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The Passenger [Professione: Reporter] **** (1975, Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff) – Classic Movie Review 2841

‘I used to be somebody else… but I traded myself in.’ – David Locke. Co-writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni decorates – or rather obscures – Mark Peploe’s intriguing 1975 thriller plot with a great deal of fine […]

Aug, 23

Prizzi’s Honor ***** (1985, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, John Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 2805

Director John Huston’s absolutely brilliant 1985 black-comedy Mafia movie thriller, based on Richard Condon’s novel, stars Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna, a hitman who works for the Prizzi crime syndicate family. Charley is soon up […]

Aug, 12

The Raven **** (1963, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 2678

This spoofy 1963 gothic fantasy horror movie is one of the best of director Roger Corman’s several Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, supposedly inspired by the same Poe poem that produced the 1935 version of The Raven. […]

Jul, 07

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ***** (1975, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Scatman Crothers) – Classic Movie Review 2,467

The exhilarating 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is only the second to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay). Director Milos Forman’s exhilarating 1975 movie One […]

May, 09

The Departed ***** (2006, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg) – Classic Movie Review 1996

Martin Scorsese‘s spectacular 2006 crime thriller epic boldly remakes the 2002 Hong Kong cult favourite Infernal Affairs and hit the jackpot at the box office and the Oscars. winning four, including Best Motion Picture of the Year […]

Dec, 23

Easy Rider ***** (1969, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Toni Basil, Phil Spector, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Robert Walker Jr) – Classic Movie Review 1738

  The 33-year-old director Dennis Hopper’s exhilarating, liberating 1969 landmark counter-culture classic Easy Rider stars himself with Peter Fonda (29) as Billy and Wyatt (nicknamed Captain America). They are a pair of bikers who ride […]

Oct, 03

The Two Jakes **** (1990, Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 938

In the third of his trio of movies as director, Jack Nicholson films in 1990 his buddy Robert Towne’s screenplay for their belated sequel to Chinatown (1974). His labyrinthine, complex plot may have audiences scratching […]

Mar, 18

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