Calendar: July 30-Aug. 5, 2021
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!
8/1: Jed Brian (director, UNLISTED OWNER, Lawford County Productions, Sumner, IL)
8/1: Cara Maurizi (actress, DEEP LEARNING, Consumer Grade Film Co., Chicago, IL)
8/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer/director, WITCH ON A WALKER, Sub-Basement Films, Champaign, IL)
8/2: Satina Braswell (co-owner, Dark Moon Loot, Urbana, IL)
8/3: Daniela LaFave (SEO specialist, National Instruments, Austin, TX)
8/5: Steve Scott (design manager, Dungeons & Dragons, WotC/Hasbro, Renton, WA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Right now, I feel like a rebel without a through line in the real world, so I’ll just make it easy for myself on the Field front. Here are three discoveries from recent days of locally-relevant films I found online when not expecting it. To start, BAD CHARLESTON CHARLIE is available to watch after all; Epix allows Ross Hagen and friends to run roughshod on the KKK through their streaming catalog. And next, despite what we reported a few weeks ago, Jiayan “Jenny” Shi’s FINDING YINGYING is not completely restricted to a pay service as we once believed; Pluto TV still features the acclaimed documentary, which was just nominated for an Emmy. To close, there is a kind of magic in locating familiar films while searching Tubi TV for something completely different; why, is that New Art Film Festival selection BEYOND THE BASEMENT DOOR, directed by Bloomington-Normal native Jason Huls, and GHOST GIRLS, directed in California by fellow B-N native Paul A. Brooks (BELOW DECKS, NAFF ’17), materializing out of the blue?
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE GREEN KNIGHT, JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, BLACK WIDOW, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, F9: THE FAST SAGA, THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8/5 on)
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Film Series” feat. GODZILLA VS. KONG (8/5, 9 p.m., free)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE GREEN KNIGHT, JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, BLACK WIDOW, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, F9: THE FAST SAGA, THE FOREVER PURGE, JOE BELL, OLD, ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on), Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: Sleeping Beauty (8/1, 3 p.m., recorded), MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (8/1, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8/4, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca (8/4, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8/5 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE GOD COMMITTEE, JOEY & ELLA: A KANGAROO TAIL, MIDNIGHT IN THE SWITCHGRASS, A QUIET PLACE PART II, more! (7/27 on) Online rentals
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
JUNGLE CRUISE, BLACK WIDOW, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on)
BACK OPEN! @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS (7/30-8/1)
@ The Devon G. Buffett Amphitheater, Decatur, IL
Decatur Park District and Scott State Bank present “Movies in the Park” feat. TOY STORY 4 (7/31, sunset)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
THE MIGHTY DUCKS (8/5, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE (Screen 1), TWISTER (Screen 2) (7/29-8/1)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SUMMERTIME (7/30-8/1)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
CRUELLA (7/30-8/1)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE, CRUELLA (7/30-8/1)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Screen 1), SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Screen 2) (7/30-8/1, 8/4-8/5)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, BLACK WIDOW, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8/5 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE GREEN KNIGHT, JUNGLE CRUISE, BLACK WIDOW, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7/30 on), CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (8/3-8/4, 10 a.m.), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8/5 on)
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
9/8-9/11
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
10/22-10/23
Dark History and Horror Convention’s Screaming Mad Film Festival 2.1
@ I Hotel and Conference Center, UIUC, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Film Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
8/5: GODZILLA VS. KONG
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