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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 MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n 4\/24: Ron Bonk (producer\/distributor, SRS Cinema, Syracuse, NY) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 15 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Saturday, April 22, 2006:<\/em> The University of Illinois<\/strong> students of Illini Film & Video<\/strong> premiere their feature length horror-comedy, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY<\/strong>. Involving dozens of undergraduates and taking the better part of two academic years to finish, MUMMY<\/strong> plays at 7<\/strong> and 9 p.m.<\/strong> in the lecture auditorium of Noyes Laboratory<\/strong> on the UI Main Quad<\/strong>, with an encore set for the following afternoon at the UI Spurlock Museum<\/strong> a few blocks away. The prerequisite DVD of this project, envisioned by IFV president Chris Lukeman<\/strong> as a way to encourage club members to work together as a team and try out multiple roles on a single production, would debut the next month and become a long-standing ice breaker for incoming freshmen unfamiliar with the group. In recent years, MUMMY<\/strong> has been in permanent late-night rotation on UI-7<\/strong>, the broadcasting service of the university. As reported on 4\/15\/06, 4\/21\/06, 5\/14\/06 at <\/em>CUBlog<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[R]<\/strong> 15 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Sunday, April 23, 2006:<\/em> BrainSmart Productions<\/strong>, a townie collective led by lo-fi filmmakers Jason Butler<\/strong> and Mark Peaslee<\/strong>, unleashes \u201cEpisode 2\u201d of their action-filled B-movie WEREWOLF CEMETERY<\/strong>. The program introducing this newest creation also features \u201cEpisode 1\u201d of the \u201cgravediggers vs. lycanthropes vs. normal folk from the big city\u201d epic, the first installment of smaller-scale series THE ADVENTURES OF THE SCREAMING APE<\/strong>, and a music video for \u201cSerrated Edge<\/strong>\u201d by The Living Blue<\/strong>, playing both this night and the next at the stroke of midnight in the beer garden of Mike \u2018n Molly\u2019s<\/strong> in downtown Champaign. Four segments total of WEREWOLF<\/strong> would eventually be made by Butler and company, although one must be tight with participants to access the full episodes as they have never been formally released on home video or uploaded for on-line streaming. This is about as underground as it gets with the films of Champaign-Urbana<\/strong>! As reported on 4\/15\/06, 4\/22\/16 at <\/em>CUBlog<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ online Zoom\/Gregory Hall room 100<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ 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> @ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL<\/strong> @ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL<\/strong> @ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong> @ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL<\/strong>
\n4\/25: Marty McKee (writer, Johnny LaRue\u2019s Crane Shot<\/span>, Chicago, IL)
\n4\/28: John Isberg (producer\/owner, Swede Films, Urbana, IL)
\n4\/29: Sophie McMahan Berkley (artist, Sophie McMahan, Urbana, IL)
\n4\/29: Shannon Swords (composer, FEATHERS, Moonwish Productions, Eugene, OR)<\/p>\n
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\nIllini Film & Video virtual meeting (4\/26, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nDEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, MORTAL KOMBAT, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, VOYAGERS (4\/23 on), BACK TO THE FUTURE (4\/24, 3 p.m.), SEPARATION (4\/29 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSpring 2021 Film Series\u201d feat. INCREDIBLES 2, The Courtyard Caf\u00e9, 1st floor (4\/23, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nDEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, MORTAL KOMBAT, THE COURIER, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MINARI, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4\/23 on), UFC 260: Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal, more (4\/24, 9 p.m., simulcast)<\/p>\n
\nVANQUISH, more! (4\/20 on) Online rentals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nMORTAL KOMBAT, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4\/23-4\/25)<\/p>\n
\nDEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, MORTAL KOMBAT, THE FATHER, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4\/23-4\/25)<\/p>\n
\nMORTAL KOMBAT, THE NOTEBOOK, GODZILLA VS. KONG (4\/23-4\/25)<\/p>\n
\nBEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991; 4\/24, 10 a.m.), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017; 4\/24, 7 p.m.), THE AVENGERS (4\/25, 2 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nMORTAL KOMBAT (Screen 1) (4\/23-4\/24), BAD BOYS (4\/23), BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (4\/24) (both Screen 2)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMINARI (4\/23-4\/25), MONDAY (4\/29), \u201cLiving Room Film Festival\u201d virtual screenings: THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION (through 5\/6), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2021 (through 5\/14, all three programs) Purchase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB (4\/23-4\/25)<\/p>\n
\nMORTAL KOMBAT, MONSTER HUNTER (Screen 1), NOBODY, THE UNHOLY (Screen 2) (4\/23-4\/24)<\/p>\n
\nMORTAL KOMBAT, TOGETHER TOGETHER, THE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4\/23 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, MORTAL KOMBAT, GODZILLA VS. KONG, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4\/23 on)<\/p>\n