The Shining (1980)
Kubrick’s 1980 King adaptation. Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. Steadicam in the Overlook. King hated it. Everyone else didn’t.
Jack Nicholson
This archive gathers the films featuring Jack Nicholson reviewed at Master of Worlds: “A Few Good Men (1992)”, “Chinatown (1974)”, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)”, “Reds (1981)”, “The Departed (2006)”, and “The Shining (1980)” — 6 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Jack Nicholson serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Reds (1981)
Warren Beatty’s 1981 John Reed biopic. American journalist who covered the Russian Revolution. Beatty directed, produced, starred, co-wrote.
A Few Good Men (1992)
1992 Rob Reiner courtroom drama with Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer and Jack Nicholson as the Marine colonel who can’t handle the truth.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Forman’s 1975 mental hospital drama. Nicholson as McMurphy, Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. Five major Oscars including Best Picture.
Chinatown (1974)
Polanski’s 1974 Los Angeles neo-noir. Nicholson, Dunaway, Huston. Robert Towne screenplay. The water-rights conspiracy that defined New Hollywood pessimism.
The Departed (2006)
Scorsese’s 2006 Boston crime thriller. Two moles, one in the mob, one in the police. DiCaprio, Damon, Nicholson. Finally got Scorsese his Oscar.