Hart D. Fisher plans on stomping the grounds of Champaign-Urbana once again, trailed by a fellow filmmaker hired to document the early Boneyard Press/GARBAGE MAN days and all the murder and mayhem they entailed.
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Numerous sources report that science fiction memorabilia collector Forrest J Ackerman, the original editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, has passed away.
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There’s lots of unique movie events this month in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond. Why not stop reading this cheeky little blurb and go read the detailed post instead? You might like it.
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Bruce Campbell, man of action and slayer of Deadites, will accompany his new film MY NAME IS BRUCE to the Avon Theater in downtown Decatur, IL, on Monday, December 1, 2008. Be there or be very, very square.
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EXTRA! Interview with the director of THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY.
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The official Web site for the upcoming documentary, THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY, is scheduled to go live Monday, December 24, 2007.
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Former C-U artistic troublemaker Hart D. Fisher swears that his C-U horror movie, THE GARBAGE MAN, is thisclose to terrorizing a video store near you … and hopefully not just ones in C-U.
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The 11th Annual Martirano Award Concert, taking place on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL, will revive Salvatore Martirano’s mixed-media piece “L’s G.A.” and feature an excerpt from an upcoming documentary on his life.
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“Scary Monsters” magazine reprints your editor’s very first freelance article in the “Svengoolie” issue currently on newsstands.
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Come & Gone: Allyson Mitchell residence at Unit One/Allen Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/4-8/07), Illini Film & Video’s DEATH SHOT viewing party at the English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/5/07), and the Monumental Film Festival at the Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/6/07).
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Reviews of SHOT from Champaign-Urbana, IL.
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Roger Ebert waxes psychedelic over BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, new to DVD, while “Sirens of Cinema” magazine runs freelance words by your editor.
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