Calendar: November 18-24, 2022
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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FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
A postmortem boo to you, dearest readers! Since CUBlog hasn’t been able to coordinate a series of Halloween stories this fall as we did a year ago, we’re compensating for it this week with our FINAL SUMMER and REVEALER coverage. The Report might as well follow suit with a few freaky viewing suggestions, yes? To start, our friend and actress-in-demand Katherine Bokenkamp appears in her second new horror short of the season titled NIXON AND THE WITCH, a gruesome piece set in the bathroom of a party house, which made its YouTube debut on Sunday, November 6, in a pairing with an alien abduction bit called HAPPY CAMPER. Both are micro-budget weird-outs from Dial Tone Pictures of Decatur and photographer/filmmaker Johnny Power, a media instructor at Millikin University. And then, family-friendly shudders are afoot in FREAKi from C-U creator Andrew Gleason and friends; a mother (Lindsey Gates-Markel) punishes her daughter (Eva Gleason) who in turn attempts to cast a crafty spell that, shall we say, bites her back. This also premiered on YouTube on the most appropriate day, Monday, October 31. Finally, the vlogcast team of Chase & Shep can’t keep out of trouble in their newest video, HELL OF A HALLOWEEN, made in cahoots with Camp Nostalgic Studios of Champaign. In this misadventure, Chase (Chase Todd) and Shep (Aaron Sheppard) are hosting a costume party in Villa Grove when that damn “Book of the Dead” from CHASE AND SHEP’S SUMMER CAMP OF HORRORS! materializes on their coffee table, after which the possessions commence. Randy Phillips, Gela Rediger, Phillip Hazen, Lizzie Browning, and more put the slay in the duo’s innocuous “holislay” plans. We hear that Thanksgiving is up next on the carving block at Earth 217 Studios, so stay hep to Chase & Shep!
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), DRISHYAM 2 (in Hindi), THE MENU, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, SMILE, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 on), LYLE LYLE CROCODILE* (11/18-11/21), TILL* (11/19-11/20, 11/22), BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD (11/24 on) *single shows daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, SHE SAID, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, PREY FOR THE DEVIL, SMILE, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 on), ONE PIECE FILM: RED (animé), SMILE, TILL (11/18-11/22), THE POLAR EXPRESS (11/20, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.; 11/23, 7 p.m.), BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD (11/24 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2022 Weekend Films” feat. HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL., Pine Lounge, 1st floor (11/18-11/19, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
GIGI & NATE, THE INHABITANT, JEEPERS CREEPERS REBORN, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, more! (11/15 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
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18-11/20)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
BACK OPEN! @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Hot Chocolate and Holiday Movies” feat. THE GRINCH (Screen 1), A CHRISTMAS STORY (Screen 2) (11/18-11/19)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties and “Family Movie Packs” this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (11/18-11/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Reopening November 23!
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18-11/20)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (11/18 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, SPIRITED, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, SPIRITED, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/18 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
12/3
Krampusnacht Freeky Film Festival*
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
NEW! 12/6
DVD release: HOLES IN THE SKY: THE SEAN MILLER STORY*
+ Deskpop Entertainment, Phoenix, AZ
4/19-4/22, 2023
23nd 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.
12/14: THE BAND’S VISIT; 1/25/23: THE FRENCH DISPATCH; 2/8/23: MY OCTOPUS TEACHER; 3/8/23: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; 4/26/23: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN; 5/31/23: THE TWO POPES; 6/14/23: MULHOLLAND DRIVE; 7/12/23: BARAKA
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/8: HOME ALONE*; 1/19/23: SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE*; 2/2/23: TITANIC*; 3/16/23: DIRTY DANCING; 4/27/23: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984); 5/18/23: BEETLEJUICE; 6/29/23: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 7/27/23: TOP GUN
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2022 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
12/2-12/3: DON’T WORRY DARLING
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
11/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ; 12/17: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947); 1/21/23: STAGE DOOR; 2/11/23: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS; 3/18/23: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 4/29/23: FANTASIA; 5/20/23: TOPPER; 6/17/23: ENTER THE DRAGON; 7/15/23: I LOVE LUCY: THE MOVIE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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