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Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential <\/span><\/strong> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed<\/strong><\/p>\n 3\/13: Robert Picklesimer, 66 (founder, Creative Dramatics Workshop, Sidney\/Homer, IL)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n MFHQ MEMO | From I\u2019ve been telling myself for the last few years that I should conclude the Calendar<\/strong> at the 10-year mark this summer and spend my time on other content for C-U Blogfidential <\/span><\/strong>. It\u2019s a mainstay that ultimately repeats information our readers could pull up on a computer or smart phone from various sources. On the flip side, gathering it here ensures a nuance and context to the information that can\u2019t be manufactured, especially since I\u2019ve offered it weekly with few breaks since 2010. It is a structured and compact way of tracking the ebb and flow of the movies in Champaign<\/strong>, Urbana<\/strong>, and the cities beyond if one would want to backtrack and skim through it over months or years. Never have I ever claimed that it is an absolute record \u2013 plenty of one-off shows and departmental presentations have escaped me, damn it \u2013 although it is seasoned with the flavor of film fare that finds a place in the C-U whether we ask for it or not. What I could not<\/em> have predicted coming into this theoretical home stretch of the Calendar<\/strong> is to see it practically stripped bare of anything<\/em> pertinent. The most popular booking, starting today, is \u201cclosed for the week.\u201d For the sake of the public interest and our health<\/span><\/a>, I have no arguments and plan to crawl through the ramifications and mind-bogglers in an article posting next week. The cinema is a vital scope in our society, allowing us to see that which ails and enriches us from the inside out; I have guarded confidence it will spring back strong in the public sphere even if its overall form is not quite what we\u2019re accustomed to. That may be justification enough to continue the Calendar<\/strong> so when our present is in the socially distant past, we can use the entries to study and pick apart the ways in how it is rebuilt, screen by screen.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional \u201cNow Playing\u201d and \u201cComing Soon\u201d listings appear after the jump!<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL<\/strong> @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL<\/strong> @ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong>Chambana<\/del> Mendota with Love<\/del> Astonishment<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nJUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, RICHARD JEWELL, BLACK CHRISTMAS, SUPERMAN: RED SON, LITTLE JOE, JOHN HENRY, THE ASSENT, WAITING FOR ANYA, AMITYVILLE ISLAND, more! (3\/17 on)<\/p>\n
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\nEMMA., THE WAY BACK, THE CALL OF THE WILD, THE HUNT, I STILL BELIEVE, ONWARD (3\/20-3\/22)<\/p>\n
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