Shutter Island marks Martin Scorsese’s return to filmmaking after finally scooping his massively overdue Oscar for The Departed (2006). The film marks something of a Departure for Scorsese as Shutter Island taps into genres which the director has not visited before. The movie delves deep into the world of the dark Movie Noir mysteries of the 1950’s and 60’s which Scorsese has such a fondness for. And it is this fondness for the genre and the confidence that his Academy Award win has given him which makes Shutter Island an extremely enjoyable viewing experience. Scorsese’s elephant is well and truly out of the room. [click to continue…]
Film Reviews
Having waited twenty years for a follow up to Day of the Dead, George Romero seemingly cannot stop making zombie movies; this is his third in five years and loosely follows Diary of the Dead. Primarily through the continued presence of ‘Nicotine’ Crocket (Alan Van Sprang), who featured briefly in Diary. [click to continue…]
John Boorman has enjoyed a directorial career of mixed success, and Deliverance is the film which he will always be associated. The film has developed a strong cult following over the years and is now considered to be one of the iconic films of its time. Boasting bona-fide stars such as Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, Deliverance features one of the most controversial scenes in contemporary American cinema. [click to continue…]
Five years after his weak King Kong remake, Peter Jackson returns to the director’s chair in this adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel. Unlike King Kong Jackson does not have anything like the almost nauseating fan-boy obsession with the source material of The Lovely Bones; and most noticeably he does not have Jack Black failing to act a serious role. So the director is already streets ahead of his last film before a credit is rolled. [click to continue…]
OK, so M. Night Shymalan returned to filmmaking with ‘The Happening’ , following up the truly god-awful ‘Lady In The Water’ which is something of an achievement in itself as I’m surprised anyone would give him a penny after that effort, but they did so here we are.
The premise of the film is based around a sudden biological attack in eastern America which causes it’s infected to commit mass acts of suicide. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel are the couple on the run from the ever widening affected area. An interesting idea, you would assume, especially given the fancy trailer which precedes it… [click to continue…]
