C-U Blogfidential

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the signing of veteran actor Hal Holbrook to appear at LincolnFest in downtown Champaign on March 12-15, 2009. Also, your editor bitches about ill-chosen words by well-meaning people.

Interview on Champaign Web site SmilePolitely.com with Joshua Caudle, the new owner of the Lorraine Theatre in Hoopeston, IL.

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at Shatterglass Studios in Urbana, IL, on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions abscond with moolah to beautify WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, October 13, 2008.

Article in Bloomington daily The Pantagraph about the taping of a television special at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in downtown Bloomington, IL, called SKATING FOR LIFE BENEFITING SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE, that will air on the NBC network Saturday, October 25, 2008.

Huntress, a cyborg warrior from the future, arrives in the present to stop the spread of an alien collective consciousness in ROBOGIRL, a mobisode series just released on DVD by Champaign’s Dark Maze Studios.

Boardman’s Art Theatre in Champaign, IL, is playing the Sundance Film Festival winner TROUBLE THE WATER from October 6, 2008, through October 9, 2008, with directors Carl Deal, Jr., and Tia Lessin in attendance.

Coming Soon: Sixth annual AEMS Asian Film Festival @ Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/3-5/08), THE VISITOR @ Normal Theater, Normal, IL (10/4-5/08), IPRH Film Series @ 62 Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/9-11/13/08), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW @ Avon Theater, Decatur, IL (10/24-25/08), and Fourth annual Tournees French Film Festival @ Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/31-11/6/08).

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions make a mint to embellish WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 29, 2008.

Bruce Campbell, man of action and slayer of Deadites, will accompany his new film MY NAME IS BRUCE to the Avon Theater in downtown Decatur, IL, on Monday, December 1, 2008. Be there or be very, very square.

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the hiring of program coordinator Kate Brickman to oversee the transformation of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign basic cable station UI-7 to an academic and community-oriented service.

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up even more cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 22, 2008.

This weekend, the Illinois Independent Film Festival hosts THE LIFELINE: TRILOGY and NEAR MISS up in St. Charles, IL, while the Route 66 Film Festival welcomes SAMSARA 2 and THE TRANSIENT over in Springfield, IL. Why are you still sitting in front of your computer right now?

We think the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is VH1’s ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS. We know the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is in need of production staff.

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up some cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Sunday, September 14, 2008.