Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here, back from SXSW (with many reviews and interviews still to come), and I'm already itching to show the folks in Chicago a little bit of what I experienced during the festival. One of the most memorable films I saw at SXSW--and I'm guessing one of the most memorable I'll see all year--was writer-director Jody Hill's OBSERVE AND REPORT, starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, and Ray Liotta. To put it quite plainly, this movie fucked me up in all the right ways, in all the ways that I've been waiting for a film to screw with my mind for years. And please keep in mind that Hill's last film, THE FOOT FIST WAY, didn't floor me it did a lot of other people. That said, I'm a huge fan of Hill and Danny McBride's HBO series "Eastbound and Down." But this film is something so different and so fantastically morally bankrupt; the soul of this movie is dark, even as it's making us laugh. That's all I'm saying about OBSERVE AND REPORT, except for this: we're doing a screening here in Chicago on April Fool's Day, and that's no fucking joke.

The screening will be on Wednesday, April 1 at 7:00pm, at a theater in downtown Chicago. Only winners will receive the location, and you have to be at least 18 to even think about entering this contest. We've got 250 seats to fill, so here's how to secure a pass good for you and one guest. If you stray from these instructions even a little bit, you're out of the running.

Send me an email at capone@aintitcoolmail.com with the subject line "WHY ARE YOU STOPPING, MOFO?" In the body of the email, I need your full name, whether or not your are bringing a guest (guests' names are not required), and, the answer to this question: "What's the most messed up shit you've ever seen in a mall?" Keep your answer to UNDER 75 WORDS, and if what you send me sounds like a lie, you don't win. More importantly, we need a full house of people ready to get their minds a little messed up, so don't enter this contest if there's even the slightest chance you can't make it.

Winners will receive an email from me and have your names will be posted on the site, so send in your entries soon. Winners must bring an ID to the screening to get in--no exceptions. I'm only leaving the contest open a day or two, because this thing is going to fill up fast. Good luck, everyone!

-- Capone
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