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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 8\/6: Jason Cerezo (co-owner, ThirdSide, Champaign, IL)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n The feast-or-famine publishing routine will continue on CUBlog<\/span><\/strong> as Ye Ed<\/strong> concurrently does the hard time to strengthen his work-for-pay load and lead Ma JaPan<\/strong>\u2019s estate to its foregone conclusion, which in large part involves his effort to purchase Momkoke Manor<\/strong> from said estate. Wish him luck and please refrain from dishing him crap if our coverage is a bit spare in between Calendars<\/strong> for a while. Additionally, he\u2019s taking a weekend trip because he hasn\u2019t seen any<\/em> family members since the end of January. \u201cHasta la bye bye<\/em> until next week,\u201d he told us to tell you. Decisions, decisions. We haven\u2019t filed a three-and-out Report<\/strong> in the purest and briefest sense for quite a few fortnights, so maybe it\u2019s the perfect week to play that hand and allow Mr. JaPan<\/strong> to get out of Mendota<\/strong> in his Dodge Dart<\/strong> while the gettin\u2019 is good.<\/p>\n To that end, we caught wind from the University of Illinois Press<\/strong> that Cynthia Baron<\/strong> has signed on as the new editor for the long-running Journal of Film and Video<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>; out now is her first issue, vol. 75 no. 2<\/strong>, and in an introductory interview<\/a><\/span> the author and Bowling Green State University<\/strong> professor speaks about the scholarly long-form writing that she is expecting to curate. And then, we checked on a whim the current activity of Gemelli Films<\/strong>, the New York<\/strong>-based indie behind the PureFlix<\/strong> exclusive BAKING UP LOVE<\/strong><\/a><\/span> that was shot in downstate Morton<\/strong>, and found this candle branded after the movie<\/a><\/span> in an Etsy<\/strong> shop promoting the company\u2019s releases. Why<\/em> a candle? Why \u2026 not?<\/em> Given last week\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, it\u2019s novel among local film novelties. Finally, the projectors have apparently been dimmed for good at the Landmark Cinemas<\/strong> multiplex in Peoria<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and former customers are letting fly with their opinions as to why, some of them not complimentary<\/a><\/span>; built as an attraction at the Landmark Recreation Center<\/strong>, which also houses a bowling alley, athletic training center, and more, the theater first opened in December 1979<\/strong> with KRAMER VS. KRAMER, THE ROSE<\/strong>, and ROLLER BOOGIE<\/strong> as pictured on Cinema Treasures<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. By contrast, the Route 34 Drive-in<\/strong> of Earlville<\/strong>, which had been dark since the end of the 2022 season due to the passing of its owner, Ron Magnoni, Jr.<\/strong>, reopened for business last weekend<\/a><\/span> with BARBIE<\/strong> and THE FLASH<\/strong>; new stewards Paul<\/strong> and Shelley Bottomley<\/strong> are profiled by the LaSalle News-Tribune<\/span><\/strong> here<\/a><\/span>. Good luck to them!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ Champaign Fire Station 5, 1810 N. Mattis Ave., Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong>
\nHUNTING FOR THE HAG* screening w\/filmmakers (8\/9, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nMEG 2: THE TRENCH, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (animation), BARBIE, HAUNTED MANSION, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE \u2013 DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE, OPPENHEIMER, SOUND OF FREEDOM, TALK TO ME (8\/4 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: PRINCESS MONONOKE (anim\u00e9) (8\/5, 3 p.m., 8\/8, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 8\/6, 3 & 7 p.m., 8\/7, 7 p.m., 8\/9, 7 p.m., English dub), SHREK 2 (8\/9, 12 p.m.), JAILER (in Tamil with English sub) (8\/9 on), JULES, THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (8\/10 on)<\/p>\n
\nMEG 2: THE TRENCH, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (animation), THEATER CAMP, BARBIE, ELEMENTAL (animation), HAUNTED MANSION, INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE \u2013 DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE, OPPENHEIMER, SOUND OF FREEDOM, TALK TO ME (8\/4 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: PRINCESS MONONOKE (anim\u00e9) (8\/5, 3 p.m., 8\/8, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 8\/6, 4 & 7 p.m., 8\/7, 7 p.m., 8\/9, 7 p.m., English dub), INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (8\/6-8\/10), THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (8\/6, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/9, 7 p.m.), SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (animation) (8\/7-8\/10, 12:15 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville<\/span> (8\/9, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded in 2006), Drum Corps International 2023: Big, Loud & Live (music performance) (8\/10, 5:30 p.m., simulcast)<\/p>\n
\nChampaign Park District presents \u201cThursday Night Flix\u201d feat. PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (8\/10, 8:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSummer Films on the Quad\u201d feat. THE LITTLE MERMAID (8\/10, 9 p.m., free)<\/p>\n