Jack Nicholson

While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse Mildred Ratched (Louise Fletcher). This Milos Forman masterpiece was th...

On the wagon and out of lucrative work thanks to his alcoholism and family troubles, aspiring novelist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a position as the off-season custodian at an elegant but eerie hotel so he can write undisturbed. But shortly after Jack, his wife (Shelley Duval...

By Molly Although Aaron Eckhart gives a superb performance as the best-envisioned Two-Face ever, it’s hard to watch The Dark Knight and think of it as anything but the Heath Ledger Show. Not many people can blow Jack Nicholson (my favorite actor) out of the water, but Heath does it ten times over. The...

By themovieguysays I have to say, I was really skeptical before I saw this movie.  How could they redo a classic? I was very skeptical about anyone but Jack Nicholson playing the Joker… anyone can play Batman… but who can seriously do better than Jack? I have to say, Heath Ledger MADE the movie.

 CA The 1969 "Easy Rider," now a classic, stars Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. "Two-Lane Blacktop," released in 1971, features two young men (one is singer James Taylor) chasin' an older guy with a hot car and a female passenger. ...

Nicholson would join a cast that already includes Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson. Brooks previously guided Nicholson to two Academy Awards: a Best Supporting Actor win for 1983's Terms of Endearment, and a Best Actor Oscar for 1997's As ...

 LA I like the little hidden things we put in," he said," like Dennis Hopper, (Peter) Fonda and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider," which was filmed in St. Landry Parish, "and a little reference to Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

 OH I have long been a comic book fan and Batman has always been one of my favorite characters. When the Tim Burton Batman movie was announced over 20 years ago I was dismayed when I heard Michael Keaton was to be the caped crusader. Soon Jack Nicholson ... Batman (1989) on Blu Ray Elites TV

You can own the tie of Josh Brolin, who doffed the tie he wore to the W. premiere, Kevin Spacey, who signed his silver Armani, or John Waters, whose expressive tie reflects his creative sensibilities. Eric Bana, Matt Dillon, James Marsden, Christopher Meloni, Neil Patrick Harris and Tony S...

 PA Fonda was to redefine the genre and American film itself with the epochal "Easy Rider" (1969; 1 am Tuesday), directed by and co-starring Dennis Hopper, but stolen by Jack Nicholson as an ill-fated lawyer. Terry Southern co-scripted with Fonda and ...

 South Africa The 78-year-old Eastwood takes to the role with gusto in his swansong as an actor, much like fellow geriatric Jack Nicholson did in 'About Schmidt' and 'As Good As It Gets'. He is all quivering upper lip and wields his acerbic tongue like bayonet as ...

 NC The piece is set in a mental hospital in the Pacific Northwest, and is probably best known for the movie version starring Jack Nicholson. Performances are at 8 pm March 26-28 and April 2-4, and 3 pm March 29 and April 5. The show includes strong ...

 CA However, the latter didn't seem to be the case with Jack Nicholson, a past winner of both categories (lead for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets," supporting for "Terms of Endearment"). As Gold Derby reported earlier, ...

 CA Among the three Oscars Nicholson won was best supporting actor for "Terms of Endearment" (1983). Among his past film roles was as the Joker in Tim Burton's "Batman" (1989). Noted Oscarologist Wayman Wong tells Gold Derby, "This would've been a great ...

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By Michelle Collins Last night, in a time-honored Los Angeles tradition, dozens of celebrities flocked to the Staples Center to watch the LA Lakers face off against the New Orleans Hornets in a fight to the fourth quarter. Photographs from the event show that two of the world's most beloved Jack's were in atte...

By rss@youtube.com (sprnstn84) Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson become best buddies, living their dreams before cancer gets the best of them. Author: sprnstn84 Keywords: "The Bucket List" "Morgan Freeman" "Jack Nicholson" movies "The Freditor" Added: January 1, 2009

New California Hall of Famers introduced Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger include, from left, Dave Brubeck, Quincy Jones, Jack LaLanne, Schwarzenegger, Jane Fonda and Alice Waters. Jack Nicholson, Dr. Seuss, Linus Pauling and Dave Brubeck. Dorothea Lange and Jack LaLanne. Add Quinc...

