Calendar: December 17-23, 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!
12/13: Cassondra Brian (make-up effects artist, UNLISTED OWNER: DIRECTORS CUT, Lawford County Productions, Sumner, IL)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
9/14: James “Crash” Moreau, 73 (stunt driver, DEATH RIDERS, Crown International Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA)
11/26: Floyd C. Reed, Sr., 88 (stunt show founder/producer, DEATH RIDERS, Crown International Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Like usual, I have plenty to report about and not enough time or energy to pound it all out, so we have yet another article drought here at CUBlog. After I ruminate on “the season” next week, I’ll climb out of the ditch and resume posting on our indigenous cinema, but for now let’s concentrate on helping neighbors and our country. A donation engine powered by Public Good and sponsored by CNN can be accessed through this article if you’d like to pick and choose where to donate moneys and help those affected by the rounds of tornadoes and storms that have hammered Kentucky and other states in the South and Midwest over the last week. Please contribute however you can, wherever it’s needed. Thank you.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
NIGHTMARE ALLEY, PUSHPA: THE RISE, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, ENCANTO, ETERNALS, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, WEST SIDE STORY (12/17 on), HOUSE OF GUCCI, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (12/27-12/22), AMERICAN UNDERDOG early access screening (12/17-12/18, 7 p.m.), THE KING’S MAN (12/21 on), THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on), ’83 (12/23 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
NIGHTMARE ALLEY, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, DUNE, ENCANTO, ETERNALS, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, WEST SIDE STORY (12/17 on), DUNE, ETERNALS, HOUSE OF GUCCI (12/17-12/21), Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: The Nutcracker encore (12/19, 12:55 p.m.; 12/20, 7 p.m.; recorded), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/19, 3 & 7 p.m.; 12/22, 7 p.m.), THE KING’S MAN (12/21 on), THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
AMERICAN SICARIO, THE CARD COUNTER, DANGEROUS, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, more! (12/14 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
No movies this week!
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
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, ENCANTO, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (12/17 on), CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, KING RICHARD (12/17-12/22), THE KING’S MAN (12/21 on), THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, ENCANTO, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, WEST SIDE STORY (12/17 on), THE KING’S MAN (12/21 on), THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BEING THE RICARDOS, ENCANTO, WEST SIDE STORY (12/17-12/19)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS “sing-along edition” (12/17, 7 p.m.), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/18, 7 p.m.; 12/19, 2 p.m.)
@ The Legacy Theatre, Springfield, IL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/17, 7 p.m.), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/18, 7 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/17-12/18, 12/23), DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS (12/17), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/18-12/19, 12/23), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (12/19, 12/22), THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, HOME ALONE (12/20), MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947), ELF (12/21), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (12/22)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
ENCANTO (12/17, 12/19)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (12/17-12/19)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, WEST SIDE STORY (12/17 on), CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (12/17-12/20), ENCANTO, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (12/17-12/21), THE KING’S MAN (12/21 on), THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
BEING THE RICARDOS, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, ENCANTO, ETERNALS, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, HOUSE OF GUCCI (12/10 on), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12/10-12/12, 11 a.m.), SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (12/16 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (12/17 on), BEING THE RICARDOS, ENCANTO, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, HOUSE OF GUCCI (12/17-12/21), THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2 (12/22 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
“Agitate Essential Cinema Vol. 1” group show (12/18, 7 p.m.)
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
NEW! 3/31-4/3, 2022
32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
4/7-4/17, 2022
24th annual Wisconsin Film Festival
@ University of Wisconsin, etc., Madison, WI
4/8-4/10, 2022
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL
4/20-4/23, 2022
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
1/19/22: WILD TALES; 2/23/22: ADAPTATION; 3/23/22: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS; 4/6/22: BIG NIGHT; 5/25/22: EIGHTH GRADE; 6/1/22: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: to be rescheduled: THE ARTIST
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
1/13/22: CLUELESS*; 1/20/22: SAY ANYTHING; 2/2/22: GROUNDHOG DAY; 3/21/22: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK; 4/4/22: FACE/OFF; 5/23/22: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME; 6/30/22: WAYNE’S WORLD; 7/14/22: STARSHIP TROOPERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/22/22: ALL ABOUT EVE; 2/19/22: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; 4/30/22: DUCK SOUP; 6/25/22: HIGH NOON; 7/29/22: TOP HAT
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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