Monday, Jan. 14, at 6:45 pm/ETChinatown | HBOSForget the godawful Bucket List and pretty much everything he’s done since The Shining (The Departed notwithstanding): This is the Jack we like to think of when we think Nicholson. He plays Jake, a sleazy, 1930s private dick who winds up with a noseful of trouble after taking on what looks like a routine case.Tuesday, Jan. 15, 8 pmFight Club | HBO2It's not David Fincher’s best film — this year's Zodiac gets our vote — but his adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel has found its cult, and it might prove Fincher's most enduring. If you don’t already know what it's about, we're not telling. After all, the first rule of Fight Club is... well, you must know at least that much.Wednesday, Jan. 16, 10:05 pmLive Flesh | FLX Pedro Almodovar made the switch from candy-color sex farces to sincere, full-blown melodrama with The Flower of My Secret, but he didn’t really hit his stride until this very loose, very sexy adap...
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On director David Fincher's wish list? A Broadway adaptation of Fight Club come 2009. "One of the things I want at the 10-year anniversary is to do Fight Club as a musical," he tells MTV.com. "I love the idea of that".... Morgan Spurlock (30 Days, Super Size Me) has inked a two-year deal with Fox Television Studios to develop scripted and unscripted programming — once the strike is over, that is.... James Gandolfini and girlfriend Deborah Lin got engaged over the holidays, says People.... MTV's Making the Band 4 Season 2 premieres Jan. 28 at 10 pm/ET.
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