C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Let’s take a quick look at the award-winning entries that typified the horrific variety presented at this year’s Freeky Creek Short Film Festival: BEDTIME FOR TIMMY, SIDE EFFECT, and THE WINTER STALKER!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Get your first good look at the no-budget, southern Illinois indie FARM, and then peruse exclusive behind-the-scene photos courtesy of the filmmakers!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Peruse a few more never-before-seen images of the LEADING LADIES production team filming at the former Rialto Theater, and then watch Team Beahm film in full motion courtesy of a local news segment!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Get a load of our favorite LEADING LADIES by watching the trailer! Also, take a look behind the scenes of the Rialto Theater sequence via never-before-seen photos, which arguably are still kind of hard to see…

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We finally run never-before-seen pictures of Derek Klein and crew at work filming a scene on the University of Illinois’ Main Quad for Premonition Pictures’ A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW! Also, watch the opening segment of POV right here and learn where to check out the entire movie on-line!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Whether you’re ready or not, we’re lining ’em up one by one on our brand-new YouTube channel, the C-U Confidential Revue! Peek here first for a few examples of indigenous streaming video that also appear on the channel.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Our favorite digital warriors in the flesh will return in Dark Maze Studios’ PRESS START 2 CONTINUE and we have the first official image for you! Also, revel in the international cinema esoterica known as “remakesploitation” by watching two episodes of Dark Maze’s DEJA VIEW!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Characters turn into caustic observers which sets up conflicts aplenty in REVOLTING, produced by Mike and Leslie Boedicker of Roselawn Productions. Check out the first trailer and a group photo before taking in the movie at the Fischer Theatre in Danville this weekend!

Vines will stand in for wolfsbane this weekend at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s in Champaign, IL, when Jason Butler of Brainsmart Productions offers up laughs, tears, and WEREWOLF CEMETERY Issue 4. Until then, take a gander right here at what to expect courtesy of our new “Images of the Week” department!

Hugh Jackman breaks out the mutant claws for the fourth time in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, playing at an Avon Theater near you!

Remember the three rules of caring for C-U Confidential: 1. Keep it out of sunlight, 2. Never get it wet, and 3. Never read it after midnight. Kapeesh?

There may be NO END IN SIGHT for our goverment’s persistent sleight-of-hand in Iraq, but at least the Art Theatre can put a positive spin on the subject. Sort of.

Student-run Mongoose Productions took advantage of the summer lull to stage a colorful scene on campus for their movie.

Illini Film & Video takes it to the streets … and RobotMan tags along for the ride!

Almost three years after being filmed in Champaign County, CRAB ORCHARD made its public debut on Wednesday, March 13, 2006, at Champaign’s Virginia Theatre.