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Feb 12, 2010 · So begins Shutter Island, an impeccably assembled genre thriller from Martin Scorsese that lets the Oscar-winning filmmaker pay painstaking homage to the Hollywood film noirs of the ’40s and...
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Jul 3, 2020 · Scorsese’s now-classic 1991 remake of Cape Fear is perhaps its closest cousin, a lean, mean psychological thriller with disturbingly good lead performances and a incisive commentary on the ...
Part gothic horror and part Hitchcockian nightmare, Shutter Island is bold, atmospheric and hugely entertaining. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2019
Scorsese skillfully plays with audience's perceptions, keeping us guessing until final, jaw-dropping revelation. Shutter Island's narrative intricacies, while compelling, may be a double-edged sword for some. Twists and turns are brilliantly executed, but demand active engagement from viewer.
The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum...
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Feb 13, 2010 · In Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese builds a psychological thriller that looks intently at madness, and the blurring of reality and imagination that comes with it.
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Feb 18, 2010 · Don’t waste your time playing Shutter Island. Its few small moments of quality are overshadowed by its flaws. If ever a game felt like a slapdash, half-hearted attempt to cash in, this is it.