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Michelle Pfeiffer . Just saying her name makes me smile. I’m not even kidding. Let me start right there, because I don’t want to ease into this one. Michelle Pfeiffer is one of my favorite actresses on the planet, and I’ve been in love with her work since 1980 when I saw her in The Hollywood Knights , that ridiculous, kind of wonderful, kind of trashy, kind of awesome knockoff of American Graffiti with Tony Danza and Robert Wuhl and Fran Drescher and Stuart Pankin . She’s

On Wednesday, December 10th at 7:00 p.m., I’m beyond thrilled to present a very special edition of Classic Cinemas 'Nick's Pix' at the beautiful Lake Theater in Oak Park: a big-screen 4K screening of one of the greatest Batman movies ever made: Tim Burton’ s twisted, hilarious, and gloriously Gothic masterpiece Batman Returns . And yeah, I said one of the greatest… but let’s be real: for 30 years, this was my favorite Batman movie of all time. It held the top spot for th

Every year, people around the world gather in front of their TVs, big-screen home theaters, or laptops to watch their favorite Christmas movies. Everyone has their favorite Christmas or Holiday movies; some are perennial choices that appear on Best Of lists every year. Obvious stuff like "It's a Wonderful Life," "White Christmas," "Miracle on 34th Street," "A Christmas Carol," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "Christmas in Connecticut," "The Bishop's Wife," "The Shop Around the Corner

After I saw the terrific "Alien: Romulus" last week, I began to think about movie sequels that are actually better than the original film. Now, my thinking gets complicated here (because I am an idiot, and I always make things harder than they should be) and because I actually DON'T think that "Alien: Romulus" is better than the original "Alien." However, I DO think that it's better than "Aliens," the second film in the series which - bear with me - most people think is bette