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Nick Digilio
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Film Critic. Podcast Host. Chicagoan. Jagoff.
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March 15th, Oscar Sunday. A cool event at the Museum of Broadcast Communications that will be hosted by Rick Kogan in which I will be interviewed, I'll be signing books and much more. It's so exciting

Information below. Get your tickets NOW!

See you on Oscar Sunday!

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Oscar Sunday at the Museum with Nick Digilio and Rick Kogan
Celebrate Oscar Sunday with legendary Chicago film critic and broadcaster Nick Digilio, hosted live by WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune columnist and cultural icon. For more than four decades, ...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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nickdigilio.com has my NEW WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEWS.

The embarrassingly dreadful #wutheringheights. The UNWATCHABLE #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie. The painfully unfunny #NirvannaTheBandTheShowTheMovie and the disappointing and derivative #Crime101.

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CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS: 2-13-26
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February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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NEW MOVIE REVIEWS.

AWFUL week.

The embarrassingly dreadful #wutheringheights. The UNWATCHABLE #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie. The painfully unfunny #NirvannaTheBandTheShowTheMovie and the disappointing and derivative #Crime101.

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February 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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NEW

Movie Reviews. Nick says 3 of the WORST movies in years open. The horrible #WutheringHeights, the unwatchable #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie and the annoying #NirvannaTheBandTheShowTheMovie.

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Nick D - Erik, Steve, The New Movies and Friday the 13th!
Erik and Steve review new films before horror talk takes over.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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This is a really BIG DEAL.

I hope you can make it to this really cool event on Oscar Sunday, March 15th!

Let's pack the place

www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Oscar Sunday at the Museum with Nick Digilio and Rick Kogan
Celebrate Oscar Sunday with legendary Chicago film critic and broadcaster Nick Digilio, hosted live by WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune columnist and cultural icon. For more than four decades, ...
www.zeffy.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Watch this trailer, buckle up, and come to the Lake Theater in Oak Park

TONIGHT AT 7PM.

I'm hosting, and I'm selling & signing copies of my book "40 YEARS, 40 FILMS" before and after the movie.

RESERVE YOUR SEATS HERE:

www.classiccinemas.com/f/crash/2196

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Official Trailer CRASH (1996, James Spader, Holly Hunter, David Cronenberg)
YouTube video by Trailer World
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February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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BRAND NEW EPISODE!!

I'll be home for a very weird Christmas.

In 1981, Bill Murray hosted the darkest holiday episode of Saturday Night Live ever. Relive it here.

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That Show - Bill Murray and a Very Dark Christmas
Nick revisits Bill Murray’s unsettling 1981 SNL Christmas episode.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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TOMORROW NIGHT!

I'm hosting a screening of David Cronenberg's supremely twisted film CRASH at the Lake Theater in Oak Park.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.....AND BUY A COPY OF MY BOOK "40 YEARS, 40 FILMS" & GET IT SIGNED WHILE YOU'RE THERE.

TOMORROW NIGHT!

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Crash
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of sca...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Lots of Super Bowl talk — Bad Bunny, commercials, etc — dominates my biweekly TV-centric chat with @nickdigilio.bsky.social:
Nick D - Dan Fienberg, TV Talk and More Celebrity Pranksters
Dan Fienberg covers TV, SNL, Super Bowl ads, and famous pranksters.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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My latest blog post is all about the outrageously talented Finnish filmmaker Renny Harlin. I write all about him and rank some of his best movies.

Give it a read and check out the other cool stuff on my website and subscribe to my weekly NEWSLETTER

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Renny Harlin: RANKED
Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola in Riihimäki, Finland in March of 1959) is one of those filmmakers who somehow managed to be huge, influential, wildly successful, catastrophically unsuc...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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NEW EPISODE of That Show Hasn't Been Funny in Years: An SNL Podcast drops TOMORROW MORNING!

Nick looks back at the scariest and wildest Christmas episode of SNL ever. Dec 12, 1981, Bill Murray hosted.

