C-U Blogfidential

Tuscola filmmaker Bob Zimmerman of R.A.Z. Films set out to honor his father with a new documentary, RISE OF THE VALIANT, going above and beyond to chronicle a devastating fight.

Filmmaking entrepreneur Kimberly Conner of Springfield broke through when her first feature JUMP IN received national DVD distribution last September. Her second full-length drama is on the way!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: One of the redheaded stepchildren in Paper Opteryx lineage returns home as “The Video Throne” exudes analog angst under the CUBlog banner!

CNN has announced the broadcast premiere of the Roger Ebert documentary LIFE ITSELF will be on Sunday, January 4, 2015.

We forget sometimes that Neon Harbor Entertainment still harbors creative refuge here in Champaign-Urbana. Or, maybe, they are real-life ninjas who move like the wind. Hold on. Did you just feel that? [Shudder]

Read this, heed this, and then stop paying attention to any electronic screen within your vicinity so you can make it safely to That’s Rentertainment in Campustown. Today is Video Store Day!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: In the mix of the fifth New Art Film Festival tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, IL, will be the drama-comedy THE DRUNK. Here is a first look at its upcoming DVD release!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Lucky dearest readers, you get two Images of the Week this week! Here’s the first, a cover reveal for the most recent DVD release from Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We reported earlier this week about the release of DVDs for local indie features HOUSE OF THADDEUS and SCARY NORMAL. Today, we show you what they look like on the outside. Discovering what they look like on the inside is up to you, dearest potential viewer!

The Count von Count would have a field day here on C-U Blogfidential today… ONE thoughtful teen comedy! ONE psychological drama! ONE small-town collage! And two, TWO food documentaries! That equals FIVE local movies premiering in TEN days’ time! Ah ha ha!

The ninja-craving lifestyle instills a strict code of conduct upon the faithful. It basically goes like this: “If it has ninjas, we will love it.” Well then, does Dark Maze Studios of Champaign, IL, have a double DVD dose just for you!

Let’s make a little more noise this week about local movie-making new to disc, shall we? You may now rock out to the DVD of Bob Zimmerman’s C-U rock-and-roll documentary OUT OF NOWHERE, released in September 2012!

So stealthily did it advance that it slipped right past us! Therefore, we guess there’s no better time than the present to let you know Season One of Dark Maze Studios’ NINJA THE MISSION FORCE has been available on DVD since August 7, 2012.

On this slo-mo Saturday afternoon we shake it up by delivering a trailer, poster, and the cold hard facts about the Springfield-made THE CINEMA SNOB MOVIE, released to DVD for your high falutin’ consumption on September 25, 2012!

Our man Mike Trippiedi is at it again. His second feature film as director, AMBER ROSE, is now available for viewing through Amazon. He also maintains two Weblogs in the spirit of his early movie writings. Will nothing stop this Champaign juggernaut?