Erik Childress
@erikthemovieman.bsky.social
Producer - Chicago Critics Film Festival, Chicago Film Critics Association, Movie Madness Podcast, The Friendship Dilemma Podcast, Business First AM, Rotten Tomatoes, The Nick D Podcast linktr.ee/erikchildress
Have you got your tickets for THE APARTMENT tonight? Billy Wilder's classic plays at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove at 1 & 7 PM today. The Critic's Classics Series evening presentation will be hosted by Peter Sobczynski. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to ...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Have you got your tickets for THE APARTMENT tonight? Billy Wilder's classic plays at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove at 1 & 7 PM today. The Critic's Classics Series evening presentation will be hosted by Peter Sobczynski. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
Also doing a little research one can see that trend in the Mad Max, John Wick and Nightmare on Elm Street movies. If only Richard Linklater makes another Before film that could have a shot too.
each Toy Story movie has made more money than its predecessor. that is very uncommon in the movie business. so that's why there's a Part 5.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Also doing a little research one can see that trend in the Mad Max, John Wick and Nightmare on Elm Street movies. If only Richard Linklater makes another Before film that could have a shot too.
Tomorrow night the Critic's Classics Series presents Billy Wilder's The Apartment on the big screen at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Peter Sobczynski hosts the film and will discuss with the audience afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to ...
www.classiccinemas.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Tomorrow night the Critic's Classics Series presents Billy Wilder's The Apartment on the big screen at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Peter Sobczynski hosts the film and will discuss with the audience afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
Releases — Chicago Film Critics Association
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
This week in physical media on the #MovieMadnessPodcast with @petersob13.bsky.social a couple of Best Picture winners, a pair of Jim Carrey upgrades, a doc with Werner Herzog, Alex Winter's '90s cult film and a lot of Luc Besson. Tune in and subscribe.
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Episode 610: We All Go A Little Cuckoo Sometimes
Physical media this week has a couple of Best Picture winners, a pair of Jim Carrey upgrades, a documentary with Werner Herzog, Alex Winter's '90s cult film and a whole lot of Luc Besson.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This week in physical media on the #MovieMadnessPodcast with @petersob13.bsky.social a couple of Best Picture winners, a pair of Jim Carrey upgrades, a doc with Werner Herzog, Alex Winter's '90s cult film and a lot of Luc Besson. Tune in and subscribe.
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And now the German national anthem. #NFL www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUd...
East German National Anthem from Top Secret! (1984) (subtitled)
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November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And now the German national anthem. #NFL www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUd...
Eight reviews on the #MovieMadnessPodcast this week with myself and @SteveProkopy including #PredatorBadlands, #DieMyLove, #Nuremberg, #Christy, #PeterJujarsDay, #IWishYouAllTheBest, #IceFall and #FireandWaterMakingTheAvatarFilms. Tune in and subscribe! erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Episode 609: If It Bleeds, We Can Milk It
A Predator becomes the protagonist, Jennifer Lawrence gets loopy, Nazis go on trial and Sydney Sweeney punches as part of the eight film reviews this week.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Eight reviews on the #MovieMadnessPodcast this week with myself and @SteveProkopy including #PredatorBadlands, #DieMyLove, #Nuremberg, #Christy, #PeterJujarsDay, #IWishYouAllTheBest, #IceFall and #FireandWaterMakingTheAvatarFilms. Tune in and subscribe! erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
In case you missed what the Critic's Classics Series is serving up in December (3rd, 10th, 17th) at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove, here you go. Tickets on sale now. Critic discussions follow every 7 PM show. www.classiccinemas.com/f/kiss-kiss-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In case you missed what the Critic's Classics Series is serving up in December (3rd, 10th, 17th) at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove, here you go. Tickets on sale now. Critic discussions follow every 7 PM show. www.classiccinemas.com/f/kiss-kiss-...
A week from Saturday (Nov. 15), Patrick Bromley and Smash Cut Cinema host David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Get your tickets now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/lost-highw...
Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A week from Saturday (Nov. 15), Patrick Bromley and Smash Cut Cinema host David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. Get your tickets now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/lost-highw...
Yours truly is hosting PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES at 7 PM on Nov. 19 at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. It is nearly sold out but there will be matinees at 1 & 4. But I'll talk about the film, John Candy, road trips and more in the evening with the audience. www.classiccinemas.com/f/planes-tra...
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a numb...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yours truly is hosting PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES at 7 PM on Nov. 19 at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove. It is nearly sold out but there will be matinees at 1 & 4. But I'll talk about the film, John Candy, road trips and more in the evening with the audience. www.classiccinemas.com/f/planes-tra...
On this date in 2022, CAUSEWAY was released. Morgan Gire & I looked at the beginning of a friendship, the dynamics of casual invitations & the normally unexplored factor of comfortability that one partner can instill in another on The Friendship Dilemma erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-17...
Episode 17: Causeway (2022)
Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry star in this film about two broken people – mentally and physically – who find each other and begin hanging out. It is the beginning of a friendship examined by...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
On this date in 2022, CAUSEWAY was released. Morgan Gire & I looked at the beginning of a friendship, the dynamics of casual invitations & the normally unexplored factor of comfortability that one partner can instill in another on The Friendship Dilemma erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-17...
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
Releases — Chicago Film Critics Association
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November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
The Critic's Classics Series is going to have a great November at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove and we're going back-to-back with Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT on Nov. 12 and John Hughes' PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES ON Nov. 19. Tickets are available now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to ...
www.classiccinemas.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Critic's Classics Series is going to have a great November at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove and we're going back-to-back with Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT on Nov. 12 and John Hughes' PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES ON Nov. 19. Tickets are available now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
This week in physical media on the #MovieMadnessPodcast, @petersob13.bsky.social and I look at upgrades for John Woo, Peter Hyams and Tim Burton plus the film that killed Dillinger and a lot of thoughts on The Breakfast Club. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Episode 608: Baby, This Ain’t No Flare Gun
Physical Media this week upgrades John Woo, Peter Hyams and Tim Burton, plus an Oscar winner, the film that killed Dillinger and thoughts on The Breakfast Club.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This week in physical media on the #MovieMadnessPodcast, @petersob13.bsky.social and I look at upgrades for John Woo, Peter Hyams and Tim Burton plus the film that killed Dillinger and a lot of thoughts on The Breakfast Club. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Halloween weekend on the #MovieMadnessPodcast has 8 reviews from Steve Prokopy and myself including #Anniversary, #Hedda, #BalladofaSmallPlayer, #StitchHead, #ViolentEnds, #SelfHelp, #IWasBornThisWay and the 40th Anniversary release of #BacktotheFuture erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Episode 607: I’ve Glimpsed Our Future…Go Back
Halloween weekend brings little horror apart from an authoritarian takeover of our country. Colin Farrell gambles, Tessa Thompson messes with people and one of the greatest films ever is back.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Halloween weekend on the #MovieMadnessPodcast has 8 reviews from Steve Prokopy and myself including #Anniversary, #Hedda, #BalladofaSmallPlayer, #StitchHead, #ViolentEnds, #SelfHelp, #IWasBornThisWay and the 40th Anniversary release of #BacktotheFuture erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Happy to once again join @weinberg.social on Overhated and lend my thoughts on 2010's THE A-TEAM which deserves a reappraisal, especially after a certain franchise tried to adopt its ridiculous level of fun.
this was a fun chat. thanks to all the patrons, to my guest @erikthemovieman.bsky.social, and to our sponsor @effinbirds.com.
Subscribe to @weinberg.social's Patreon for the OVERHATED podcast, with the latest episode on THE A-TEAM www.patreon.com/posts/overha...
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy to once again join @weinberg.social on Overhated and lend my thoughts on 2010's THE A-TEAM which deserves a reappraisal, especially after a certain franchise tried to adopt its ridiculous level of fun.
