C-U Blogfidential

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!

We finally hear the clik-clak of deadly STILETTOS courtesy of Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, beginning with an on-line trailer that recently appeared without warning.

Better late than never, Megan Johns pulls into the C-U Blogfidential station with her music video “The Beat was Burnt,” produced by Matt HarsH and Sam Ambler.

PopTent.net and M&M Mars decided to share the wealth with Joe Taylor of Fairmount, Bill Kephart of Tolono, and Thomas Nicol of Urbana, who won $5,000 for their Snickers spec spot, “Share the Love.”

Last week, local musical stalwarts Elsinore proudly unveiled the new video for their song, “Chemicals,” directed by Matt HarsH and photographed by Sam Ambler.

C-U videographer Alexander Mejia has posted for our viewing pleasure ONE SECOND, his entry in the Nikon video competition “A Day Through Your Lens.”

Look closely in the correct Big Lots commercial airing on television and you will see our friend, actress/writer Danielle Cloutier, take one more small step towards the big time.

On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, CNGM Pictures of Palatine, IL, released to DVD their college-set drama NORMAL LIFE, filmed in Bloomington-Normal during the spring of 2006.

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Premonition Pictures movie, A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, coming to DVD on December 16, 2009, after being completely shot in Champaign-Urbana earlier this year.

If TRON can spawn a sequel, why not PRESS START? Dark Maze Studios of Champaign reveals that PRESS START 2 CONTINUE is currently in production.

THE INFORMANT! is now playing in a theater near you.

A double-feature of locally-made short film thrillers will premiere under the umbrella title DOGHOUSE at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, at 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2009.

We can’t read it very well, but everything indicates that a hep Frenchman understood enough of the tomfoolery present in THORAXX II: THE BREEDING to recommend it.

The stars of Mongoose Productions seem to revolve around Morgan Orion and the Constellations. Their new music video is proof positive.

Shot in Pekin, IL, the new Western THE SHOWDOWN will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray by North American Motion Pictures on April 21, 2009.