Freda Cooper with six actors we wish would come out of retirement… It would have overshadowed a lesser movie. When Robert Redford declared that The Old Man and the Gun would be his last appearance on screen, you could hear the gasps ripple round Tinsel Town. With a career that’s lasted nearly 60 years as […]
Toni Erdmann remake loses Jack Nicholson, but finds a director
Back in February of last year it was reported that Jack Nicholson was circling Paramount Pictures’ planned remake of the hit German comedy Toni Erdmann, which would have marked the screen icon’s first role since 2010’s How Do You Know. Well, according to Deadline, Nicholson has now decided to pass on the project and is […]
Jack Nicholson reportedly returning to acting for Toni Erdmann remake
Jack Nicholson didn’t really walk away from acting on a grand note with 2010’s How Do You Know, but after seven years he’s reportedly making a comeback by starring in the American remake of Germany’s 2016 Oscar-nominated comedy Toni Erdmann. Kristen Wiig is also set to star opposite Jack Nicholson. Variety’s sources broke the news, mentioning Paramount […]
October Horrors Day 22 – The Shining (1980)
The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: Jack Torrance is a struggling writer who takes a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, located deep in the mountains and often snowed in during the winter months, bringing along his wife Wendy and […]
John Lithgow regrets turning down The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman
Along with Robin Williams, Tim Curry, David Bowie and Brad Dourif, notable character actor John Lithgow was in the running to play The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, which of course went to Jack Nicholson. Speaking to Vulture, Lithgow has admitted that he regrets passing on the role. “My worst audition was for Tim Burton for […]
Blu-ray Review – Six Gothic Tales
Robert W Monk reviews Six Gothic Tales, a Blu-ray collection of the Roger Corman directed and produced adaptations of the Edgar Allen Poe stories The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror, The Raven, The Haunted Palace, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Peter Lorre, […]
Blu-ray Review – Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
Prizzi’s Honor, 1985. Directed by John Huston. Starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, and Lee Richardson. SYNOPSIS: John Huston’s penultimate movie, Prizzi’s Honor, arrives on Blu-ray, but the bonus features leave a bit to be desired. You get trailers for five other movies and a commentary track featuring […]
