In a restructuring effort by new ownership, the Goodrich Quality Theaters chain has decided to let go of the Savoy 16 IMAX in Savoy, IL. It could reopen if another tenant-operator fills the void.
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Select movie listings for July 17-23, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Select movie listings for July 10-16, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Singing words of wisdom, the numerous folks behind a new audio/video rendition of “Let it Be” want their Champaign-Urbana neighbors to feel better about our future and invest in the care of others.
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Select movie listings for July 3-9, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Nationwide consensus is that small businesses and organizations will get raked over the coals before the pandemic is over. We look at how a first-run, mixed-use, and former movie theater are doing.
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Select movie listings for June 26-July 2, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to read the MFHQ Memo!
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Self-restriction has been lifted as your humble editor rockets out the gate with fresh words on important topics and miscellany as well as dear old Dad. He might mention a few filmy things on top of that.
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Select movie listings for June 19-25, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Select movie listings for June 12-18, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Once upon a time, next to no one in our society knew how to make movies. Traveling impresarios of a century ago made sure to tease the average citizen with the possibilities in programs like ‘Making Movies.’
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Select movie listings for June 5-11, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to read the MFHQ Memo! Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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Select movie listings for May 29-June 4, 2020 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to read the MFHQ Memo!
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University of Illinois students a generation apart do their on-camera best to convince viewers that campus spirits drift among us. Their existence somewhat haunts your humble editor to this day.
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Two decades have passed since Mike Trippiedi cut loose the slasher spoof BUCKY McSNEAD on Champaign-Urbana. How will the rest of Illinois fare when THE TRUE TALE OF OLE SPLITFOOT is finally told?
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