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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

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws and... man, does that make me feel old. Fifty. Freakin’. Years. Five decades of being terrified to swim in the ocean, of hearing that iconic duh-DUM duh-DUM in our heads whenever we dip our toes in a lake. Fifty years of one of the greatest, most impactful, most straight-up brilliant films ever made. And somehow, it still feels as fresh and electrifying today as it did when I first saw it on that big screen at the Gateway Theate

Yes, you read that title correctly. There was indeed, a children's coloring and activity book tied-in with a David Lynch movie! I actually enjoyed Lynch's batshit crazy version of Frank Herbert's science-fiction masterpiece, so, yep...I have that very coloring book (look at the picture). My David Lynch Coloring and Activity Book! I'm still waiting for the "Eraserhead" Happy Meal and Baby Carriage to come out. There have been some truly weird movie merchandise and tie-ins over