Word on Martin Scorsese’s new 1950s insane-asylum thriller is mixed; some are hailing it as the best of his career, while others found that he had trouble balancing the twisty plot with the lush visual detours. Here’s some of the…
Claustrophobic corridors that make your chest tighten just thinking about them. Eerie needles dripping with mysterious medicine. Smiling nurses clad in too-white, perfectly-buttoned uniforms. When it comes to insane asylums, Hollywood’s got the formula down. Whether it’s the corrupt hierarchy…
Each decade seems to bring more and more films classified under the genre of thriller, especially as people now interpret them as erotic thrillers, psychological thrillers, and disaster thrillers. So there’s no way that I could peg every single one…
What makes someone legendary? Is it based on financial success? Professional ingenuity? Luck? Whatever “legend” is, director Martin Scorsese seems to have captured it. With a directorial career spanning over 40 years, and with the massive critical and commercial success…
Citing economic reasons, Paramount has moved its Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio film Shutter Island from its October 2 release date to February 19. Paramount Pictures chairman-CEO Brad Grey issued this statement:
“Our 2009 slate was greenlit in a very different economic…
