Calendar: May 21-27, 2021
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!
5/21: Katherine Bokenkamp (actress, HUNTER, Malachi Entertainment, Urbana, IL)
5/25: David Gracon, Ph.D. (assistant professor of integrated media, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA)
5/26: Lana Hinshaw-Klann (photojournalist, WBBM Channel 2 (CBS), Chicago, IL)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, FINDING YOU, GODZILLA VS. KONG, PROFILE, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, WRATH OF MAN (5/21 on), MORTAL KOMBAT (5/21-5/24, 5/26), SCOOB! (5/21-5/22, 3:30 p.m.; 5/23, 4 p.m.; 5/25, 7 p.m.), SHREK FOREVER AFTER (5/21, 3:45 p.m.), TROLLS WORLD TOUR (5/21, 3:45 p.m.; 5/22, 1:15 p.m.), TOM & JERRY (5/21, 6 p.m.), BACK TO THE FUTURE (5/21, 6:30 p.m.; 5/22, 1:15 p.m.), JURASSIC WORLD (5/21, 7 p.m.), CRUELLA, A QUIET PLACE PART II (5/27 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
DREAM HORSE, THE COURIER, DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, FINDING YOU, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MINARI, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, PROFILE, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, SEPARATION, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, THE UNHOLY (5/21 on), STAND BY ME 35th Anniversary (5/23, 3 & 7 p.m.; 5/26, 7 p.m.), TRADING PLACES (5/23, 3 p.m.; 5/27, 6 p.m.), CRUELLA, A QUIET PLACE PART II (5/27 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ABOVE SUSPICION, THE FATHER, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY, more! (5/18 on) Online rentals
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
SCOOB!, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, WRATH OF MAN (5/21-5/23, 5/27)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Closed for remodeling.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, WRATH OF MAN (5/21-5/23)
@ The Devon G. Buffett Amphitheater, Decatur, IL
Decatur Park District and Scott State Bank present “Movies in the Park” feat. ONWARD (5/22, sunset)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
BRIDESMAIDS (5/22, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
JUMANJI, HOOK (Screen 1), BACK TO THE FUTURE, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Screen 2) (5/21, 5/23), “Encore Drive-in Nights” presents Bon Jovi (5/22)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS (5/21-5/23), FORBIDDEN PLANET (5/22-5/23)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
GREMLINS, BEETLEJUICE (5/21-5/23)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
SCOOB!, PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (5/21), “Encore Drive-in Nights” presents Bon Jovi (5/22) (Screen 1), SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, SEPARATION (5/21-5/22) (Screen 2)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
DREAM HORSE, SCOOB!, THE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, GODZILLA VS. KONG, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD (5/21 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
SCOOB!, FOUR GOOD DAYS, MORTAL KOMBAT, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, WRATH OF MAN (5/21 on)
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
6/10-6/13
31st Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/8-9/11
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
10/22-10/23
Dark History and Horror Convention’s Screaming Mad Film Festival 2.1
@ I Hotel and Conference Center, UIUC, Champaign, IL
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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