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Hells Angels on Wheels ** (1967, Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf) – Classic Movie Review 3865

The young Jack Nicholson’s presence as a gas station attendant – or petrol pump worker – called Poet confers cult status on director Richard Rush’s interesting and amusingly dated, if rather draggy 1967 biker movie […]

Jun, 15

Blood and Wine **** (1996, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis, Jennifer Lopez) – Classic Movie Review 2998

Jack Nicholson re-teams in 1996 with director Bob Rafelson (The King of Marvin Gardens, Five Easy Pieces) for the pounding lowlife thriller Blood and Wine, with the slogan ‘There is no honour amongst thieves’ (amongst […]

Oct, 20

Head *** (1968, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Victor Mature, Annette Funicello, Timothy Carey) – Classic Movie Review 2885

Co-writer/director Bob Rafelson’s 1968 movie Head stars the Sixties TV starring and chart topping pop group The Monkees (Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith) in a riot of psychedelic, surrealist visuals and caustic […]

Sep, 07

Drive, He Said *** (1971, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, William Tepper) – Classic Movie Review 2884

Jack Nicholson co-writes (with Jeremy Larner, based on his novel), co-produces (with Steve Blauner) and makes his directorial debut in this 1971 campus-set, anti-establishment comedy drama. It expresses itself through a celebration of oddball characters, […]

Sep, 06

A Safe Place *** (1971, Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 2880

Writer-director Henry Jaglom’s 1971 drama stars Tuesday Weld in an affecting performance as a strange girlish young woman named Noah, a disturbed, free spirited flower child living alone in New York City. She is locked into […]

Sep, 05

Carnal Knowledge **** (1971, Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel) – Classic Movie Review 2878

Director Mike Nichols’s grown-up 1971 film drama stars Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen and Ann-Margret. It is based on a witty screenplay by renowned humourist Jules Feiffer, from his then unproduced play. Feiffer pitched the […]

Sep, 04

Five Easy Pieces ***** (1970, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, William Challee, Ralph Waite) – Classic Movie Review 2877

Co-story-writer/producer/director Bob Rafelson’s greatly admired 1970 classic Five Easy Pieces was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. It stars Jack Nicholson, who is stupendous as Robert Eroica Dupea, a middle-class musician drop-out who, along […]

Sep, 03

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