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If you are a film critic looking to go to this year's Toronto Film Festival, @rottentomatoes.com has teamed with the Chicago Film Critics Association to provide stipends. Click on the below to apply. Applications are open until June 20. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rt-c...

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Thank you to everyone came out to SNEAKERS at Elk Grove Cinema last night. Was great to see so many who had never seen it. The next film in the Critic's Classics Series is Joe Dante's INNERSPACE. @patrickbromley.bsky.social of F This Movie! will be hosting. www.classiccinemas.com/f/innerspace...

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Tonight's the night. SNEAKERS on the big screen at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Put the world behind you for a couple of hours and see one of the most purely entertaining films. Laughs, thrills, a few F.U.'s towards government. www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1...

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Having a serious case of the callbacks in the movies I'm watching tonight. One of them just recreated this in the middle for the hell of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBb0...

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At least Bill Maher got a nice meal out of it.

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"Please disperse. Nothing to see here." #California www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxvi...

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TOMORROW NIGHT!

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My box office report this week for @rottentomatoes.com looks at the numbers for BALLERINA, Wes Anderson not exactly expanding his base and if the rollout for The Life of Chuck was a misfire. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

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This week's physical media edition of the #MovieMadness podcast has @petersob13.bsky.social and I talking The Wiz, Air America, Swordfish and the Sean Connery Bond films. open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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This Wednesday at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove come out and see SNEAKERS on the big screen. It's the summer of fun in the Critic's Classics Series and we hope you can come out. Jim Laczkowski and I will host a discussion after the film. www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1...

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This Wednesday, June 11, come out to Elk Grove Cinema to see a really fun film that I will be hosting along with @directorsclub.substack.com

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On the Movie Madness Podcast this week, Steven Prokopy and I review 7 movies including Ballerina, The Phoenician Scheme, The Life of Chuck, Dangerous Animals, Predator: Killer of Killers, The Ritual and I Don't Understand You. open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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Here is what you can see in July at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove as part of the Critic's Classics Series. July 9 - Pee-Wee's Big Adventure July 23 - Fletch

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My latest on Substack has my (belated, but honest) summer box office predictions. open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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A week from tonight Jim Laczkowski and I will be hosting this incredibly fun film at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove as part of the Critic's Classics Series. You don't want to miss it, especially if you have never seen it. www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1...

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The news media should just have a supercut of Natasha Lyonne saying "bullshit" from Poker Face on standby at all times they report on anything that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Republicans.

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Critic's Classics Series in June Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove June 11 - SNEAKERS (hosted by Erik Childress & Jim Laczkowski June 25 - INNERSPACE (hosted by Patrick Bromley) Tickets: www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1... More Tickets: www.classiccinemas.com/f/innerspace...

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Kogonada. Can't wait. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP3W...

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My box office report for Rotten Tomatoes this weekend looks at the drops by victors Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible, the third place finish of Karate Kid: Legends and the writing on the wall for Thunderbolts* editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

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Don't forget next Wednesday (June 11) at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove, the Critic's Classics Series is showing Phil Alden Robinson's SNEAKERS. Jim Laczkowski and I will host a post-film discussion after the 7:00 show. www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1...

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This week's physical media all on the #MovieMadness Podcast. @petersob13.bsky.social and I look at masterworks from Paul Schrader, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Demme, Mike Figgis & Sam Peckinpah, underrated films from George Romero & Mel Brooks. Plus Roller Boogie open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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

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The Critic's Classics Series has SNEAKERS coming up at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove on Weds, June 11. And we are happy to announce the next four films showing every two weeks after that.

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The Rehearsal. That’s it.

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It will be great when she meets the other one.

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The weekend review edition of the #MovieMadnessPodcast is here with Steve Prokopy and I talking about #KarateKidLegends, #BringHerBack, #Mountainhead, #Tornado, #BonoStoriesOfSurrender and #TelevisionEvent erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/movie-madn...

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BRING HER BACK #OnePerfectShot

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Karate Kid Legends barely qualifies as a movie.

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All week I thought to myself its just a countdown until Bill Maher had Jake Tapper on. That's going to be quite the smug-off.

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Another great crowd last night for TIME BANDITS at Elk Grove Cinema. Next up in the Critic's Classics Series on Weds, June 11 is SNEAKERS. Jim Laczkowski and I will be hosting the film and a discussion afterwards. This is just plain fun. Tickets available: www.classiccinemas.com/f/sneakers/1...

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Thinking about how A Minecraft Movie doesn’t have an ounce of the imagination of Time Bandits made in 1981.

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TIME BANDITS! On the big screen! Tonight at Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL 7:00 PM Hosted by Collin Souter Discussion to follow the film TICKETS HERE: www.classiccinemas.com/f/time-bandi...

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40+ appreciation post! Reskeet with a pic if you're on the right side of 40.

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My box office piece for Rotten Tomatoes this week looks at the record-breaking numbers for #LiloandStitch and its high odds to reach $400 million. Can Sinners reach $300 million? Will Thunderbolts* still hit $200 million? M:I not bad over time either. editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/week...

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Where are my Time Bandits fans? Tomorrow night at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Collin Souter is hosting. Big screen opportunity! Get your tickets now! www.classiccinemas.com/f/time-bandi...

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This week's physical media edition of the #MovieMadness Podcast features the work of Charles Burnett, Al Pacino's Oscar, Musketeers, two of the funniest films of the past 30 years and a way-too-in-depth talk about Nate & Hayes with @petersob13.bsky.social www.nowplayingnetwork.net/moviemadness...

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Bring your kids to Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove this Wednesday, May 28 to experience one of the great fantasy adventure comedies ever in Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS. Collin Souter will be hosting a post-film conversation. www.classiccinemas.com/f/time-bandi...

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Hillbilly Elegy looks like a gag in 30 Rock where Jenna is playing both roles in an attempt to win two Oscars for the same movie.

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Don't forget to get your tickets for this Wednesday at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. When's the next time you will get to see this on the big screen? www.classiccinemas.com/f/time-bandi...

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

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The weekend edition of the #MovieMadness podcast is here with Steve Prokopy and I reviewing nine new films including #MissionImpossibleTheFinalReckoning, #LiloandStitch, #PeeWeeAsHimself, #FountainofYouth, #FearStreetPromQueen and MORE! www.nowplayingnetwork.net/moviemadness...

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My Substack today shows my state of mind while watching the latest film from Guy Ritchie. And a nod to the Sean Connery films that inspired sequences in two movies this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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We hope to see you at the Critic's Classics Series screenings of TIME BANDITS (May 28) and SNEAKERS (June 11) we have coming up at Elk Grove Cinema. We are happy to announce that on June 25 we will be showing Joe Dante's INNERSPACE. More announcements soon www.classiccinemas.com/f/innerspace...

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Rewatched Dead Reckoning to prepare for round two of Final tomorrow. Can confirm that it still rules. May even be better than I had in my mind.

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Today's Substack features my appearance on Business First AM and I look ahead to a singular question about the summer box office and how high a film this weekend could climb. open.substack.com/pub/erikthem...

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Spare me the outrage - www.amazon.com/s?k=8646&cri...

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Don't forget - Weds, May 28 at 1 & 7 PM at Elk Grove Cinema. TICKETS HERE: www.classiccinemas.com/f/time-bandi...

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Just finished a movie with an ending that gives off the vibe of the whole cast going "are we fucking done here?"

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