL
11/4
10th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/22-11/23
18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, 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
8/8: ALADDIN; 8/15: POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU; 8/24: AVENGERS: ENDGAME @ Memorial Stadium
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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