Calendar: July 3-9, 2020
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!
7/3: Jorge Cazares (design specialist, Adept Content Solutions, Urbana, IL)
7/5: Leila Ramagopal Pertl (actress, DELTA QUEEN music video, Champaign Underground, Champaign, IL)
7/5: Paul Riismandel (cohost, Radio Survivor podcast, San Francisco, CA)
7/7: Keenan Dailey (actor, CAN’T STOP THINKING BOUT YOU music video, Swede Films, Urbana, IL)
7/9: Jessie Seitz (co-owner, 93/93 Pictures, Urbana, IL)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
FORCE OF NATURE, FOUR KIDS AND IT, ENDINGS BEGINNINGS, THE HAMMER, LANCASTER SKIES, PENANCE LANE, more! (6/30 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week. “Virtual Virginia Theatre” screenings: BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943) (7/3 on) Purchase
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
Closed for the week.
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
JUST MERCY (7/9, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Screen 1), DIRTY DANCING (1987), FOOTLOOSE (1984) (Screen 2) (7/3), JURASSIC PARK, TWISTER (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (Screen 2) (7/4), JURASSIC PARK, TWISTER (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PARTS 1 & 2 (Screen 2) (7/5), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) (Screen 1), THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001) (Screen 2) (7/6-7/9)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: Black Lives Matter picks: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM, WHOSE STREETS? (through 7/7), THE LAST TREE (through 7/9), JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE (7/3-7/16) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
JAWS, JURASSIC PARK (7/3-7/5)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE BREAKFAST CLUB, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (Screen 1), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (Screen 2) (7/3-7/5), THE BIG LEBOWSKI, THE JERK (Screen 1), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (Screen 2) (7/6-7/9)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE OUTPOST, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, FOLLOWED, THE HUNT, I STILL BELIEVE, IRRESISTIBLE, TROLLS WORLD TOUR, THE WRETCHED (7/3 on), BLOODSHOT (7/3-7/5)
NOW OPEN! @ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
DEADPOOL, THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, TROLLS WORLD TOUR (7/3-7/5), “Drive-In Week” outdoor screenings: MEN IN BLACK 3 (7/3-7/5)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, as well as cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/4
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL, 4 p.m.-12 a.m.
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
11/28
SAFETY LAST feat. BIG BUSINESS w/live organ accompaniment by Steven Ball
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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