By dreid@sacbee.com (Dixie Reid) The honorees began arriving at 6:40 p.m. for the 7 p.m. induction ceremony, hosted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver, at the Sacramento museum. Nicholson loaned his second-grade report card and his Joker costume from 1989's "Batman."

By Suzanne Spaulding Charles Homans begins his article with a discussion about the excessive secrecy of the Bush administration. He is spot on. I call it the "Jack Nicholson style" of government. You remember it, from the movie A Few Good Men, when Nicholson, as Marine Colonel Nathan Jessup, pressed in court by t...

By STV They met in the private room of an Italian restaurant, like in a scene from one of the Godfather movies: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Nick Nolte, Annette Bening — about 20 of Hollywood’s great stars from the past 30 years. ... These top stars were called together last month by Sc...

By STV They met in the private room of an Italian restaurant, like in a scene from one of the Godfather movies: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Nick Nolte, Annette Bening — about 20 of Hollywood’s great stars from the past 30 years. ... These top stars were called together last month by Sc...

By Farley Elliott There’s something undeniably cheeky and charming about The Monkees, even after all these years. Well, 40 years to be exact. In November of 1968, America’s fun-loving answer to The Beatles teamed up with Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson to make Head, the only feature film to The Monkees’ cre...

By larryfire Other actors considered for the Jack Torrance part were Robert DeNiro, Robin Williams (can you imagine?) and Harrison Ford. Nicholson was always the first choice, though. DeNiro later said the movie gave him nightmares for a month. Stephen King didn’t like any of those choices and tried to...

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By Kelly Abbott If you're anything like me, then you have a difficult time tearing yourself away from the work you do for any length of time. Like Jack Nicholson in The Shining, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Indeed. That's why I refuse to read business books. Not for lack of interest. There's many a Dru...

By SOShottie Perhaps I am the only one who feels this way but Batman Begins was wayyyyyyy better and the 80s batman movies with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson...Read More. Read All Reviews Write a Review.

By TheAnswerMVP2001 Thursday, July 17, 2008 Batman (1989) With The Dark Knight only days away I thought it would be interesting to once again visit the film that made Batman a movie star. While Batman is not the first Batman film, it is the first Batman feature film to actually portray the character and his surro...

By Petunia I've never seen Jack Nicholson play McMurphy and I didn't know what the book was about except that it involved an asylum. I went into it totally blind which is a great way to read a book and form your own opinions about it. ...

Some people think Jack Nicholson should have also been nominated this decade for his scruffy mayhem master Costello in 2006’s Best Picture The Departed. Certainly, the character’s flippant attitude towards death-unto-others and the twinkle in his eye when expounding upon his M.O. made...

What this means of course is that within a few days, the Ledger-deserves-an-Oscar-nomination buzz will burst onto the World Wide Web, along with a discussion of his chances of actually winning the statuette. Helping the Ledger cause is the fact that Johnny Depp can get nominated for a cha...

By Leitch 3. K Love and Russell Youtube. All of UCLA's players are awesome. That being said, these two guys have just been ridiculous this year. Love's All-American low post domination and Westbrook's consistent teabagging of opposing defenders have earned them a special place in the hearts of every...

By Thomas Ever since Helen Hunt won Best Actress and Jack Nicholson won Best Actor for the execrable film As Good as it Gets over the far, far, far, more worthy Robert Duvall in The Apostle, Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog, Julie Christie in ...

By no@spam.com (Melissa Wilson) Michael Douglas looks old.  Catherine Zeta Jones does not.  V. weird. 9:03 PM: 9:06 PM: 9:10 PM: 9:13 PM: 9:15 PM: Jennifer Hudson steps up, and she's announcing Best Supporting Actor.  Interesting Oscar reels for these guys. 9:21 PM: 9:22 PM: 9:24 PM: 9:28 PM: 9:34 PM: 9:40 PM: Poitier! 9:43 PM:

Jack Black Interview, Be Kind Rewind  Canada - Feb 15, 2008 JACK BLACK: I love the old Jack Nicholson movies like ‘The Shining.’ ‘Five Easy Pieces’? No. ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ would have been cool. ...

