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Horror Filmmakers Discuss The Legacy And Influence Of ‘The Shining’
Warner Bros. It probably wasn’t very obvious at the time, but May of 1980 ended up being a pretty important month in the history of the horror film genre. Two weeks after Sean S. Cunningham introduced...
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The Death Of MTV, Pixar’s Theory Of Labor, And So Many Hot Takes!
Warner Bros. Note: Hi, I’m Laremy, welcome to my old column. Rhetorical question: What will this column be? A collection of links you can read, along with really solid commentary. Most will be movie...
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Bask In The B-Movie Goodness Of ‘Mars Attacks’ With These Lines
Warner Brothers Pictures Mars Attacks sported an impressive cast with Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, and a bevy of yet-to-be stars at the time all facing off...
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David Spade Talks About The Time Jack Nicholson Asked Out Lara Flynn Boyle...
Hollywood gossip was a different game back in the mid-to-late ’90s. The internet wasn’t nearly as big or omnipresent as it is now, and we really only had glossy tabloid magazines and Entertainment...
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How The NBA Is Using Hero Pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger To Train Their Refs
Getty Image The NBA is a rapidly changing league in many ways, from the spreading and spacing of offenses to the versatility and hyperactivity of defenses (to say nothing of the changing fiscal...
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Jared Leto Suggests His Joker Will Make Heath Ledger And Jack Nicholson Proud
Empire Magazine There’s no shortage of opinions about the version of the Joker Jared Leto will play in Suicide Squad. Just check the comments on any of the trailers, set videos, or the first, second,...
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‘Horace And Pete’ Was Turned Down By Some Big Names Before Landing Alan Alda
Pig Newton Horace and Pete, the web series that cost Louis C.K. a chunk of money but not all his money, could have had someone other than Alan Alda in the role of Uncle Pete. And not some stiff pulled...
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The Electrician From ‘The Shining’ Has Some Great Memories About Stanley Kubrick
Warner Bros. There is perhaps no major motion picture that has captivated audiences for as long as The Shining has while driving them all absolutely crazy. The film has influenced generations of...
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Shelley Duvall gets those tough-to-reach bloodstains with Shining Cleaner
Sometimes when you're scrubbing the kitchen, you can overlook some terrible stains. Shelley Duvall is here to help you clean. That's actually comedian and actor Dudley Beene as Shelley, and his...
View Article‘Suicide Squad’: Jared Leto spent time with ‘psychopaths’ as research for...
For Jared Leto, who stars as the Joker in the upcoming movie Suicide Squad, playing this character presented a whole series of challenges. Of course there”s being able to overcome its storied history....
View ArticleCritics didn’t love ‘The Shining’ in 1980
Perhaps harder to believe than the fact that Stanley Kubrick's The Shining — which turns 36 today — wasn't universally beloved by critics in 1980 is the idea that it was nominated for two Razzies...
View ArticleThe Joker: What the critics said in 1989 and 2008
Suicide Squad“s Jared Leto took on a daunting task: filling the shoes of Heath Ledger, who earned heaps of praise, a posthumous Oscar, and an indelible mark on pop culture with his turn as the Joker....
View ArticleSteve Carell and Bryan Cranston may co-star in ‘Last Detail’ sequel for...
Richard Linklater has long since earned my eternal loyalty as an audience member. I may not love every film he makes, but I know that when he sets out to make a movie, there”s going to be some reason,...
View ArticleThe Latest Colin Kaepernick Bad Take Compares His Protest To ‘A Few Good Men’
They say that everyone is the hero of their own story, but sometimes it’s hard to nail down the hero in other tales. Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy, for example, is a bit fuzzy on the...
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‘Toni Erdmann’ Is Coaxing Jack Nicholson Back Into Feature Films For The...
Warner Bros. Cinema god and frequently cited “guy that could still get it” Jack Nicholson will be gracing the silver screen once again. No, the globe hasn’t demanded Anger Management 2: Rage Babies...
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Maybe Jack Nicholson isn’t retired after all.
A few days ago, I told you about an anonymously-sourced report from Radar Online saying Jack Nicholson had “quietly retired” from acting because of memory issues. At the time, I pointed out that...
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Floyd Mayweather Trotted Out The Douche Parade For His Big Victory Against...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez rather easily on Saturday night, earning the decision for the 45th win of his incredible career and a ridiculous $41.5 million paycheck...
