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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 6\/25: Aaron Polk (blogger, Cinematic Rabbit Hole<\/span>, Rantoul, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Looks like we have a three-peat this week, aficionados, with three timely topics to check out for the third week straight! First up is a brand-new venture from sisters Chasadee<\/strong> and Shatyra Hawkins<\/strong> of Urbana<\/strong> called Chambana Backyard Movies<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, which provides clients with a giant inflatable screen, sound system, and more for that perfect night in \u2013 meaning, outside and in the dark while watching a favorite flick! WCIA-TV<\/strong> aired a brief segment on Monday<\/a><\/span> about their service. Back to brick-and-mortar showbiz, we noticed that Pens to Lens<\/strong> is absent from the new season announced for the Virginia Theatre<\/strong> and presume it will be a livestreamed event like a year ago<\/a><\/span>. The deadline for student-made films to be entered remains next Wednesday, June 30<\/strong>, so be sure to review the competition rules at their website<\/a><\/span>, kids, and contact them by writing students [at] penstolens [dot] com<\/strong> if there are last-minute questions or a need for an extension. To end as the weekend begins, former playwright and C-U theater mainstay Aaron Polk<\/strong> devotes his keyboard time lately to drafting essays on the cinema, fortified with keen observation and fleshed out with honest personal asides, for his WordPress<\/strong> \u2018blog called Cinematic Rabbit Hole<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>. He also appears on the locally produced Mashley at the Movies<\/span><\/strong> podcast. We hope his birthday today is the best.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\n6\/27: Eric Spudic (production associate, IN MEMORY OF, Wicked Pixel Cinema, St. Louis, MO)
\n6\/27: Joe Sherlock (writer\/director, CHANNEL 99, Skullface Astronaut, Corvallis, OR)
\n6\/30: Drea Aarons (multimedia artist, Art of Drea Aarons, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
\n7\/1: Michael Juvinall (editor, Horror Patch<\/span> website, Channahon, IL)<\/p>\n
\nF9: THE FAST SAGA, 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, CRUELLA, THE HITMAN\u2019S WIFE\u2019S BODYGUARD, IN THE HEIGHTS, PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY, A QUIET PLACE PART II, THE SPARKS BROTHERS, SPIRIT UNTAMED, WRATH OF MAN (6\/25 on), ZOLA (6\/29 on), THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, THE FOREVER PURGE, SUMMER OF SOUL (7\/1 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board Presents \u201cSummer Quad Film Series\u201d feat. WONDER WOMAN 1984 (7\/1, 9 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nF9: THE FAST SAGA, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, CRUELLA, THE HITMAN\u2019S WIFE\u2019S BODYGUARD, IN THE HEIGHTS, PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY, QUEEN BEES, A QUIET PLACE PART II, SPIRIT UNTAMED (6\/25 on), Turner Classic Movies presents THE BIRDCAGE 25th anniversary (6\/27, 3 & 7 p.m.; 6\/28, 7 p.m.), MEAN GIRLS (6\/27 3 & 6 p.m.; 6\/30, 7 p.m.), THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, MINIONS (6\/28-7\/1, 10 a.m.), ZOLA (6\/30 on), THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, THE FOREVER PURGE (7\/1 on)<\/p>\n