Calendar du C-U: August 21-27
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
8/21/15-8/27/15
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Sunday, August 23: Luke Boyce (executive producer, THE ORIGINS OF WIT & HUMOR), Shannon Beranek (copy editor, Bachelor Pad Magazine) … celebrate!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters, Champaign, IL: Entries now being accepted for sixth annual New Art Film Festival! (7/10-8/28) Details
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: THE END OF THE TOUR (8/21 on; 8/21, 7 p.m., intro. by Charles & Victoria Harris; 8/22, 7 p.m., intro by Robert McLaughlin), THE TERMINATOR (8/21, 8/22, 8/26, 10 p.m.), Neutral Cycle Workshop presents PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (8/27, 10 p.m., free)
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL (north of Courier Café): Neutral Cycle, etc., present “Urbanalove Summer Movie Night Series” feat. THE GOONIES (8/22, sunset, free)
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. PITCH PERFECT 2 (8/23, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Best of the Summer Blockbuster Series: Disaster Edition presents EARTHQUAKE (8/25, 8/27, 7 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE GIFT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., MR. HOLMES (8/21 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: WBNQ presents NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE (8/20, 7 p.m.), THE BLUES BROTHERS (8/21-8/23, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: PIXELS, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3 (Screen 1), FANTASTIC FOUR, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (Screen 2) (8/21-8/22)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, RICKI AND THE FLASH, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., TRAINWRECK, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (8/21 on), SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (8/22, 8/23, 12 p.m., free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: PIXELS (8/21-8/23, 8/26, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: PIXELS (8/21-8/23), TANGLED (8/22, 11 a.m., free)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: THE GIFT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (8/21-8/23)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: INSIDE OUT, ANT-MAN (8/21-8/22)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: AMERICAN ULTRA, HITMAN: AGENT 47, SINISTER 2, ANT-MAN, FANTASTIC FOUR, THE GIFT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., MINIONS, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, PIXELS, RICKI AND THE FLASH, SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, VACATION (8/21 on), Carmike Classic Cinema presents THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (8/25, 7 p.m.), WAR ROOM (8/27, 7 & 10 p.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: AMERICAN ULTRA, HITMAN: AGENT 47, SINISTER 2, ANT-MAN, FANTASTIC FOUR, THE GIFT, INSIDE OUT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (IMAX & 2-D), MINIONS, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (IMAX & 2-D), RICKI AND THE FLASH, SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, TRAINWRECK, VACATION (8/21 on), Fathom Events, ESL, and BY Experience present “ESL Cologne 2015: Counter-Strike Global Offensive World Championship” (8/23, 12 p.m., live simulcast), NO ESCAPE (8/25 on)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: AMERICAN ULTRA, HITMAN: AGENT 47, SINISTER 2, THE GIFT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: STRANGERLAND, LITTLE BOY, 5 TO 7, VENDETTA, CATCHING FAITH, GREY’S ANATOMY (s11), ONCE UPON A TIME (s4), THE BLACKLIST (s2), THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE (cs), more! (8/18 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Closed through 9/7!
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: Closed
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
9/17: Central Illinois Film Commission meeting
@ TBA
UPDATE! 10/4: 6th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 5 p.m.
10/29-10/31: 6th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/6-11/7: 14th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
3/11-3/12, 2016: 7th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
Neutral Cycle, etc., present “Urbanalove Summer Movie Night Series”
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL, sunset, free
8/22: THE GOONIES; 9/12: GHOSTBUSTERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
9/5: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE; 10/26-10/30: Alfred Hitchcock Festival – SUSPICION, SABOTAGE, THE LADY VANISHES, SPELLBOUND, FRENZY (7 & 10 p.m.); 11/14: DOUBLE INDEMNITY; 12/12: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS; 1/23/16: SHANE; 2/27/16: FORBIDDEN PLANET; 3/19/16: 42ND STREET; 4/2/16: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; 5/21/16: THE GRADUATE; 6/25/16: Reader’s Choice TBA; 7/16/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6/16: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
8/23: PITCH PERFECT 2
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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