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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\/3: Tom Sizemore, 61 (actor, THE DRUNK, Green Apple Entertainment, Boca Raton, FL)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Money is funny, but I take it seriously when I find out where it\u2019s needed. First, the Huston family has launched a crowdsourcing campaign so they can replace much of the well-worn customer seating at the venerable Avon Theatre<\/strong> in downtown Decatur<\/strong>; follow this link if you can help a Head Honcho<\/strong> out!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n And then, we\u2019re seeing the social media outreach from two camps that are seeking outside support for their ventures. Naperville<\/strong>-based Acrostar Films<\/strong> needs finishing funds for their most recent low-budget romp called DESPERATE SOULS<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, a Gothic \u201chorror romance\u201d filmed mere weeks ago in downstate Paxton<\/strong>, which is scheduled to premiere mere weeks from now at the Princess Theater<\/strong> in downstate LeRoy<\/strong> on Sat., May 6<\/strong>. What can we say? Acrostar and creator S.J. Hermann<\/strong> work fast as their follow-up, ATTACK OF THE CORN ZOMBIES<\/strong>, is set to be filmed in May as well.<\/p>\n Also moving towards production after a very long gestation period is WITH CHILD<\/strong>, the next and certainly largest effort to date from Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> genre director and writer Jeff Kacmarynski<\/strong> (ESSENCE<\/strong>); his team has announced a \u201csecond trimester\u201d campaign for $50,000 to afford production costs<\/a><\/span> after completing a successful $10,000 \u201cfirst trimester\u201d push for funding to secure talent such as Eileen Deetz<\/strong> (THE EXORCIST<\/strong> 1973), Lynn Lowry<\/strong> (THE CRAZIES<\/strong> 1973), and Tamara Glynn<\/strong> (TERRIFIER 2<\/strong>). According to notes in the campaigns as well as on Facebook<\/strong>, WITH CHILD<\/strong> is intended to go before the cameras in Illinois<\/strong> this May. You can read a CUBlog<\/span><\/strong> interview with Kacmarynski from 2021 here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n To conclude on what feels like a losing cause for the long haul, news outlets reported the price of the Art Theater<\/strong> building in downtown Champaign has been reduced<\/a><\/span> by Kraft Properties<\/strong> to just under $1 million from the original asking price of $1.5 million. Ugh<\/em>. In a pair of Twin Cities<\/strong> filled to the brim with intelligent folks, avid movie lovers, and pro-local business mavens, the Art is apparently a Pandora\u2019s box no one wants to try and reopen. What the fuck happened, C-U, other than what we think<\/em> we already know?<\/p>\n \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>
\n65, CHAMPIONS, SCREAM VI, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, COCAINE BEAR, CREED III, DEMON SLAYER: TO THE SWORDSMITH VILLAGE (anim\u00e9; Japanese or English language), JESUS REVOLUTION, OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE* (3\/10 on), Academy Awards contenders: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN* (3\/10), WOMEN TALKING* (3\/10), TRIANGLE OF SADNESS* (3\/11), EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (3\/11, 3\/13-3\/16), ELVIS* (3\/11), T\u00c1R* (3\/12), THE FABELMANS* (3\/12), and TOP GUN: MAVERICK* (3\/12), SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (3\/16 on) *single shows daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSpring 2023 Weekend Films\u201d feat. STRANGE WORLD (3\/10-3\/11, 7 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\n65, CHAMPIONS, SCREAM VI, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, COCAINE BEAR, CREED III, DEMON SLAYER: TO THE SWORDSMITH VILLAGE* (anim\u00e9; Japanese or English language), JESUS REVOLUTION, OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (3\/10 on), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990) (3\/12, 3 & 7 p.m.; 3\/15, 7 p.m.), COME OUT IN JESUS\u2019 NAME (religious documentary) (3\/13, 7 p.m.), SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (3\/16 on) *single shows daily<\/p>\n