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Summer opens with a SHING!

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Hugh Jackman breaks out the mutant claws for the fourth time in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, playing at an Avon Theater near you!

CUZine #3 is full of free love!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Never fear, “C-U Confidential” is here! Well, almost. Find your cinema salvation in print starting tonight, April 22, 2009, at the friendly confines of the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL, during Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

CMM meets Tuesday, Apr. 21

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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, April 21, 2009.

CUZineShow to kick ass Apr. 17!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

They once called him the poor man’s Roger Ebert. They were right. Help him realize that it is not such a bad thing by attending the first-ever C-U Confidential local movie show, “Local Cinema @ Paradiso,” this Friday, April 17, 2009, from 6-10 p.m. at Caffe Paradiso in Urbana!

Marshall Canfield kicks ass, too!

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Shot in Pekin, IL, the new Western THE SHOWDOWN will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray by North American Motion Pictures on April 21, 2009.

Yes indeed, Serdar will kick ass!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

He runs! He jumps! He shoots! He chews more scenery than kabobs! He’s Serdar, and he’s on a RAMPAGE!

CUZine is toast without support

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

We didn’t think the end could be so soon. Give your favorite local film ‘zine a boost, Champaign-Urbana!

Ebertfest 2009 films revealed

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the eleventh annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

Article du C-U: Ebertfest X, pt.6

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Anthony Zoubek finally explains it all for the C-U Blogfidential readership. In this sixth entry, he tackles Tarsem’s baroque sensibilities as evidenced in THE CELL.

SP.com profiles CUBlog & JaPan

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Someone other than C-U Blogfidential found enough interest in C-U Blogfidential to write about C-U Blogfidential. Wonders never cease. We love our fans!

CMM meets Wednesday, Mar. 18

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

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 Wednesday, March 18, 2009.

CineMicroGraph 1.2 is out now!

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond won’t know what hit ’em with the return of MICRO-FILM’s “newszine,” the CineMicroGraph, as of Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

It was 10 years ago this week…

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Your editor remembers that personal success often comes in the smallest of packages.

In My Backyard: Year 4

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

C-U Blogfidential needs to step it up in tandem with Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond if there is to be actual growth during Year 4.

Article du C-U: Ebertfest X, pt.5

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Anthony Zoubek finally explains it all for the C-U Blogfidential readership. In this fifth entry, he acknowledges the good intentions of HULK but smashes its execution.