Calendar: July 10-16, 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!
7/10: Paul Wood (journalist, The News-Gazette, Champaign, IL, retired)
7/12: Michael Wiese (president, Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA)
7/14: Griffin Hammond (senior video creative, The Recount, New York, NY)
7/14: Shane M. Dallmann (contributor, Video Watchdog/Video Watchblog, Cincinnati, OH)
7/15: Charlie Kessler (freelance editor/filmmaker, Chicago, IL)
7/15: Jill Van Voorst (owner, LIX, Urbana, IL)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
TROLLS WORLD TOUR, BLOOD AND MONEY, HOPE GAP, SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY, THE LOST HUSBAND, BELZEBUTH, PROXIMITY, more! (7/7 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) (7/10 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
ABOMINABLE (7/16, 2 & 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
Birthday Weekend Double Features: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, SPACE JAM (Screen 1), INSIDE OUT, MINIONS (Screen 2) (7/10-7/12), THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Screen 1), INSIDE OUT (Screen 2) (7/13-7/16)
@ 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: JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE (through 7/16), ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (7/10-7/23) 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 (7/10-7/12)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AKABAN (Screen 1), THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001), THE BOURNE IDENTITY (Screen 2) (7/10-7/12), THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, BLACK PANTHER (Screen 1), BACK TO THE FUTURE, GET OUT (Screen 2) (7/13-7/16)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
RELIC, FOLLOWED, THE HUNT, I STILL BELIEVE, THE OUTPOST, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, TROLLS WORLD TOUR (7/10 on), BLOODSHOT, IRRESISTIBLE (7/10-7/12)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
BECKY, BLACK PANTHER, BLOODSHOT, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, GREMLINS, INSIDE OUT (7/10-7/12), “Drive-In Week” outdoor screenings: THE OUTSIDERS (7/10-7/12)
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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