Sentences with phrase «jack nicholson»

In fact, most of the best villains historically feature in superhero movies based on DC properties: Terence Stamp's Zod in Superman and Superman 2; Jack Nicholson's version of The Joker, even Michael Shannon's freakishly venomous version of Zod in Man of Steel.

Shockingly Jack Nicholson pulled off the exact opposite award season losing the oscar to Harry and Tonto's Art Carney.

10:00 pm — TCM — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Criminal Jack Nicholson gets put into a psychiatric hospital to see if maybe he's crazy, and he ends up shaking the place up a bunch, especially the extremely strict by - the - book Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher).

But how could you not be smitten by the film's imposing Art Deco — meets - industrial cityscapes and gleefully delivered Jack Nicholson one - liners like «This town needs an enema»?

Warner Bros going ahead with «origins story» of hotel that was setting for the Jack Nicholson horror classic

Compared to Jack Nicholson's version from 1989, Ledger clearly takes the character from comic misfit to what really amounts to a demented terrorist.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Bucket List (PG - 13 for profanity and a sexual reference) Oscar - winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman co-star in this bittersweet end - of - life saga as terminally - ill cancer patients who make a break from the hospital after compiling a checklist of everything they want to do before kicking the bucket.

Jack Nicholson needs little help to make the most of this unusual tale of a journey of self - discovery.

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson.

By Emma Steele 2017-11-06T09:19:21 +00:00 November 6th, 2017 Categories: Festival Tags: Charles Krug, Charles Krug Legendary Filmmaker, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Nancy Meyers, Something's Got ta Give, The Intern, The Parent Trap

Jack Nicholson stars as Warren Schmidt, a newly - retired insurance broker from Omaha who is finding that his life to date hasn't had the meaning he had hoped for when young.

An English - language remake starring Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig is in the works, so now is your chance to see the original and experience the joy of its surprises before Hollywood gets hold of it.

By Emma Steele 2017-11-06T09:19:21 +00:00 November 6th, 2017 Categories: Festival Tags: Charles Krug, Charles Krug Legendary Filmmaker, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Nancy Meyers, Something's Got ta Give, The Intern, The Parent Trap 0 Comments

Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) becomes a police officer so that he can work as mole within the Boston PD, and feed information back to his gangster pal Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson).

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif.

[Cain's first infamous novel was a 1934 best - seller that was also staged in 1936 and made into a film in both 1946 and 1981 - Tay Garnett's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) with John Garfield and Lana Turner, and Bob Rafelson's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange.

After playing the villain in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), he had a small part in Spike Lee's Oscar - winning Malcolm X (1992) starring Denzel Washington, and was in Mike Nichols's Wolf (1994) with Jack Nicholson.

Plenty of films have dealt with Bulger, including Martin Scorsese's The Departed, which uses his life in a tangential way to infuse Jack Nicholson's character Frank Costello with a certain degree of authenticity.

The players: Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Kathleen Lloyd, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam Randy Quaid, Frederic Forrest, John Ryan, Sam Gilman.

Letdown is also in store for the Jack Nicholson fans who should be most attracted by a disc billed the «Back - to - Back Jack Edition»: his turn in the «bonus» film is a single blink - and - miss scene.

My son recently put up a picture up for me online with me and Jack Nicholson and since then I have been contacted quite a bit.

She played a very important scene in Stanley Kubrick's «The Shining» as the woman in Room 237 and that seduces Jack Nicholson in the film.

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Frances McDormand, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau, Paul Michael Glaser, Rachel Ticotin, Patrick Fischler, Kevin Watson.

Tommy Where: Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., 415-621-6120 When: Sept. 6 Why: Ken Russell's gleefully campy adaptation of The Who's best - known rock opera celebrates its 35th anniversary with a digitally restored print guaranteed to flatter its cast of rock and Hollywood luminaries, including Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Ann - Margaret and Tina Turner.

Matthew Broderick was a hapless schoolteacher in «Election»; Jack Nicholson was an angst - ridden widower in «About Schmidt» and Paul Giamatti was a social - misfit, wine connoisseur in «Sideways».

Good news for the ever - diminishing cult of Sandler, the rest of western civilization should cringe at Jack Nicholson returning to his Corman days by reciting a series of dick and fart jokes while banking to a dangerous degree on his lupine grin.

Hayes» feature film credits include the Bobby and Peter Farrelly comedy «The Three Stooges,» «The Bucket List,» opposite Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, and the independent drama «Pieces of April,» opposite Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt.

I didn't mind the many takes though since I was enjoying kissing Jack Nicholson, that was sure [laughs].

*** 1/2 / **** Image A - Sound A - starring Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren screenplay by Jerzy Kromolowski & Mary Olson Kromolowski, based on the novel by Fredrich Durrenmatt directed by Sean Penn

Luckily, the marriage of Martin Scorsese — the unofficial mafia whisperer in modern cinema — alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, and Mark Wahlberg, builds upon the strength of the original film by injecting gritty realism, eliminating somber black - and - white flashbacks, and providing a grim bookend that doesn't occur in the Hong Kong film.

How about Jack Nicholson in «The Missouri Breaks»?

Survey participants chose Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks and Jeremy Irons among the best best actors, but guess for which films?

But this time he isn't played as a benign nasty clown as Jack Nicholson did back then.

The special explains that Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of the father played by Darren McGavin.

Forget about Jack Nicholson's slightly portly Joker in the 1989 movie.

Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won Oscars for their leading performances in this touching, if slightly sit - commy, romantic dramedy.

The lead really should have been Jack Nicholson.

The best supporting actor category includes Leslie Phillips for Venus, Michael Sheen for The Queen, Jack Nicholson for The Departed and James McAvoy for The Last King Of Scotland.

There always seems to be a tortured soul as his protaganist (Viggo Mortensen in «The Indian Runner» and Jack Nicholson in both «The Crossing Guard» and «The Pledge»), so it's a surprise that with «Into the Wild» he mostly keeps things upbeat and positive.

«Jack Nicholson walked by me once, and I became very, very wobbly.»

I hope this begins a strong run for Rockwell, who I believe is this generation's answer to Jack Nicholson.

In the role originally played by Jack Nicholson will be Bryan Cranston, while Carell plays the part of the initially prison - bound sailor.

The Dark Knight features two villains already featured in previous movies, namely Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the 1989 Batman and Tommy Lee Jones as Two - Face in 1995's Batman Forever.

It was the sort of year in which I was most grateful for unexpected pleasures like Steve Rash's The Buddy Holly Story, Floyd Mutrux's American Hot Wax, Burt Reynolds» The End, Hal Needham's Hooper, Jack Nicholson's Goin» South, and Blake Edwards» Revenge of the Pink Panther — the last - named among the unexpected simply because the Clouseau formula and Edwards» elegant eye had seemed terminally tired the previous time out (The Pink Panther Strikes Again, 1976).

Actress Anjelica Huston received Jack Nicholson's stamp of approval before writing about their 17 - year love affair in her memoir Watch Me.The Witches...

Even given the usual Happy Madison stable of filmmakers and performers, keep in mind who has appeared in cameo or even co-starring roles in those movies: Jack Nicholson was in Anger Management.

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I started thinking about Jack Nicholson and About Schmidt when I saw the trailer for Everybody's Fine.

For some reason Garrett Hedlund plays Hook as if he is imitating Christian Slater who is imitating Jack Nicholson playing Indiana Jones.

Leslie Phillips is thrilled to be nominated alongside Jack Nicholson Leslie Phillips and Jack Nicholson are an unlikely pairing — but the Venus star is delighted to join the American on the list of best supporting actor Bafta nominees.