Jack Nicholson

Here are Five Awesome/Crazy Theories About The Shining from Room 237

Quit Using "Gimme Shelter" In Every Damn Movie

The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" is the movie soundtrack song that won't die. Martin Scorcese made a cliche out of it decades ago, but since then it not only hasn't gone away, it's become more prevalent in movies and TV. Sure, it's a good song, but mango popsicles are good too and we don't want o ... More >>

Oscars 2013: Blogging From the Press Room

See also: *More L.A. Weekly film coverage *How a $45,000 Oscar Gift Bag Is Born Our report from the press room is adapted from tweets at @laweeklyarts and @zpincusroth -- follow us there too. [Updated: 10:25 pm] 10:11 pm Anne Hathaway has press room's most sincere line of the night, on why she s ... More >>

Plate: LA Weekly's 5th Annual Food and Wine Event on March 3

For all of you who drive by the Petersen Automotive Museum, not to check out the cars but to reminisce about all the gluttony that has gone on there in previous years, it's time to mark your calendars. Once again, the car palace will be the site of LA Weekly's annual food and wine event, formerly kn ... More >>

Jack Nicholson Speaks! Nicholson: The Early Years, the Only Biography With Jack's Approval, Gets Rereleased

Christopher Fryer and Robert Crane were USC students in 1971 when they decided to write their term thesis on "the emergence of the anti-hero in American cinema" -- and set out to interview Mr. Anti-Hero himself, Jack Nicholson. Hubris isn't exactly rare in college students; what separates Fryer ... More >>

Ming Wong Remakes Chinatown at RedCat, Playing All the Roles Himself

The final scene of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown is the only one actually set in Chinatown. The others take place in downtown offices, fancy clubs, Hollywood houses, or Valley groves. But even though the last scene was shot on location, in the real Chinatown, Spring Street has been emptied of ... More >>

"Making Chinatown": Ming Wong

The final scene of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown is the only one actually set in Chinatown. The others take place in downtown offices, fancy clubs, Hollywood houses, or Valley groves. But even though the last scene was shot on location, in the real Chinatown, Spring Street has been emptied of ... More >>

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Music by Babies

Two exhibitions with Chinatown in the title top this week's list, and both are remakes. One further twists Roman Polanski's already twisted classic film about where incest meets corporate corruption. The other is a sequel to an exhibition that never actually happened.

Anal Bleaching: From Porn Trend to Mainstream (Un)Necessary Evil

It's possible that you're more familiar with the Internet rumor that actress Lara Flynn Boyle bleached her anus at the behest of then-boyfriend Jack Nicholson than you are with the lawyer show she was on for years. True or not, what most of us can agree with is that bleaching your asshole sounds l ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Unseen Elaine May and ghibli gems

The Descendants Review

Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel-good movie of the year. Uh oh.

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel-good movie of the year. Uh oh.

Five Noir Films To Remind You Why You Heart L.A.

"You seen my cat?"​ Yes, we love this place, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get exhausting explaining to everybody else what it is, exactly, that we're doing here. Particularly in summer when the fake tans, overpriced cocktails and newsboy caps worn by people who don't deliver newspapers for ... More >>

James 'Whitey' Bulger, Boston Mob Boss From 'The Departed,' Arrested in Santa Monica at 81

James "Whitey" Bulger​Update: MSNBC reports that Bulger was living on the 1000 block of Third Street in Santa Monica -- a surprisingly public spot at the end of the Promenade. PHOTO of his unassuming apartment, after the jump. James J. Bulger, known within his Irish-American crime family as " ... More >>

Another Trip: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

James "Whitey" Bulger​Update: MSNBC reports that Bulger was living on the 1000 block of Third Street in Santa Monica -- a surprisingly public spot at the end of the Promenade. PHOTO of his unassuming apartment, after the jump. James J. Bulger, known within his Irish-American crime family as " ... More >>

Garrie Aspengren Jr., Hallucinating, Purposely Hit Car Head-On, Stabbed Driver, Then Injured Self With a Drill, Riverside Authorities Say

Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining.'​A man who was hallucinating drove head-on into a car, stabbed the driver, attempted to stab the passenger and then stabbed himself, Riverside County sheriff's officials said. It happened Sunday about 11:55 a.m. in the 32200 block of Safflower St. in French Val ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Urges You to Become a Terrorism Snitch at Staples Center: Profile Away

Front row, next to Jack Nicholson.​Ah, the terror-snitch ho-down has begun at Staples Center downtown, where U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday announced that the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip-off program has expanded there. Any particular th ... More >>

Sex, Cars, Fried Chicken

LACMA's Road Movies Series

How Do You Know Review: Funny Ha Ha and Funny Strange

Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in James L. Brooks' new romcom

JACK NICHOLSON DOES THE TIME WARP!

Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in James L. Brooks' new romcom

Former Saved By the Bell Star Joins Jack Nicholson in Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute (a.k.a. The Greatest Thing Ever to Happen to Mario Lopez)

myprettyrose/Photobucket​Some serious stars have aligned to pay tribute to the 35th anniversary of cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show this month at the Wiltern. On October 28th, Jack Nicholson will lead a cast of movie reenactors including Danny Devito, Billy Idol, Evan Rachel Wood of ... More >>

Outdoor Cinema Food Fest: Food Trucks DeLoreans

Via outdoorcinemafoodfest.com​There are only a few chances left to get in on the Outdoor Cinema Food Fest - the dual-themed event that's been uniting food and film lovers alike all summer - before it comes to a close for the season at the end of the month. This weekend the Fest celebrates the ... More >>

Polanski Alleged To Have Raped Another Woman At Jack Nicholson's House

RadarOnlinePolanski and the self-proclaimed victim.​Another woman has come forward to allege that director Roman Polanski raped her in the 1970s. The victim says she was 21 at the time that Polanski allegedly raped her at the home of Jack Nicholson in 1974, three years before he had sex with a ... More >>

Jack Nicholson Could Be Wearing Green If Lakers Lose Series

​Jack Nicholson must wear an all-green outfit and tape an advertisement touting the virtues of Boston if the Los Angeles Lakers lose the NBA championship to the Boston Celtics, according to a wager between Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Should the Lakers win, Bosto ... More >>

Mayor Scores Free Lakers Tickets Without Having To Tell You Who Gave Them To Him

Fox 11/YouTube​Last month we told you about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's "statement of economic interests," essentially an annual list of valuable gifts he has to file with the state Fair Political Practices Commission. The idea is that the people should know who is showering their ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The City of Your Final Destination, Oceans, Five Easy Pieces

Also, Paper Man, Handmade Nation, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D and more

Easy Rider: Dennis Hopper’s Prophetic Biker Trip, 40 Years Later

Also, Paper Man, Handmade Nation, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D and more

John Updike at the Movies

Hollywood and John Updike, who died today at the age of 76, never made for the easiest of bedfellows. In 1970, the underrated director Jack Smight took an admirable stab at filming Rabbit, Run, the first in Updike's tetralogy of novels about the disaffected former high-school basketball star Harry " ... More >>

John Updike at the Movies

Hollywood and John Updike, who died today at the age of 76, never made for the easiest of bedfellows. In 1970, the underrated director Jack Smight took an admirable stab at filming Rabbit, Run, the first in Updike's tetralogy of novels about the disaffected former high-school basketball star Harry " ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Bucket List, Persepolis, The Great Debaters

Also National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and more

¡Ask a Mexican! the Dating Gain

Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a Mexican guy?

Saying Goodbye to Two Giants of Cinema

Ingmar Bergman, 1918–2007; Michelangelo Antonioni, 1912–2007

Who Are You?

Auditioning for The Next Best Thing

Into the Woods

A supernatural view of theater in L.A.

Hived In

Pornography, apocalypse and betrayal

Where Are You Hollywood?

Last season we had Charlize. Jack Nicholson. Lara Flynn Boyle. Courtney Love. Tommy Lee. Gina Gershon. Anthony Keidis. Mena Suvari. Mike Tyson. Er...Sporty Spice. And of course there was Paris. Aahhh, we'll always have Paris...or so LA Fashion Week thought. But so far this season, and with only ... More >>

Cops and Robbers

Martin Scorsese's greatest hits

Scenes From L.A. Fashion Week

Martin Scorsese's greatest hits

We Heart Denim...Honest

I'm not sure if any of us Style Council gals were at the denim shows last night... Buffalo, Yanuk and Taverniti were the designers showing, and even though denim and sportwear are LA's greatest exports - or at least most lucrative - how exciting can a pair of jeans get, right? Maybe that's why I ... More >>

The Architect of Space and Time

Michelangelo Antonioni returns to Los Angeles

Downsized

American and European movies go to work

Best in Film: Ella Taylor

American and European movies go to work

You Don't Know Jack

Not until you've see him in About Schmidt, anyway.

Nuts to You

Edited by Kateri Butler

Un Certain Disregard

The 55th Cannes film festival

The Raw and the Cooked

Edited by Kateri Butler

In Character

The mayor of Joshua Tree

Just the Fates

Sean Penn’s The Pledge

Hello, Polly!

Sean Penn’s The Pledge

Joltin' Joe and the Holy Man

Sean Penn’s The Pledge