Get your tickets now to see BEST IN SHOW at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove on May 13 as the Critic's Classics Series honors the late, great Catherine O'Hara. Discussion to follow the film. I have also been told there will be puppies there that evening. www.classiccinemas.com/f/best-in-sh...

We'll be announcing our lineup soon. Passes are on sale with early-bird prices for this year's Chicago Critics Film Festival until then. Get 'em while they are available. The festival runs May 1-7 at the Music Box Theatre. www.musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

The Critic's Classics Series will be doing a tribute to the late, great Rob Reiner for the rest of April at Elk Grove Cinema. A FEW GOOD MEN hosted by Patrick Bromley on Apr. 15 and THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT by yours truly on Apr. 29. www.classiccinemas.com/f/a-few-good...

Passes get you in first at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social to every screening at the festival. Get yours today for May 1-7.

TONIGHT at Elk Grove Cinema!

Don't forget to get yours today. We return to the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social for our 13th year May 1-7.

Tomorrow night at Elk Grove Cinema, our James Bond series ends with the beginning of the Daniel Craig era with CASINO ROYALE. @SteveProkopy hosts and will discuss with the audience afterwards. Tickets still available. All seats are good! www.classiccinemas.com/f/casino-roy...

My box office report this week for @RottenTomatoes looks at Project Hail Mary forging a path to $300 million domestic and half-a-billion globally. Hoppers holds steady. Dhurandhar 2 breaks a record. GOAT becomes the 4th $100 million grosser of 2026. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

This week in physical media on the Movie Madness Podcast with myself & Peter Sobczynski you can get a classic Stephen King adaptation, James Caan at his best, martial arts, Bob Hope, nude vampires, Satan worshippers and Madonna's "erotic thriller" erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-64...

This Wednesday!

Going to be another good house for the finale of our Bond series at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Come join the Critic's Classics Series for CASINO ROYALE this Wednesday (Apr. 1) with Steven Prokopy hosting one of the very best of the franchise. www.classiccinemas.com/f/casino-roy...

Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases

Going to be another good house for the finale of our Bond series at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Come join the Critic's Classics Series for CASINO ROYALE this Wednesday (Apr. 1) with Steven Prokopy hosting one of the very best of the franchise. www.classiccinemas.com/f/casino-roy...

In 2010 I had the honor of doing a Back to the Future Q&A with James Tolkan. I talked to him about doing Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. At the end of it James shook my hand and said "you're good." A very nice man. Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Tb... Part 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoC...

Look what we are showing at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove on Weds, May 13. The Critic's Classics Series occurs every other Wednesday there with live discussions after the film with members of the Chicago Film Critics Association. www.classiccinemas.com/f/best-in-sh...

The Movie Madness Podcast with yours truly & Steven Prokopy cover 11 films this week including #Mike&Nick&Nick&Alice, #TheyWillKillYou, #ForbiddenFruits, #PrettyLethal, #MarcBySofia, #Alpha, #SheDances, #TheAIDoc, #YoureDatingANarcissist and MORE! erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-64...

The Critic's Classics Series in April is going from James Bond to Rob Reiner. Apr. 15 (A FEW GOOD MEN) and Apr. 29 (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT). Come celebrate part of one of the great runs in any director's career at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Tickets available now.

Thank you to everyone who has made James Bond month at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove such a success. The Critic's Classics Series has one more for you next Weds (Apr. 1) with CASINO ROYALE hosted by Steven Prokopy. Get your tickets now! www.classiccinemas.com/f/casino-roy...

TONIGHT!

Don't forget tomorrow night. James Bond at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove

This week's James Bond is Pierce Brosnan and the Critic's Classics Series is showing TOMORROW NEVER DIES on Weds, Mar. 25 at Elk Grove Cinema. Shows at 1 & 7 PM. Discussion with yours truly follows the evening show. Get your tickets while they last. www.classiccinemas.com/f/tomorrow-n...

My box office report for @RottenTomatoes this weekend looks at the big opening for #ProjectHailMary and where it could be headed. #Hoppers holds well but #ReadyorNot2 may be coming up short plus the unique list the #Undertone belongs to. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

Come to Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove this Weds as James Bond month continues with Pierce Brosnan in TOMORROW NEVER DIES. Join yours truly for the Q&A afterwards and I'll lay out why I think this is the best of the Brosnan films. www.classiccinemas.com/f/tomorrow-n...

