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Join me for Dr. Strangelove , a very Special Nick's Pix Screening  on Wednesday, June 11th, at 7 p.m. in Oak Park! Tickets are only $9 ($7 for seniors!) Get your tix HERE! I am unbelievably thrilled and honored to be hosting a one-night-only screening  of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb , Wednesday, June 11th at 7:00 p.m. at the beautiful Lake Theater in downtown Oak Park . This isn't just any movie. This is one of the greatest black come

The new Film Critics pants fit like a glove, so I am wearing them to review another week's worth of new film releases—and this week, there are a lot of new ones. We have a glut of movies this week as studios rush to get the leftover 2024 releases into theaters. Six new films are featured in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 10, 2025. 1) HARD TRUTHS The singular, brilliant, and prodigiously talented British writer/director Mike Leigh  ("Secrets and

New Year's Eve is traditionally a pretty insane night to go out and deal with big crowds, crazy drivers, and expensive drinks. Staying at home for a quiet night of food, good company, and a great movie is a much better idea. With that in mind, I have put together a list of fun movies to watch on that specific night because they either take place on that holiday or have at least one key or crucial scene that happens on NYE. Some of these films are better than others (A LOT bet

The truly one of a kind actress/producer, Shelley Duvall, passed away on July 11th, 2024, and boy, will she be missed. Watching Shelley Duvall play Olive Oyl is a singular delight She was a unique performer of incredible versatility who appeared in seven films for her director/mentor, the great Robert Altman ("Brewster McCloud," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "Thieves Like Us," "Nashville," "Buffalo Bill and the Indians," "3 Women," and as Olive Oyl in "Popeye"), and was known for