Movies, Mom & Me

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  Commentary:  Turns out this doesn't wear well the second time around, either. Even its comic book shtick has been well surpassed, and by its own series. I do like Michael Keaton best as Batman, though. He wore the mantle well, better than any others I can think of. His voice is the epitome of Batman. That said, I'm glad I own it and will probably watch it again. And the characters. Oh, the characters! Nicholson and Bassinger both made a huge splash as their characters, and their performances hold up well.
    I'm sorry, sometimes, that I don't have Batman Returns just to savor Danny DeVito's Joker. But, I've almost got too many Batman movies, as it is.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Michael Keaton	Bruce Wayne/Batman	Jack Nicholson	Jack Napier/the Joker	Kim Basinger	Vicky Vale	Robert Wuhl	Alexander Knox
  Pat Hingle	Commissioner Gordon	Billy Dee Williams	Harvey Dent	Michael Gough	Alfred Pennyworth	Jack Palance	Carl Grissom

  
    Originally published in this journal on 081416.
    Here's the link to the Wikipedia write-up of this film.
    Release Date: 1989
    Directed by Tim Burton.

Labels: jack-nicholson, jack-palance, pat-hingle, super-hero2

# posted by gail @ 03:27    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  I ended up with this movie as part of a package deal, although I can't remember which movie came with it. I like it, and have watched it more than once. If I hadn't gotten it as an add on, I wouldn't own it, but I don't think I'll be sending this one off to the library. It's a great I-want-to-watch-something-but-I-don't-know-what movie.
    The famous Nicholson-in-the-courtroom scene is one of my all time favorites.
  Update 6/9/2022:  This post was originally published on 8/14/16 but disappeared from public view. I am now reinstating it.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Tom Cruise	Lt. J.G. Daniel Kaffee	Jack Nicholson	Col. Nathan R. Jessup	Demi Moore	Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway	Kevin Bacon	Cpt. Jack Ross
  Kiefer Sutherland	1st Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick	Kevin Pollak	Lt. J.G. Sam Weinberg	Wolfgang Bodison	Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson	James Marshall	Pvt. 1st Class Louden Downey
  J. T. Walsh	Lt. Cnl. Matthew Andrew Markinson	J. A. Preston	Judge (Cnl.) Julius Alexander Randolph	Michael DeLorenzo	Pvt. 1st Class William Santiago	Geoffrey Nauffts	Lt. Sherby
  Noah Wyle	Cpl. Jeffrey Owen Barnes	Cuba Gooding Jr.	Cpl. Carl Edward Hammaker	Xander Berkeley	Cpt. Whitaker	Matt Craven	Lt. Dave Spradling
  John M. Jackson	Cpt. West	Christopher Guest	Cmdr. (Dr.) Stone	Joshua Malina	Tom	Aaron Sorkin	Bragging Lawyer

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1992
    Directed by Rob Reiner.

Labels: aaron-sorkin, drama5, jack-nicholson, legal, military, suspense1, tom-cruise

# posted by gail @ 13:25    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  My goodness! Can you believe it? Here is a movie that completely got away from me! I didn't even realize I, or, formerly, we, had it, never entered it in my movie journal, although I know I've seen it, perhaps more than once and, certainly, with my mother. I'm sure we had it before her death. It's the kind of movie she would have liked, which is probably why it is in our collection. But, that I overlooked it! Yikes! I wonder how many other movies are sitting on the shelves that I've overlooked!
    Well, when I'm done with the project, of "picturing" movies, I think I just start from "A" on the shelves and see if there are any others I've missed. I hope not, but I'm excited about the possibility of discovering "new content", as they say in the trades, although they won't really be new, but, simply, uncatalogued. Somehow, I think there are very few. In fact, I kind of think this is the only one. Well, we'll see.
    I should probably write up this movie, my reaction, that is, but I think I need to watch it again for that!
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shirley MacLaine	Aurora Greenway	Debra Winger	Emma Greenway-Horton	Jack Nicholson	Garrett Breedlove	Danny DeVito	Vernon Dalhart
  Jeff Daniels	Flap Horton	John Lithgow	Sam Burns	Lisa Hart Carroll	Patsy Clark	Huckleberry Fox	Teddy Horton

  
    Here is the Wikipedia write-up for this film.
    Release Date: 1983
    Directed by James L. Brooks.

Labels: dramaD, jack-nicholson, john-lithgow, mother-daughter-dynamics1, romance5, shirley-maclaine

# posted by gail @ 19:15    0 comments    email......this post

• Who's watched:  M & G
• Mentions:  *1*
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  Commentary:  I was surprised to see that I mentioned this movie in my journals, albeit some time ago. I'd forgotten about it until some cable channel showed it not too long ago, I clicked into it and Mom was not only thoroughly entertained by it but enjoyed the idea that time can collapse forward as well as backward. It's very dated, true, and the singing is not well woven into the movie, but Streisand's performance, especially as her re- and pre-incarnated personalities, is riveting. Jack Nicholson has a forgotten part in this movie, as well, which renders it fun to watch, simply because he participated in this movie long before he became known for his portrayals of ticklish, "Nicholsonian" characters.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Barbra Streisand	Daisy Gamble/Lady Tentrees	Yves Montand	Marc Chabot	Larry Blyden	Warren Pratt	Bob Newhart	Dr. Mason Hume
  Simon Oakland	Dr. Conrad Fuller	John Richardson	Sir Robert Tentrees	Jack Nicholson	Tad Pringle	Mabel Albertson	Mrs. Hatch

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1970
    Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Labels: barbra-streisand, coming-of-age1, dramedy1, fantasy2, jack-nicholson, period4, popcorn-and-soda3

# posted by gail @ 18:24    0 comments    email......this post

• Who's watched:  M & G (both in theater and on video)
• Mentions:  None
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  Commentary:  The first time my mother and I saw this movie it was new, just in the theaters. She, MFS and I went with my mother's sister, niece and nephew. We saw it at the Los Arcos Cinema (housed inside the Los Arcos Mall, neither of which have existed for decades) in Scottsdale, Arizona. The audience, during the credits, gave the movie a standing ovation. This was the first time any of us in our related group had ever been to a film that elicited so much from the audience.
    I don't know if Mom remembers. I do know that the day I purchased this movie, some months ago, brought it home, wrestled it out of its wrapping and dropped it into the dvd player, Mom and I relaxed, knowing that being overwhelmed by a movie is possible more than once.
    Yes, yes. Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies 28 years after his initial review.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jack Nicholson	Randle Patrick McMurphy	Louise Fletcher	Nurse Mildred Ratched	Will Sampson	"Chief" Bromden	William Redfield	Dale Harding
  Brad Dourif	Billy Bibbit	Sydney Lassick	Charlie Cheswick	Christopher Lloyd	Max Taber	Danny DeVito	Martini

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1975
    Directed by Miloš Forman.

Labels: brad-dourif, dramaC, jack-nicholson, satire2, shared-favorite

# posted by gail @ 19:07    0 comments    email......this post