Tonight at Elk Grove Cinema. James Bond month continues with THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-living...

The #MovieMadnessPodcast returns this week with six movie reviews by myself & @SteveProkopy. We talk about #ProjectHailMary, #ReadyorNot2, #Undertone, #Tow, #1000WomenofHorror and #VampiresoftheVelvetLounge. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-63...

Saturday night at Elk Grove Cinema!

Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases

Thank you to everyone who came last night to FOR YOUR EYES ONLY at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. James Bond month continues THIS SATURDAY NIGHT with Patrick Bromley bringing the Dalton with THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-living...

THE SUN NEVER SETS: Though some of the choices and behavior of the characters at the center of this may drive some batty there's an honesty to it all that I genuinely appreciated. Relationships are not black & white and people do stupid stuff even when they think its right. #SXSW

WISHFUL THINKING: Troubled relationships in the movies are normally only as good as the actors who make you believe the struggle is real. Maya Hawke & Lewis Pullman pull it off in a tale with the idea that the universe can only be as good as the vibes you put out into it. #SXSW

THE SEEKERS OF INFINITE LOVE: A reasonably funny start to my #SXSW. Hannah Einbender remains an all-star and an assist from Justin Theroux help smooth out some of the rougher edges.

Here's a stat I haven't seen mentioned. No one has ever won Best Actor when just winning SAG without the Globes, Critic's Choice or BAFTA. The only lead to do it was Sarandon in 1995 while four supporting actors did: Curtis (2022) Freeman (2004) Caine (1999) Williams (1997)

SXSW begins tomorrow and again I have written a little curtain raiser on 10 films worth adding to your schedule if you are there or to look out for in the future. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/10-films-t...

Passes for The Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre go on sale TOMORROW at NOON. Allows you to see every film in our lineup from May 1-7 with priority seating.

Tomorrow night at Elk Grove Cinema - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE on the big screen. When was the last time you could say that? Join the Critic's Classics Series for the film and discussion afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/on-her-maj...

In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE the code word as WWIII was about to break out was “imminent.”

In two days George Lazenby gets his due as part of the Critic's Classics Series James Bond series at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Jeffrey Westhoff hosts our screening of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE on Weds, Mar. 11. Get your tickets now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/on-her-maj...

This week in physical media on the Movie Madness Podcast with myself and Peter Sobczynski we've got Bunuel, Brando, Peter Sellers and River Phoenix. Plus cult films from the 70s & 80s, Al Pacino as the Devil and Kenneth Branagh's incredible 1991 mystery. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-63...

Not to mention QUITE the drop for #Scream7

My box office report this weekend for @RottenTomatoes looks at the prospects for #Hoppers while #TheBride gets hyperbolized to death. Does #GOAT have a chance at $100 million? And #WutheringHeights stays in line with another Margot Robbie February film. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

Gotta love the little detail in THUNDERBALL to write on the nuclear missiles - “Handle like eggs.” Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

Don't forget this Wednesday. James Bond every week at Elk Grove Cinema in March and then Apr. 1 with Casino Royale.

This week's #MovieMadnessPodcast with myself & @SteveProkopy has seven reviews for you including #TheBride, #Hoppers, #WarMachine, #Heel, #Protector, #Youngblood and #Dolly. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-63...

We did it again. Jim Laczkowski, Collin Souter and I review the year of 1996 in film from January-to-December. Thoughts, disagreements, controversies, one ultimate agreement. Why do we do it? For you, of course. www.jimlaczkowski.net/podcast/1996/

An announcement from the Critic's Classics Series. To honor the late, great Catherine O'Hara we will be showing BEST IN SHOW on Weds, May 13 at Elk Grove Cinema. Tickets available now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/best-in-sh...

Those saying that Jessie Buckley is Norbit’ing with her performance in THE BRIDE are embarrassing themselves

Fantastic turnout for the start of our James Bond month at Elk Grove Cinema last night. It continues next week with the sole George Lazenby film, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Jeffrey Westhoff will host and tell you why it may be the best of them all. www.classiccinemas.com/f/on-her-maj...

Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases

A month of James Bond kicks off tonight at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove with Sean Connery in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Dann Gire hosts the screening and will discuss the film and the Bond legacy with the audience afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/from-russi...

Come and join us at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove tomorrow for the start of our month-long James Bond series. Dann Gire hosts the kickoff with Sean Connery in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. No bad seat in the house. www.classiccinemas.com/f/from-russi...