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A new horror film (and one of the year's best movies) called Heretic  recently opened. It features Hugh Grant  in one of the year's best performances in a role that is a massive departure from the types he is known for playing. He is best known as the romantic lead in proper English films like "Maurice,"   "Remains of the Day,"  and "Sense and Sensibility."  He is also beloved as the charming, stammering British guy with fabulous hair and winking smile in such rom-com dreck a

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

Film Critic pants, ON! It's time for some capsule (short) movie reviews, so here are my thoughts on five New Releases for the week of Friday, October 4, 2024. I must warn you; it is a pretty bad week...two of the very worst major releases of the year came out on the same day. 1) JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Todd Phillips  is a terrible filmmaker who makes terrible films, his gifts to the world include absolute worthless trash like, "Road Trip,"   "Starsky and Hutch,"   "Due Date,"  "W

Now that so many people have cut the cable chord, are using streaming services and watch movies and shows any damn time they please, I'm not sure the term "remote dropper" will be understood in the near future. I'm not sure who invented the term (actually, it may have been me) but to explain: You know when you're flipping through channels on cable (I've already lost you, I'm sure) and you come across a movie that you love so much that you can recite the dialogue along with th

If you know me, then you know that I am a "Saturday Night Live" fanatic, and I have been since the very first episode aired on October 11th, 1975.  John Belushi and Michael O'Donoghue in the very first Cold Open sketch in SNL history. Chevy Chase saying: "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" for the very first time. I was a 10-year-old weirdo obsessed with Mad Magazine , Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and other comedic ventures that were definitely inappropriate for a ch