Posts Tagged ‘Jack Nicholson’

Car trouble

Now, I didn’t rate Eastwood’s last film, Changeling (2008), as highly as the rest of the world seemed to – while obviously very competent, with a good central performance from Angelina Jolie, something didn’t quite ring true. Who knows, perhaps Clint’s still at his very, very best (such as in Unforgiven (1992)), when he’s behind the camera, directing himself?

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Art of darkness

Noah Cross: See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they’re capable of…anything!

I recently revealed that Sleuth (1972) was my favourite film, and I hope that Picturenose regulars will forgive me for a comparable piece of heart-felt appreciation when I say that Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974) is, perhaps, the finest film ever made. Yep, that’s what I said.

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The Knight is always darkest just before the dawn…

We’ve come a long way from Zok!, Pow! and Splat! The Batman has always been a bit of an outsider in the comic-book realm. He has no special magical powers, relying instead on his wits, instincts and physical strength to fight crime, alongside some impressive gadgetry.

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Store men

In an effort to be absolutely bang up-to-date here on Picturenose, I thought it would be a good idea to review a movie I managed to miss for a good 14 years. I don’t think it necessarily matters, though. You could see it for the first time tomorrow and it would be certain to entertain you in some way. While certain topics are hardly current (the quite delicious discussion of The Return of the Jedi (1983) for example), the dialogue really is the selling point for this ultra-low budget affair, which cost only around $54,000 to produce.

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