C-U Blogfidential

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?

Dark Maze Studios of Champaign, IL, gets pixely with it as they bring their animated Webisode series PRESS START ADVENTURES to your home entertainment system via DVD.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we invoke the “Short Form” clause out of necessity while re-gifting our weekly Calendar feature listing the movies now playing/renting near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We have yet another Dreamscape Cinema cover design to debut! For round three of the company’s 2012 outpouring, Vanguard Cinema releases key artwork that will adorn the national DVD release of ACT YOUR AGE on December 20.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we encourage you to act on ACT YOUR AGE, thaw out a bit about SNOWBOUND, relay a potential paying gig pitched by Bogdan Heretoui, and slightly massage the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we note a Champaign Movie Makers changeover, find myriad digital products with local ties, give a last-minute nod to THE DYING BREED, and list the movies now playing/renting near you!