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Direct link to ALL archived episodes:

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February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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BRAND NEW EPISODE!!!

W/ @thefienprint.bsky.social from talking TV, the Super Bowl Half-Time Show, and Catherine O'Hara. And Esmeralda Leon chatting about Arby's, celebrity pranksters and more.
#SuperBowl #BadBunny

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Nick D - Dan Fienberg, TV Talk and More Celebrity Pranksters
Dan Fienberg covers TV, SNL, Super Bowl ads, and famous pranksters.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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In case you missed my latest WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEWS......here they are:
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CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS: 2-6-26
[Get the exclusive video version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon!]My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to r...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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THIS WEDNESDAY

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

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Crash
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of sca...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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My latest blog post from nickdigilio.com consists of my NEW WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEWS.
It's a pretty lousy week for new releases though.

Give it a read and check out the other cool stuff on my website and subscribe to my weekly NEWSLETTER

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CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS: 2-6-26
[Get the exclusive video version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon!]My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to r...
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February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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NEW EPISODE!

W/ @nellminow.bsky.social talking films, politics and the The Academy Awards. Plus, actress/singer Lisa Zane chatting about her upcoming photography show and much more. Check out lisazane.com

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Nick D - Nell Minow The Movie Mom, & Lisa Zane is Back!
Nell Minow talks films and politics before Lisa Zane shares art and horror stories.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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My latest blog post is all about the great Sam Raimi. His new film #SendHelp is outstanding, so I wrote about him, his career, and I rank all of his movies.

#SamRaimi

Give it a read and check out the other cool stuff on my website.

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February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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If you haven't purchased a copy of my book "40 YEARS, 40 FILMS" yet...here's a direct link to buy it.

I'm very proud of this thing and I hope you get yourself a copy.

Thank you very much.

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40 Years, 40 Films
Film critic Nick Digilio reflects on 40 years of moviegoing, movie reviewing, and movie-loving — one film at a time.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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BRAND NEW EPISODE!

A list of The 5 Most Annoying Characters in SNL History is examined on this episode.

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That Show - The Most Annoying SNL Characters Ever
Nick debates a crowdsourced list of the most annoying SNL characters.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

I write about David Cronenberg's masterpiece CRASH, which I am hosting a screening of next week at the Lake Theater in Oak Park, where you can also purchase a copy of my book "40 YEARS, 40 FILMS" - and get it signed!

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February 'Nick's Pix:" CRASH & Book Signing!
There are movies that entertain you, movies that move you, movies that scare you, and then there are movies that crawl under your skin, set up permanent residence, and refuse to let you off the hook. ...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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ALL NEW That Show Hasn't Been Funny in Years: An SNL Podcast drops TOMORROW MORNING!

In the episode, Nick takes a look at a list of "The 5 Most Annoying Saturday Night Live Characters of All Time."

From @radiomisfits.com

Direct link to ALL archived episodes:

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February 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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ALL NEW!

W/ @consumerman.bsky.social and @carguytom.bsky.social answering your consumer questions and more.

From @radiomisfits.com

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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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I write about David Cronenberg's masterpiece CRASH, which I am hosting a screening of next week at the Lake Theater in Oak Park, where you can also purchase a copy of my book "40 YEARS, 40 FILMS" - and get it signed!

Read all about it , and get Tix

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February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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My latest blog post from nickdigilio.com: My NEW WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEWS!

Find out what I think of #SendHelp (hint: I LOVED it), #MosesTheBlack, #Shelter, #Arco, #IronLung.

Give it a read and check out the other cool stuff on my website.

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CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS: 1-30-26
[Get the exclusive video version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon!]My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to r...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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John Candy in 1994
Harold Ramis in 2014
Tony Rosato in 2017
Joe Flaherty in 2024
Catherine O'Hara in 2026

Each a cast member from one of the seminal comedy troupes of all time, and one of the most important TV shows of my lifetime.

They were all enormously gifted....& way too young to die.

#SCTV
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM