Calendar: March 22-28, 2024
March 23rd, 2024Our 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!
3/22: JC Culp (multimedia artist, Unpopular Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
3/26: Jack Snyder (co-producer, 57 SECONDS, The Avenue, Los Angeles, CA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
We’ll consider this short Report a prelude to next week’s Report, in which we’ll talk about the implications of drawing film productions and their dollars to Champaign-Urbana(-Rantoul, let’s be honest). Related to a degree, your humble editor happens to be putting together an order this week at Oldies.com that is one-half movies of the C-U and beyond. In the process of adding and subtracting items to his shopping cart and doing oodles of extra searches to really make sure he’s finding everything he wants to pick up, Ye Ed decided to click on a “Hot Deals!” button and, in the hundred or so discounted titles on the page (out of tens of thousands stocked by the merchant), what would appear but the Jay Bennett biography, WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT? If you are a fan or friend of the late studio wünderkind from Urbana who passed away 15 years ago this April, you might want to score a copy or copies of the two-disc Blu-ray release from What Were We Thinking Films and MVD Visual while they cost only $5.30 each. Yes, $5.30. Click here for the product page if you’re interested. Some of you may also be interested in the other relevant documentary found by Ye Ed on a hunch. April Wright’s well-received look at the post-pandemic health of America’s drive-in industry, BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN, was released on DVD by Uncork’d Entertainment back on February 6 with little fanfare; the film includes a trip to the Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in of Gibson City, which opened back up for business this weekend with the GHOSTBUSTERS and KUNG FU PANDA sequels. You can park a copy of DRIVE-IN in your home library for a reasonable $14.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, IMMACULATE, LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, LUCA (animation) (first US release), THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES, ARTHUR THE KING, CABRINI (faith film), DUNE: PART TWO, IMAGINARY, KUNG FU PANDA 4 (animation), LOVE LIES BLEEDING, ONE LIFE* (3/22 on), AMC “Scream Unseen” (mystery movie) (3/25, 7 p.m.), WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY II* (2/26-2/28), GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE, IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS, TILLU SQUARE (in Telugu with English Sub) (3/28 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, IMMACULATE, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, LUCA (animation) (first US release), THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES, ARTHUR THE KING, BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, CABRINI (faith film), DUNE: PART TWO, IMAGINARY, KUNG FU PANDA 4 (animation), ONE LIFE (3/22 on), KNOX GOES AWAY (3/22-3/23, 3/25-3/28), The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo Et Juliette (3/23, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 3/27, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), RASCAL DOES NOT DREAM double feature (animé) (3/24, 2 p.m., English dub; 3/25, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (3/24, 3 & 7 p.m.; 3/27, 7 p.m.), WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY II* (2/26-2/28), THE CHOSEN: S4, Ep. 1-3 (faith programming) (3/28, 7 p.m.), GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (3/28 on) *single screenings daily
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2024 Weekend Films” feat. ANYONE BUT YOU, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (3/22-3/23, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Redbox (streaming), Champaign-Urbana, IL
Follow the link to view the hottest new releases! (3/19 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series” feat. THE FALL GUY pre-release screening (3/26, 7 p.m., free)
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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