One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: The Crazy Ones

Photo: United Artists Author Ken Kesey considered himself a link between beatniks and hippies, a critic of behaviorism and the conventional. His most famous novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's…

The Evening Star 

In 1988, Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) has a strained relationship with her grandchildren and eventually agrees to see a therapist (Bill Paxton). The sequel to Terms of Endearment (1983) desperately…

The Shining: Hotel of Horrors

Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner Ten years ago, a friend of mine and I had a nerdy contest where we decided to crown the greatest horror movie ever made. After plenty…

The Departed: Keeping Your Enemies Closer

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner When I went to see this movie with a friend the other night, his expectations were not too high. Martin Scorsese had, in…

Terms of Endearment: Fighting Back the Tears

Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Paramount It never fails. I’ve seen this film, director-producer James L. Brooks’ first, four or five times and it always leaves me…

Batman: The Jack Nicholson Show

Michael Keaton. Photo: Warner Tim Burton, a former Disney animator and director of a wild horror comedy called Beetlejuice (1988), suddenly found himself helming a major blockbuster. He carried a…