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Get your Nick's Pix tix for Body Double HERE ($9 regular price, $7 for seniors!) Okay, buckle up, people. This is going to be a very special  night. On Wednesday, November 12th at 7:00 p.m. , I’m hosting another Brian De Palma masterpiece at the Lake Theater in Oak Park . And we’re going full-blown bonkers with his gloriously insane 1984 sex thriller masterpiece: Body Double . But wait, there’s more. This screening is also doubling as an official launch party for my new bo

Join me for Carrie , a very Special Nick's Pix Screening  on Wednesday, October 8th, at 7 p.m. in Oak Park! Tickets are only $9 ($7 for seniors!) Get your tix HERE! Okay... I am unbelievably excited about this. My next 'Nick’s Pix' screening at the beautiful Classic Cinemas Lake Theater  in Oak Park is one of the all-time greats: Brian De Palma ’s Carrie , the 1976 horror masterpiece that still hits like a telekinetic sledgehammer nearly 50 years later. And this screening? I

The 4th of July is right around the corner, and you know what that means: fireworks. Lots and lots of fireworks. Maybe you're headed to a big show—something elaborate and professional over Navy Pier here in Chicago, or bursting across the sky above Grant Park while a John Philip Sousa march blares in the background. Or maybe it's a baseball game, and the fireworks fly after the final out. That’s all great—classic, beautiful, family-friendly explosions in the sky. Then ther

The "Mission: Impossible" Movies Ranked – By a Fan Who Loves Them All With the release of what might be the eighth and final entry in the Mission: Impossible  series, I figured now was the perfect time to do what any self-respecting action movie lunatic would do—rank 'em. Now let me be absolutely clear right from the top: I love this franchise. LOVE. As in, deeply, passionately, unapologetically. In my opinion, Mission: Impossible  is the greatest action franchise of all time

My beloved Film Critic Pants are on—jealous??? I am ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, May 23rd, 2025. 1) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING Let's call it like it is: Mission: Impossible  is the best action franchise in movie history. Period. No debate. And with The Final Reckoning , the eighth (and likely final) installment in the series, we get a thrilling, heartfelt, visually stunning, and emotionally satisfying

The Best Villain Performances from John Lithgow. I think we can all agree that John Lithgow is one of the best actors on the planet. A guy with incredible amounts of talent who can do absolutely anything—comedy, drama, heroes, villains, you name it. He’s one of the most versatile actors working today, with a career that has spanned decades, covering everything from stage to film to television. Lithgow started out as a phenomenal stage actor, and his work on Broadway is legen