Nicholson deservedly bagged the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of novelist Melvin Udall, a guy who manages to embody pretty much every loathesome charactistic known to man. Melvin seems to hate everybody, but most of all he hates himself. Plagued by manic depression and compulsive behaviour disorders, Melvin rarely leaves his apartment except to visit his favourite eaterie, where he insults all who cross his path. Only his long-suffering favourite waitress seems to be the only person in the find out more...

A rather over-sentimentalised romantic drama about the wife of a war-hero who falls in love with a paraplegic 'Nam vet. The drama is underplayed, and cliched in places, and Jane Fonda, despite a sterling attempt, comes across as just a bit too saintly. The ending adds credibilty though. find out more...

A veteran newsman flips when fired after 25 years and in his penultimate broadcast reports his imminent on screen suicide. The ratings shoot up so highly that his now kookie ravings justify his retention. Full of deliciously observed scenes as a behind the scenes struggle for media power commences. find out more...

Two of Hollywood's oldies star together as a septuagenarian couple visiting their lakeside New England bungalow in this tear-jerking family bonding movie. When middle-aged daughter Jane arrives with her boyfriend and his teenage son in tow, the scene is set for the old man to teach the boy to fish and to read Treasure Island. find out more...

The world as a lunatic asylum. Jack Nicholson plays the anarchist determined to challenge the smug system of authority and obedience that rule the roost. The first film by Czech dissident Forman after migrating from Czechoslovakia to the United States, and a superb comment on society! Won Best Picture plus others at 1975 Academy Awards. find out more...