Showing posts with label Starring: Jack Nicholson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starring: Jack Nicholson. Show all posts

The Shining (1980)

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Stanley Kubrick's terrifying, mesmerising classic both adapts and adds to the Stephen King horror novel. Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) ...

A Few Good Men (1992)

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Directed by Rob Reiner (adapted from a play by Aaron Sorkin), but not up to his usual standards.  Tom Cruise plays a military lawyer who h...

The Departed (2006)

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Directed by Martin Scorsese , this remarkable crime thriller is as good as any.  In Boston . Irish Mob boss Frank Costello ( Jack Nicholson ...

Heartburn (1986)

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Adapted by Nora Ephron from her own novel, this is a slightly disappointing drama about the ups and downs of a relationship. Meryl Streep ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

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Masterpiece directed by Miloš Forman and adapted from Ken Kesey’s novel. Jack Nicholson stars as McMurphy, who is committed to a mental hos...

As Good as It Gets (1997)

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Superb comedy about a bitter romantic novelist named Melvin Udall ( Jack Nicholson ), who insults everyone he meets. He also lives with OCD,...

Terms of Endearment (1983)

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Melodrama with moments of comedy.  Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger play a mother and daughter who share an intense connection. We follow ...

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

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Silly but amiable rom-com directed by Nancy Meyers .  Harry Sanborn ( Jack Nicholson ) is a womaniser in his sixties who only dates women ha...

About Schmidt (2002)

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Bleak black comedy about a man in Omaha, Nebraska who leaves an insurance company to enjoy his retirement, only to find that his wife dies s...

Chinatown (1974)

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Highly watchable Roman Polanski  crime thriller starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway . The former plays Jake Gittes, a private investi...

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

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Superb drama. Robert Dupea is a moody, troubled drifter who runs away from commitment. When he learns that his father is unwell he travels ...

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

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The blackest black comedy about the Mafia isn’t really funny enough. It’s very slow, too. Although Jack Nicholson , Kathleen Turner and An...