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"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Jack Nicholson has often played mavericks and antiheroes in his..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Roger Corman: An AFS tribute to a wild angel

"...out the screen time with an unknown actor named Jack Nicholson. The film was supposed to shoot in two..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Ray Winstone,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Evening Star

"...Ben Johnson, George Newbern, Mackenzie Astin, Scott Wolf and Jack Nicholson. She's been gone for 15 years, but the..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mars Attacks!

Burton's sci-fi spoof gleefully recounts the unspeakable horror that takes place when Martians attack the planet Earth.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny Devito,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Chinatown

For many, Chinatown epitomizes the peak of Seventies Hollywood filmmaking and is perhaps the finest neo-noir ever made

"...new special edition, the movie almost didn't get made. Jack Nicholson, Towne's former roommate, had to convince maverick producer..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Scanlines

"...with Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

Scanlines

As Good as It Gets

"...D: James L. Brooks (1997) with Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The Oscar-glow

Tv Eye

"...can't more women walk as well as Samuel L. Jackson? And whoever sang the song from Anastasia -- Major..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

The City of Lost Children

"...Reds D: Warren Beatty; with Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino...."

Aug. 23, 1996 Screens Feature

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...joke I'd tell at dinner parties that there's pre-Shining Jack Nicholson and post-Shining Jack Nicholson, because once he showed..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Big Ugly

Vinnie (Jones) goes to (West) Virginia

"...more contemplative than normal. There's a little dose of Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine in the oft-forgotten 1996 neo-noir..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...Mafia. Pacino seemingly decided not to cross paths with Jack Nicholson's near-perfect re-creation of Hoffa in Danny DeVito's 1992..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...into the screenplay for Hal Ashby’s 1973 film starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, and Otis Young. Last Flag Flying..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report: How Many Working-Class Populists are in Trump’s New Government?

If you're not at the table, you're on the menu

"...Jack Nicholson says he finally understood the meaning of the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...He was of a loose generation of crazies, including Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, and Bruce Dern, lacking any anchor..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...of Ledger's death. His Joker, so unlike that of Jack Nicholson and about as far removed from Cesar Romero..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

Snippets of conversations about movies from the Filmcraft collection

"...Jack Nicholson: "When I first started, my feeling about acting..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?

The creative powerhouse known as Tyler Perry is back in front of and behind the camera with this predictable film about four married couples.

"...by: Tyler Perry. Starring: Tyler Perry, Sharon Leal, Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Red Eye

Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.

"...exudes an intensity similar to that of a young Jack Nicholson, only less blasé, and more edgy. Watching him..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...acting, it's ultimately all about who you are." – Jack Nicholson, 2004..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...Actor Jack Black, screenwriter and actor Mike White, and director Richard..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trapped

"...bad news is professional kidnapper Joe (Bacon, sporting a Jack Nicholson knockoff grin). He explains the three-way hostage situation,..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fall of the House of Usher

"...were used in various other Corman quickies, notably the Jack Nicholson/Boris Karloff thriller The Terror. Corman's legendary parsimony has..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Waiting Game

"...bitter lifer in the acting game, prone to quoting Jack Nicholson and equally prone to various stormy temper tantrums...."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ninth Gate

"...effective when his character echoes the jaded unflappability of Jack Nicholson's Jake Gittes character from Chinatown. But nowhere in..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...14, a similar slate of hopefuls was released: The Jackal, The Man Who Knew Too Little, and One Night..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

"...to film The Terror, starring Karloff and a young Jack Nicholson (pickup work was done on it by some..."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...from boys, revenge, or worse. Before you can say Jack Nicholson, things turn scary for the teen witches, with..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kuffs

"...he's played most of his others, with that damn Jack Nicholson matching grin and eyebrow set, a wiseass through..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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