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Jack Nicholson isn’t retired, he just thinks movies suck now
“I’ll never retire from loving porno mags.” -Jack Nicholson quote I just made up. Last week Radar Online published an item from an unnamed source “close to” Jack Nicholson, saying the actor had quietly...
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‘Jack Nicholson Did A Lot Of Drugs,’ Claims Most Obvious Biography Ever Written
I have this theory that actors did a lot of drugs in the 1960s and 70s. Also, the 80s and 90s. And probably the 00s and 10s, too. I don’t have a lot of evidence, but I’ve just got this hunch that...
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Quentin Tarantino Will Play Roger Corman In ‘Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes’
(via Getty Image) Hey, speaking of how a lot of people already knew that Jack Nicholson did a number of drugs in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, The Trip’s producer Roger Corman is the subject of a recent...
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Stephen King Still Totally Hates Kubrick’s Version Of ‘The Shining’
So, Stephen King has written a sequel to The Shining, which has a lot of folks pretty excited because The Shining is probably his most popular story. Of course, the main reason The Shining has become...
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Review: Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ sequel sees Danny Torrence burning bright as...
Warner Bros “His daddy had been a scary man, and how that little boy had loved him.” – Stephen King, “Doctor Sleep” There is something deeply broken at the heart of “Doctor Sleep,” Stephen King’s...
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Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson may reunite for ‘El Presidente’
AP Photo Do you want an “A Few Good Men” reunion? You can’t handle an “A Few Good Men” reunion. Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. are attempting to woo Jack Nicholson to join the actor in the Doug...
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Thelma Schoonmaker recalls an unpredictable Jack Nicholson in Best Picture...
Warner Bros. Talking with Thelma Schoonmaker recently, it became quickly apparent that I wasn’t even going to scratch the surface of her career’s work with Martin Scorsese in a single piece. I couldn’t...
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Jack Nicholson Really Wants To Bang Jennifer Lawrence
If I could hear the life story of any celebrity who’s ever snorted a pile of cocaine as big as my head, I’d choose Jack Nicholson. Now there’s a man who’s lived, which is to say, how the hell is he...
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12 greatest drunk moments in Golden Globes history
It’s just common sense that awards shows that serve cocktails are better than awards shows that don’t serve cocktails, and the Golden Globes fall firmly into the former category. Which is why there...
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25 best Oscar-winning performances of all time
We’re in the 86th annual Oscar voting window and two weeks from today, we’ll know the champions of the 2014 Academy Awards. Winners in the performance categories seem to be all lined up, though we’ve...
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Batman And Bane Have Finally Been Added To ‘The Room’ And Other, Um, Classics
Via Youtube Pistol Shrimps make parody mashup videos in which they place their own version of Batman in famous movie scenes. We’ve already shared the first two installments here. This time around they...
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To Commemorate Jack Nicholson’s 77th Birthday, Let’s Remember 10 Iconic Film...
Via Warner Brothers There are plenty of famous actors, but few are in the same movie star stratosphere as Jack Nicholson. The man has been the embodiment of a movie star in every way since the late...
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Jack Nicholson Snubs Little Kid At Clippers Game
Jack Nicholson (photo. @LBSports) Jack Nicholson has been a ubiquitous presence on the sidelines at Staples Center, and before that the Forum, since Showtime during the 1980s. Thursday night was the...
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Jack Nicholson Didn’t Look Too Happy About Being At A Clippers Game
Via ESPN on NBA The Oklahoma City Thunder finally put the plucky but overwhelmed Los Angeles Clippers out of their misery last night with a 104-98 Game 6 win at the Staples Center. If there’s anything...
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Top 10 performances in Roman Polanski films
Tomorrow, more than a year after its Cannes Competition premiere, Roman Polanski's “Venus in Fur” finally opens in US theaters. It's the 20th narrative feature of a career that now spans six decades,...
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25 years later: Whatever happened to the cast and crew of ‘Batman?’
Warner Bros. Pictures Remember Bob the Goon? Lieutenant Eckhardt? Alexander Knox? We imagine if you are a fan of Tim Burton's 1989 blockbuster “Batman,” then you certainly do, as well as key members of...
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15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ On Its 25th...
