Jack Nicholson
Author
Language
English
Description
Three cowboys are traveling through the Wild West when they stumble upon a gang of outlaws and a dead body. The cowboys are mistaken for members of the gang and are pursued relentlessly by a determined posse to be brought to justice.
1966 American Western film starring Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, and Harry Dean Stanton, and directed by Monte Hellman. Nicholson also wrote and co-produced the film.
Cowboys Vern, Wes, and Otis...
3) The Pledge
Author
Language
English
Description
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, USA Today).Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's...
5) Ironweed
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack Nicholson plays Francis Phelan, a washed-up ballplayer who deserted his family back in the 1910s when he accidentally killed his infant son by dropping him. Since that time, Phelan has been a shabby barfly, living from drink to drink.
6) Goin' South
Author
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to hang in a backwater western town, horse thief Henry Moon (Jack Nicholson) is saved when frontierswoman Julia Tate (Mary Steenburgen) agrees to marry him. Taking advantage of the town law that prohibits the execution of married men, Moon follows Tate back to her ranch, planning all the while to escape at the first possible opportunity. But Tate insists that he honor his end of the bargain at work on the ranch. She has no intention of consummating...
7) Easy rider
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the "real" America. And find it
8) Chinatown
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life
10) Reds
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2006, c1981
Language
English
Description
The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness, along with waitress Carol Connelly, helps put Melvin back in the human race
13) The last detail
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Two Navy Petty officers are detailed to take a prisoner from Washington to jail in New Hampshire and decide to give the prisoner one last good time
14) The shining
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A writer and his family are snowbound in a hotel and are haunted by either the hotel itself or the writer's dementia
15) Broadcast news
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Romantic triangle set in the world of television news. Tom Grunick is the perfect modern anchorman. He's got the smooth charm and handsome good looks that America loves. Jane Craig is the brilliant hot-shot producer, committed to fighting the trend toward flashy, style-over-substance "personality" news, whose job it now is to make Tom look like a newsman. Aaron Altman is the dedicated reporter, utterly devoid of on-camera charisma, who's jealous and...
16) Five easy pieces
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness
Publisher
[Binge Box]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night
It (R) (2017) (135 min.): A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children
Pet sematary (R) (1989) (102 min.): When the new doctor in town discovers that a nearby patch of woods can rejuvenate the dead, he uses it to restore the life of his dead son. But it soon becomes clear that his son has changed
The...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Harry Sanborn is a perennial playboy with the libido of a much younger man. During what was to be a romantic weekend with his current infatuation, Marin, at her mother's Hampton beach house, Harry develops chest pains. He winds up being nursed by Marin's reluctant mother, Erica. When Harry hesitates to act on his feelings for Erica, Harry's thirtysomething doctor steps in and starts to pursue Erica. Harry, who has always had the world on a string,...
19) The departed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Chain-smoking kooky Daisy consults psychiatrist Chabot to help her stop smoking. Chabot is astonished to learn she has amazing ESP powers and that under hypnosis she reveals her former life as Melinda, an 1840 English coquette
"The talents of acclaimed director Vincente Minnelli (Meet Me In St. Louis, An American In Paris) and legend Barbara Streisand combine to bring this Broadway production tot eh screen in grand fashion. Streisand is Daisy Gamble,...