Don't miss your chance to see David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove on Sat., Nov. 15. Patrick Bromley hosts as part of the Smash Cut Cinema series. Tickets on sale now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/lost-highw...
Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...
www.classiccinemas.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Don't miss your chance to see David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove on Sat., Nov. 15. Patrick Bromley hosts as part of the Smash Cut Cinema series. Tickets on sale now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/lost-highw...
A fantastic SOLD OUT crowd last night for HALLOWEEN at Elk Grove Cinema. Thank you to Nick Digilio for hosting. The next Critic's Classics Series film is Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT on Weds, Nov. 12. Peter Sobczynski is hosting. Get your tickets now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to ...
www.classiccinemas.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A fantastic SOLD OUT crowd last night for HALLOWEEN at Elk Grove Cinema. Thank you to Nick Digilio for hosting. The next Critic's Classics Series film is Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT on Weds, Nov. 12. Peter Sobczynski is hosting. Get your tickets now. www.classiccinemas.com/f/the-apartm...
There are still a few seats tonight for the 7 PM showing of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove with Nick Digilio hosting. The Critic's Classics Series presentation also shows the film at 1 & 4 PM. www.classiccinemas.com/f/halloween/...
Halloween
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a menta...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There are still a few seats tonight for the 7 PM showing of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove with Nick Digilio hosting. The Critic's Classics Series presentation also shows the film at 1 & 4 PM. www.classiccinemas.com/f/halloween/...
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
Releases — Chicago Film Critics Association
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October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Chicago's Theatrical (and Streaming) Release Schedule has been updated www.chicagofilmcritics.org/releases
This week in physical media, the #MovieMadnessPodcast with @petersob13.bsky.social and myself look at John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Toro, Abel Ferrara, Dan Curtis, Richard Stanley, Mike Nichols and the oddity of Student Bodies. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
Episode 606: Have You Read Sutter Cane?
This week physical media serves up John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Toro, Dan Curtis, Abel Ferrara, Richard Stanley, an infamous slasher spoof and Mike Nichols' adaptation of Joseph Heller.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This week in physical media, the #MovieMadnessPodcast with @petersob13.bsky.social and myself look at John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Toro, Abel Ferrara, Dan Curtis, Richard Stanley, Mike Nichols and the oddity of Student Bodies. erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-60...
This Wednesday at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove, the Critic's Classics Series presents HALLOWEEN at 1, 4 & 7 PM. Nick Digilio hosts the evening screening and there are just a few seats left. Get them while you can. www.classiccinemas.com/f/halloween/...
Halloween
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a menta...
www.classiccinemas.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This Wednesday at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove, the Critic's Classics Series presents HALLOWEEN at 1, 4 & 7 PM. Nick Digilio hosts the evening screening and there are just a few seats left. Get them while you can. www.classiccinemas.com/f/halloween/...
Today is the last day to nominate The Chicago Critics Film Festival for Best Film Festival in the city. We really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing everybody at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social May 1-7, 2026 for the next edition. bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...
October 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today is the last day to nominate The Chicago Critics Film Festival for Best Film Festival in the city. We really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing everybody at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social May 1-7, 2026 for the next edition. bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...
The Critic's Classics Series just got upgraded for December and we'll be showing three films instead of just two. Look what is on sale now at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove for Dec. 3, 10 & 17.
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Critic's Classics Series just got upgraded for December and we'll be showing three films instead of just two. Look what is on sale now at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove for Dec. 3, 10 & 17.
There are 3 more days to vote in the Reader poll for Best of Chicago. The Chicago Critics Film Festival would really appreciate your nomination for Best Film Festival. Please vote and share if you can. bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There are 3 more days to vote in the Reader poll for Best of Chicago. The Chicago Critics Film Festival would really appreciate your nomination for Best Film Festival. Please vote and share if you can. bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...