Warner Brothers Batman came out 25 years ago today and was nothing short of a Star Wars-level giant at the box office. Forget the $411 million it made in the theater, the marketing of the movie was an...
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18 ‘Batman’ Lines We Can’t Stop Quoting 25 Years Later
At a time when Christopher Nolan was shedding the final awkwardness of his teenage years, Tim Burton was busy laying the groundwork for the future of all gritty superhero franchises. While Heath...
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Jack Nicholson Can’t Handle The Truth About The Los Angeles Lakers
CSN Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014-2015 Los Angeles Lakers. Is this As Good As It Gets? Do the Lakers need A Few Good Men to compete? After all, Something’s Gotta Give right? Otherwise Kobe’s goin One...
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How Has Everyone Not Watched This Footage Of Jack Nicholson Prepping For The...
Warner Bros. The Shining not only boasts some of the slickest cinematography and direction in any horror film — the tracking shots are moments of miraculousness — but it also contains one of Jack...
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Video: Vlade Divac Hits Half-Court Shot To Win $90,000 For Charity
During last night’s Lakers-Warriors stunner, Vlade Divac was in the house. During a break in play, the former Kings and Lakers center (he was traded for the pick that turned into Kobe Bryant) was...
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Watch This Fantastic Kobe Bryant “Let It Go” Frozen Parody: “Let It Tank”
Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer (photo. Bleacher Report) I hate musicals. Call it un-American or, as my family explains, “You’re just a toneless hater,” but I just don’t understand spontaneously breaking...
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The Lakers Have Hit Rock Bottom And Jack Nicholson Says He’ll Sell His...
The Lakers are a bad basketball team, like historically bad. You probably knew that already but it’s worth noting that, right now, they have the fourth worst record in the NBA at 13-41. Needless to...
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The Womanizing, Decadent Los Angeles Decades Of Jack Nicholson
Getty Image Besides outright admitting to being a womanizer, a 2011 interview with Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson revealed truths about the actor that were both illuminating and muddling. When asked...
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Jack Nicholson Used To Sneak A Secret Inscription Into Each One Of His Film Sets
Getty Image Anjelica Huston was Jack Nicholson‘s squeeze for more than a decade, so to say that she knows Jack pretty well is an understatement. In the memoirs she released last year, Huston went into...
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Guess Which Celebrities Had Secret Passageways To The Playboy Mansion In...
Getty Image While doing some research for a feature about Hugh Hefner’s birthday, staffers over at Playboy came across something they weren’t expecting to find in the magazine’s storied archive. Among...
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You Can’t Handle Jack Nicholson’s Craziest Movie Freakouts
Columbia Pictures Jack Nicholson turns 78 today. During his five-decade career, Jack’s won three Academy Awards and has been nominated a whopping 12 times, making him the most nominated actor in...
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Quotes From The Joker: Remembering Jack Nicholson’s Best ‘Batman’ Moments
Warner Bros. Maybe you loathe Jared Leto’s tattastic take on the Joker, or maybe you love it. Either way, you have to admit that it is a bold take on the character. And that, in and of itself, is in...
View ArticleThis Might Be What It Looked Like When Jack Nicholson Saw Jared Leto As The...
When I saw a headline about Jack Nicholson’s reaction to the first image of Jared Leto as the Joker for the upcoming Suicide Squad movie, I got pretty excited. After all, Jack’s a golden quote machine...
View Article10 overlooked scare moments in ‘The Shining’
“The Shining” turns 35 today. Can you believe it? Truly, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic feels as fresh today as it did when it was released. Not only that, but it stands as possibly the most...
View ArticleNBA Superfan Jimmy Goldstein Calls Jack Nicholson A ‘Fair Weather’ Lakers Fan
If you were asked to name the biggest Los Angeles Lakers fan on the planet, odds are you’d pick Jack Nicholson, right? The Academy Award winning actor is a noted Lakers season ticket holder, and you...
View ArticleLet’s celebrate Father’s Day with these 5 murderous movie dads
It's Father's Day, meaning it's time to celebrate the man who gave you everything. Or maybe he didn't! Maybe he took off before you were even born. Maybe he was always away on business. Or maybe he...
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Frank Costello Quotes When You’ve Got To Carve Out Your Legacy
Warner Bros A man whose very name was synonymous with crime, violence, and basically all things undesirable throughout the city of Boston, The Departed‘s Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) spent his life...
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