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I love cartoons. I always have. Animated movies, animated TV shows, Saturday morning cartoons, late-night cartoons, prime-time cartoons, streaming cartoons, weird underground cartoons that ran once at three in the morning and then vanished forever. I’m all in. Animation has always been one of my favorite storytelling mediums because it can literally do anything. No limits. No gravity. No rules. If you can draw it, you can show it. And when it’s done right, it can be smarter,

Father’s Day is almost here, and while I recently honored the worst of the worst in my list of Favorite Bad Movie Dads—a twisted tribute to cinema’s most dysfunctional, dangerous, and deranged paternal figures—this time, I’m flipping the script. When it comes to television, I’m giving the good guys their due. That’s right. In the world of TV, I’m looking at the best of the best. My favorite TV dads of all time. These are the guys who, in one way or another, did it right. Now,

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

With the recent release of the new horror film Clown in a Cornfield —which, by the way, is absolutely terrible (and yes, you can read my review for all the painful details )—I started thinking about clowns. Not the kind that ruin horror movies by being dull, derivative, and dumb (looking at you, Terrifier  fans), but the kind of clowns that actually work. The ones that are funny, creepy, iconic, strange, and unforgettable. So I decided to put together a list of my 10 favorite

Mother’s Day is almost here—and earlier this week, I celebrated in the only way I know how: by spotlighting the twisted, terrifying, and totally unforgettable bad movie moms. That list was all about evil, chaos, and horror. But now, as we get closer to the actual holiday, I thought I'd take a more traditional route. Don’t worry—this time, we’re keeping it light. No killer rage-babies, no coat hanger freakouts, and definitely no moms who want their kids dead. This time, we're

Let me tell you—there’s nothing more frustrating as a TV fan than falling in love with a show, telling all your friends about it, watching every week or bingeing every episode... only to have it suddenly get yanked off the air. One season. Maybe two. And boom—cancelled. Gone. Done. Left with a cliffhanger. No closure. No resolution. Just heartbreak. That’s what this list is all about. These are 10 TV shows that I absolutely loved that were cancelled way, WAY too soon. Shows t