Calendar du C-U: July 8-14
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
7/8/16-7/14/16
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Tuesday, July 12: Michael Wiese (author, Onward & Upward) … celebrate!
FLICKER OF THE WEEK
We’re stumped, dearest readers. It is most likely because we keep enacting incomprehensible violence and enforcing societal division upon one another. What the hell is wrong with the people who willingly eradicate others and the quarters in our world that enable if not encourage it? Be kind and respectful to your neighbors, especially those black lives who absolutely matter yet suffer from the incessant effects of privilege and racism, for it will take all of us to work towards a better, happier, and inclusive future. Don’t let the over-simplifications of our ills as expressed in click-bait headlines, Twitter hash tags, Facebook memes, YouTube videos, and other knee-jerk Internet outrage discourage you from looking deeper, listening harder, thinking critically, and acting constructively, even if it means stepping foot outside your comfort zone. An unconditional, non-romantic, beyond-religious love for the people of planet Earth is the best special effect we could achieve if we are willing to improve our technique a thousandfold. Every single day, let’s bring out the best version of ourselves that can be mustered and reenergize our compassion for humanity and the greater good. Please. Please.
Among other reasons, this unease is why the entertainment options listed in today’s Calendar simply don’t look very enticing to us. (It does not help when both new wide-release movies, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS and MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, come off as instantly expendable in their respective trailers and Tuesday’s home video crop should be collectively rated “G” for “Generic.”) If we must draw cinematic straws out of the bunch to recommend, we’ll hand honorary “FOW” to: the lushly animated French-Belgian adventure APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD (GKids) from directors Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, which plays the Normal Theater in Normal on Fri., 7/8, and Sun., 7/10, at 7 p.m., the Western classic THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (MGM) starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen and directed by John Sturges, showing at the Little Lorraine in Hoopeston from 7/8 to 7/10, and the too-timely future shock thriller THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (Universal Pictures) from returning director/writer James DeMonaco, still bringing the on-screen-only anarchy to multiplexes including the Carmike 13 to our north and Goodrich Savoy 16 to our south.
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: THE BFG (7/8 on), “Big Screen Noir” series feat. THE KILLING (7/8, 7/9, 10 p.m.; 7/10, 11:30 a.m.; 7/14, 10 p.m.), “Smart Kids” series feat. BOY & THE WORLD (7/9, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m., free), WEINER (7/10, 7/13, 10 p.m.), THE LOBSTER (7/11, 7/12, 10 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Reel Deals presents “America (Heck Yeah!)” feat. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (7/12, 7/14, 7 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3-D & 2-D), THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (7/8 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD (7/8, 7/10, 7 p.m.), ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (7/8, 10:30 p.m.), TALE OF TALES (7/9, 7 p.m.), THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (7/12, 7 p.m.), jazz concert feat. Adam Larson (7/13, 5:30 p.m., free), WJBC presents INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (7/14, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: FINDING DORY, THE BFG (Screen 1), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (Screen 2) (7/8 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL: MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3-D & 2-D), THE BFG , FINDING DORY, FREE STATE OF JONES, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (7/8 on), CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, THE SHALLOWS (7/8-7/13), THE SMURFS 2 (7/9, 7/12, 10 a.m.), GHOSTBUSTERS (7/14, 9:20 p.m. (standard), 9:40 p.m. (3-D))
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (7/8-7/10, 7/13)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (7/8-7/10), RIO 2 (7/9, 11 a.m., free)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (Screen 1), THE BFG, FINDING DORY (Screen 2) (7/8-7/10), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (Screen 1), FINDING DORY (Screen 2) (7/11-7/14)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960; 7/8-7/10)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3-D & 2-D), SULTAN, THE BFG, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, FINDING DORY, FREE STATE OF JONES, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (3-D & 2-D), THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR, THE SHALLOWS (7/8 on), MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (7/14, 10 a.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3-D & 2-D), THE BFG, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (IMAX 3-D & 2-D), FINDING DORY, FREE STATE OF JONES, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR, THE SHALLOWS, SWISS ARMY MAN (7/8 on), Goodrich presents “Flashback Cinema” feat. JURASSIC PARK (7/10, 7/13, 2 & 7 p.m.), ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP (7/11, 7/12, 10 a.m.), Fathom Events and RiffTrax.com present “MST3K Reunion Show” (7/12, 7 p.m., encore presentation), Fathom Events presents Metropolitan Opera: La Bohéme (7/13, 7 p.m., encore presentation), Fathom Events, SpectiCast, and Nexo Digital present “Art & Architecture in Cinema: The Papal Basilicas in Rome” (7/14, 7 p.m.), GHOSTBUSTERS (7/14, 7 & 9:50 p.m. (IMAX 3-D), 7:15 p.m. (standard))
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3-D & 2-D), THE BFG (3-D & 2-D), FINDING DORY, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (3-D & 2-D), THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (7/8 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: I SAW THE LIGHT, THE FAMILY FANG, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, THE ADDERALL DIARIES, DEAR ELEANOR, TERM LIFE, CABIN FEVER (2016), HOUSE OF CARDS (s4), more! (7/5 on)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (7/8-7/10, 7/12)
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
NEW! 7/19: Champaign Movie Makers meeting
@ WILL-TV, Campbell Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
NEW! 8/13: 4th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competitions + Awards Gala*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 2 & 6 p.m.
9/6: Blu-ray release: GRANDVIEW, U.S.A.*
+ Kino Lorber Studio Classics, New York, NY
10/21-10/23: 2nd annual Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
10/22: Normal Short Film Fest*
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
NEW! 10/30: 7th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
11/4-5: 15th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
NEW! 4/19-23, 2017: 19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
8/4: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE; 8/21: “Quad Day” edition – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Monticello Parks & Recreation presents “Monticello Movie Nights”
@ downtown location TBA, Monticello, IL, activities 6-8 p.m., film 8 p.m., free
7/15: THE PEANUTS MOVIE; 7/29: INSIDE OUT; 8/5: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
UPDATE! The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
7/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY; 9/17: CASABLANCA; 10/24-10/28: “Five Nights of Hitch!” feat VERTIGO, THE BIRDS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, REAR WINDOW, PSYCHO; 11/26: Reader’s Choice TBA; 12/12-12/17: “The Best Christmas Movies Ever!” feat. THE BISHOP’S WIFE, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/21/17: DRACULA; 2/4/17: SWING TIME; 3/25/17: THE GENERAL; 4/15/17: DUCK SOUP; 5/27/17: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24/17: HIGH NOON; 7/22/17: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26/17: THE WIZARD OF OZ
Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce presents “2016 Movies in the Park Series”
@ Wabash Park, Rantoul, IL, dusk
7/15: INSIDE OUT; 8/12: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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