Once again, it’s time for another 'Nick’s Pix' Screening at the beautiful Lake Theater in Oak Park, and I have to tell you, I’m especially excited about this one. Not only is it happening just a couple of days after my birthday (which means I’ll basically be celebrating with all of you) but the movie we’re gathering to watch is one of the greatest science fiction films of the 21st century and, without question, one of Christopher Nolan’s finest achievements. On Wednesday, Jul

Once again, it’s time to talk about my monthly 'Nick’s Pix' screening at the beautiful Lake Theater in Oak Park, and this month I am unbelievably excited because we are bringing back to the big screen one of the funniest, smartest, most outrageous, most offensive, and most brilliant movie musicals ever made. Yes, on Wednesday, June 10th at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Theater in Oak Park, I will be hosting a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Trey Parker and Matt Stone

It is once again time for my monthly 'Nick’s Pix' screening at the beautiful Lake Theater in Oak Park, and this one…this one is a big one for me. It’s May, summer is right around the corner, and I wanted to kick things off early with something fun, something loud, something nostalgic, something that absolutely kills with an audience. So I went back 45 years (to the summer of 1981) and picked one of my all-time favorite comedies. We are celebrating the 45th anniversary of Stri

Well, it’s April, which means it’s springtime. And around here, that can only mean one thing: Springtime for Hitler . Yes, I am unbelievably excited to be hosting one of my favorite comedies of all time, one of Mel Brooks ’ greatest movies, and one of the most outrageous directorial debuts in film history, The Producers , on Wednesday, April 8th at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Theater in Oak Park as part of my 'Nick’s Pix' series. And believe me, if there was ever a movie built to

It’s that time again. My favorite time of the month. The second Wednesday, when I get to take over the big house at the Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park , pick a movie I love, put it on the biggest screen possible, introduce it, and watch it the way it deserves to be seen. And now, on top of all that, these screenings have become book-signing nights too, which still kind of blows my mind. So yes, you can come see the movie, you can come talk movies with me, and you c

There are movies that entertain you, movies that move you, movies that scare you, and then there are movies that crawl under your skin, set up permanent residence, and refuse to let you off the hook. David Cronenberg ’s Crash is absolutely one of those movies. This is not the terrible 2004 Oscar-winning embarrassment with Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon . No, no, no. This is the real Crash . The 1996 David Cronenberg adaptation of J. G. Ballard ’s profoundly disturbing, deep