Articles tagged "jack nicholson"

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Randy Quaid Arrested, ‘70s Cinema Forgotten

by Rodger Jacobs

[28.Sep.09] :. Late in the evening of 24 September, while I was battling the onset of the flu and conducting online research for my next Deconstruction Zone column, I couldn’t help but notice that the...

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Ironweed

by Matt Mazur

[26.Mar.09] :. Besting Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman, Jason Robards and Sam Shepard, Jack Nicholson gives one of his most complicated, consuming performances.

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Jake

by Bill Gibron

[22.Feb.08] :. Chinatown remains a stalwart of '70s cinema. The uninspired follow-up 16 years later reminds one that, sometimes, a masterpiece needs to simply be left alone.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

by Bill Gibron

[24.Jan.08] :. A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.

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Jack of all trades: Nicholson stars as a dying man

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[2.Jan.08] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—“Big Jack,” as Jack Nicholson calls his mischievous, Cheshire Cat-grinning, eyebrow-raising, L.A. Lakers-cheering public alter-ego, is sitting on the coffee...

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The Bucket List

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Dec.07] :. The Bucket List is the sort of movie you can watch in your sleep.

 

Part 3: The Stellar ‘70s

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Jun.07] :. When it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate.

 
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Shallow Graves

by Michael Patrick Brady

[21.Feb.07] :. Martin Scorsese's hotly tipped Oscar fave, The Departed, plumbs the depths of the psychological and sociological motives of violence, loyalty, and duty.

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The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

 
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Reds (1981)

by Matt Mazur

[16.Nov.06] :. Warren Beatty's personal best film stands among the most spectacular films of the '80s and has retained its dignity with age.

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The Departed (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Oct.06] :. The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

 

For Leonard DiCaprio, Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ was one film to kill for

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[4.Oct.06] :. His career ambitions were pretty much fulfilled, says Leonardo DiCaprio, when Martin Scorsese called him to talk about playing Howard Hughes in 2004’s “The Aviator.” “After...

 

Jack Nicholson loves being the ‘nice juicy bad guy’ in Scorsese’s ‘Departed’

by Rene Rodriguez [The Miami Herald (MCT)]

[2.Oct.06] :. The rumors emanating from the set of “The Departed,” Martin Scorsese’s remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller “Infernal Affairs,” had Jack Nicholson doing...

 

The Passenger (1975/2005)

by Mike Ward

[23.Nov.05] :. He is introduced as a human being in the process of existing rather than any particular person engaged in any particular struggle.

 

Heartburn (1986)

by James Oliphant

[12.Jul.04] :. In Heartburn, we're not privy to any clues that Mark might be the unfaithful party, even though we know it's a plot device coming down the track like a Metroliner.

 

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Mar.04] :. Something's Gotta Give is best when it backs off the cute dialogue and the actors create their own moments.

 

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Dec.03] :. Overstays its welcome, yes, but worse, it pretends like it's news when it isn't.

 

Psych-Out / The Trip (1967/1968)

by Erich Kuersten

[12.May.03] :. In Haight-Ashbury, Jenny's only clue to her lost brother's whereabouts is a postcard that reads, 'God is alive and well in a sugar cube.'"

 

Anger Management (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Apr.03] :. Dave (Adam Sandler) grumbles okay, to everything, his face reorganized into a permanent twist.

 

About Schmidt (2002)

by Shan Fowler

[13.Dec.02] :. The expression on Schmidt's face every time he encounters another crisis does not convey anger, but befuddlement.

 

The Pledge (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Whenever you see a man looking anguished and alone in the opening shot of a film, and especially if he’s surrounded by wide open space—dirt, snow, sky, whatever—it’s a pretty...