Though many critics have dismissed the Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman dying-buddy flick as shameless, tear-jerking treacle, we found ourselves unexpectedly moved by the film. We'll even admit--more than a little sheepishly--to misting up at a late third-act plot twist we never saw c...

By Patrick Walsh Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Awards, Casting, New Releases, Scripts, Interviews, Oscar Watch, Columns, The Write Stuff You sit down to write The Bucket List, do you ever dream that you're going to get Rob Reiner to direct, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman to star...

Per the new Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman holiday film, a bucket list is something you compile when you have only a short time left to live. The idea is to jot down the things you have not yet managed to accomplish in life and then, as much as humanly possible, set off in pursuit of those lofty g...

By gdaysunshine Monday, December 10, 2007 Is Jack Nicholson a Super Stud? photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.com Jack Nicholson thinks he could have fathered as many as 9,000 children! However, he has acknowledged only four children by three women. The aging Hollywood actor who might have some sup...

By Robespierre As a result, the swollen, aging forefathers of Hollywood - John Travolta, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks and Val Kilmer, to name a few - face Sophie's choice: remain fat and bloated and spend the winter of your life starring in mortifying autobiographically-titled films such as Wild Hogs, Th...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Classics, Noir, Fandom, Remakes and SequelsEveryone knows about Chinatown and how it's one of the great screenplays of all time. Some people know about the sequel, The Two Jakes, and how it was a critical and commercial failure. Few people know about the plans for a third film t...

By Seth In today's episode: Jack Nicholson; Patrick Swayze and Heath Ledger; Jake Gyllenhaal; Keanu Reeves; Halle Berry; Paul Rudd; Thomas Haden Church; Helen Hunt; Linda Hamilton; Jemaine Clement; Michelle Rodriguez; Eric Dane; Hanson and Frankie Muniz; Dylan McDermott; Dita Von Teese a...

By Seth In today's episode: Jack Nicholson; Patrick Swayze and Heath Ledger; Jake Gyllenhaal; Keanu Reeves; Halle Berry; Paul Rudd; Thomas Haden Church; Helen Hunt; Linda Hamilton; Jemaine Clement; Michelle Rodriguez; Eric Dane; Hanson and Frankie Muniz; Dylan McDermott; Dita Von Teese a...

By Patrick Walsh Filed under: Action & Adventure, Drama, Casting, Sony Classics, Scripts & ScreenwritingWhen David Mamet is on, he is one of our finest writers. His script for Glengarry Glen Ross should be required reading for anyone aspiring to write for stage or screen. Mamet has put words in th...

Today we present the coolest man alive, three-time Oscar winner and legendary lothario Jack Nicholson. A rare breed of actor, Nicholson is the kind of guy whose actual persona is even bigger than the iconic characters he’s played, whether he was the maniacal Jack Torrance in The Shining,...

By Tony Pierce Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Lou Gossett, Jr. (“An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Roots”) – John Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (“Prison Break,” “Hemingway”) – Paul John Schneider (“Smallville,” “Dukes of Hazzard”) – James

By Seth In today's episode: Bruce Willis, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jason Bateman, Jack Nicholson, Rob Reiner, Lou Adler and Jeremy Piven; James Woods and Ashley Madison; Lindsay Lohan; Quentin Tarantino; Ron Howard; Billy Bob Thornton; Val Kilmer and Aida Turturr...

By Seth Danny DeVito - Someone shouted out "Danny Devito!" and someone else yelled "He's here!" Kirsten Dunst Toni Collette, leaving the theatre fast Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth from Arrested Development) hanging out with fans, laughing Quite a Sunday for celeb seeing in Hollywood.

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By Britt Gillette Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, As Good As It Gets became one of the surprise blockbusters of 1997. Jack Nicholson dispenses insults with his one-in-a-billion sense of delivery, and if you like serious comedies, this is the film for you. Helen Hunt is masterful...

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