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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 MFHQ MEMO | From It will probably be a few weeks at the least before I resume posting about the local film culture. If I write anything, it should be about current realities and projections on what comes next for yours truly and the Confidential enterprise because that is high on my hierarchy of things to deal with. As I motor past the so-called holidays and my not-celebratory 50th birthday in the effort to handle my immediate circumstance, here are a few trinkets of downstate Illinois<\/strong> cinema to engage in. The newest Route 66 Film Festival<\/strong> began on Friday, December 18<\/strong>, as an internet-only affair for which you\u2019ll find a link directly below. The last Family Video<\/strong> of our area will cease doing business at the end of Sunday, December 20<\/strong>, if corporate hasn\u2019t already shut it down. COME AWAY<\/strong>, the first live-action feature directed by area native Brenda Chapman<\/strong> (BRAVE<\/strong>) that imagines the stories of Peter Pan<\/strong> and Alice in Wonderland<\/strong> as coping mechanisms for young children with grieving parents, will be released on disc this coming Tuesday, December 22<\/strong>, after being available for streaming in recent weeks. So, partake and be satisfied, folks.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Film Festival Flix<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong> ADDED! @ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, 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 Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, 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> @ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong> @ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nChambana<\/del> Mendota with Love<\/del> Real Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n19th annual Route 66 Film Festival of Springfield (12\/18-12\/28) Tickets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nTENET, INFIDEL, FATMAN, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, THE REASON, ECHO BOOMERS, THE HEX, more! (12\/15 on), store closing \u2013 inventory sale<\/em> (through 12\/20).<\/p>\n
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\nCOME AWAY, ECHO BOOMERS, FATMAN, INFIDEL, TENET, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, more! (12\/15 on) Online rentals<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nCurbside popcorn sale! (12\/18, 12-3 p.m.)<\/p>\n
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\nClosed for the week.<\/em> \u201cLiving Room Film Festival\u201d virtual screenings: JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (through 12\/25), THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (through 12\/31) Purchase<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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