Article: Reality check; 'Bucket List' makes Nicholson think about his own future.(Preview)

Byline: BOB STRAUSS - Los Angeles Daily News

I'm looking into Jack Nicholson's eyes.

It's a rare occurrence. Live, anyway. Hollywood's favorite actor almost always wears shades in public. But while we're discussing his latest movie, "The Bucket List," he's got small, black-framed glasses with clear lenses.

Is this an indication he's ready to reveal secrets behind his decades-in-the-making, Bad Boy of Beverly Glen persona?

"Bucket List," after all, is a comedy about mortality, in which Nicholson's cancer-stricken character is shown in very un-Jack-like, vulnerable moments: his head shaved for surgery, nauseous and incontinent from ...

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