Calendar: August 21-27, 2020
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
8/23: Luke Boyce (creative director, Shatterglass Studios, Champaign, IL)
8/23: Shannon Beranek (copy editor, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Reopening August 27.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE OUTPOST, MILITARY WIVES, GHOSTS OF WAR, PREVENGE, EMPEROR, I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION, THE TERROR (s2), BATWOMAN (s1), more! (8/18 on)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Closed through August 2021.
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
Reopening September 3.
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Reopening September 3.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
UNHINGED, BACK TO THE FUTURE, JAWS, JURASSIC PARK (3-D) (8/21-8/23)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
CADDYSHACK (8/22, 9 p.m., outdoors @ Palace Park)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
GREMLINS, THE LOST BOYS (Screen 1), WORKING MAN (Screen 2, 8:15 p.m.), THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Screen 2, 10:45 p.m.) (8/21), GREMLINS, THE LOST BOYS (Screen 1), THE BREAKFAST CLUB, SIXTEEN CANDLES (Screen 2) (8/22-8/23), THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (Screen 1), ZOOTOPIA (Screen 2) (8/24-8/26)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
NOW OPEN! @ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
DOLITTLE (8/21-8/23)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: BEATS, CREEM: AMERICA’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGAZINE (through 8/27), MY DOG STUPID, REPRESENT (8/21-9/3) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
FOOTLOOSE (1984), GREASE (8/21-8/23)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
UNHINGED, THE RENTAL (Screen 1), ZOOTOPIA, THE AVENGERS (Screen 2) (8/21-8/22)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
INCEPTION, UNHINGED, WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS, BACK TO THE FUTURE, GROWN UPS, JURASSIC PARK, SHREK (8/21 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, INCEPTION, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, UNHINGED, WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS (8/21-8/23, 8/26-8/27), “Drive-In Week” outdoor screenings: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (8/21-8/22)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, as well as cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 9/4-9/5
7th annual Flatlands Dance Film Festival
@ University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (virtual event)
NEW! 9/24-10/4
38th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL (virtual event)
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
9/8-9/11, 2021
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ TBA, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
8/28: STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER; 9/4: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF; 9/11: FORREST GUMP; 9/25: TITANIC; 10/2: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 10/9: UP; 10/16: PRETTY WOMAN; 10/23: PULP FICTION; 10/30: JURASSIC PARK; 11/6: MALCOLM X; 11/13: CLUELESS; 11/20: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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