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Let's celebrate Valentine's Day early with a night of laughter, tears, and great cinema with a movie that captures the messy, beautiful chaos of love and life at my next Classic Cinemas Nick's Pix screening  on Wednesday, February 12th, at 7 PM at the Lake Theater in Oak Park! My good friend Monica Eng  from Axios Chicago  will join me as a co-host, sharing her unique connection to the film. Trust me, you don't want to miss this. "Away We Go" (2009) with John Krasinski and Ma

My next monthly Nick's Pix is Paul Schrader's  searing drama Blue Collar, one of the best films of the 1970s and features the finest performance by the great Richard Pryor . This one-night-only  screening is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, at Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park. It will feature trivia, prizes, and special guest Tom Appel from Consumer Guide Automotive. Get your tickets here! Life is very unpleasant for three Detroit auto workers and best friends (Pryo

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My next monthly Nick's Pix is Steven Spielberg 's "1941," the epic comedy with an all-star line up. This one-night-only screening is at 7pm, Wednesday, December 4th at Classic Cinemas Lake Theater in Oak Park with trivia, prizes, and fun. Get your tickets here! It's one of the craziest movies ever AND a personal favorite. "1941" is breathlessly entertaining, unapologetically loud, and completely go-for-broke in its manic depiction of the widespread hysteria that blankete

My next monthly Nick's Pix  series is the 1992 Eddie Murphy  comedy "Boomerang," directed by Reginald Hudlin , featuring an all-star lineup of comedy greats. This one-night-only screening is Wed. November 13th at Classic Cinema's Lake Theater in Oak Park. Get your tickets here! One Murphy's best movies and a personal favorite of mine. Eddie Murphy in the 1980s There was a period in the 1980s when everything Eddie Murphy touched turned to gold. He dominated the box office wit

Kate McKinnon  is a National Treasure. Of course, she is one of the best cast members in SNL history and has since become one of the funniest and most gifted performers on the planet.  She does terrific impersonations, creates unique characters, and can sing (she has a lovely voice). Her performances in the "Ghostbusters"  reboot from 2016, "Rough Night,"  and "Office Christmas Party"  are all outstanding, as is the wonderful voice work she does in numerous animated TV shows