The original Superman: The Movie (1978) is the only superhero movie I have ever shown at the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series. We presented it on December 15, 2021, on the Pickwick’s MEGA-screen. We are grateful to those who attended…
“Do you hear that, Vitus? The phone is dead. Even the phone is dead.” ~Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff) Svengoolie (Saturdays, 7 PM Central on MeTV) will be showing The Black Cat on July 19. This was the first time Boris…
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs. He is, of course, the writer behind the Tarzan series, which made him famous– and wealthy. It wasn’t just the success of…
“It must be said of Charles Chaplin that he has created only one character, but that one, in his matchless courtesy, in his unfailing gallantry– his preposterous innocent gallantry in a world of gross Goliaths– is the finest gentleman of…
“What do you know of immortal dreams, immortal memories? I am yesterday, today and tomorrow. I am sorrow, and longing and hope unfulfilled. I am Hasha-Mo-Tep– She, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. I am… I… It’s not enough that I should hope and wait…
I’m not in the habit of writing about Star Wars these days, but there is something that SW creator George Lucas has expressed that I’d like to comment on– something particularly irksome. I’d like to preface this by saying that…
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is a film loved by both sides of the aisle because it gets to the root of what made this country so great. You will not find a finer film today than the one we had…
WHAT: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, DCP)WHEN: June 11, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Radio Host Steve Darnall of “Those Were the Days” (90.9 FM) will be our guest in the lobby starting at…
Bond, Benson… & the Big Screen! Thank you to the 341 patrons who attended our May 14 screening of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) at the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series in Park Ridge! We received so many wonderful…
WHAT: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977, DCP)WHEN: May 14, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Introduction by James Bond author Raymond Benson at 7 PM; Larry Potash of WGN-TV will also speak…