Anthony Zoubek finally explains it all for the C-U Blogfidential readership. In this second entry, he recalls key moments in “Ebertfest” history.
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One man. One woman. Family. Friends. Customers. Sporks. Who says that Taco Bell nuptials don’t offer the whole enchilada?
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Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the board of directors of the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum seeking input from area firms about developing a stand-alone museum and revitalizing or selling its current home, the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Champaign.
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Tennessee filmmaker Daniel Griffith has finally launched the official Web site for his documentary, THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY.
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Anthony Zoubek finally explains it all for the C-U Blogfidential readership. In this first entry, the 10th “Ebertfest” begins.
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If a picture paints a thousand words, then what does the sight of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) hiding in the shitter with important-looking documents tell us, exactly?
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Classic and contemporary Hollywood finds a home at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign for another year, thanks to the News-Gazette’s on-going Film Series.
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Please, please, please don’t judge this UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY DVD by its cover…
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Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the Champaign Public Library in Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
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EXTRA! Interview with the director of MISTER UNDERSTANDING.
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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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Current cult cinema returns for a local encore as the Canopy Club celebrates CHRISTMAS ON MARS one last time and the Avon Theater confirms that MY NAME IS BRUCE several times over.
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One man. One woman. One unsuspecting audience baited by James Bond. Awesomeness ensues.
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Area native Dennis Neal Vaughn will premiere his new short subject, ELECTRIC CITY – FAR FROM NORMAL, at the Normal Theater in (you guessed it) Normal, IL, later tonight, Monday, December 1, 2008.
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