Tag: Shutter Island

ReviewSTL Podcast Episode 11: Martin Scorsese Films in Honor of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

Posted: January 24, 2014 at 12:19 pm   /   Film, Local, ReviewSTL Podcast

Few filmmakers have had as much influence or success as Martin Scorsese. Some directors have a golden era and fizzle out, while others burn out after one triumph, never to be heard from again. Scorsese, though, has continuously put out excellence in a career spanning decades. In honor of The Wolf of Wall Street, we […]

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Tim’s Favorite Films of 2010 Part 1

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 4:41 pm   /   Film, Local

Let me start by saying that I did not see every film that was release in 2010.  Thankfully I was able to avoid films like Sex and the City 2 and Grown Ups.  But I did miss Blue Valentine and The Illusionist which I very much want to see.  But here I give you my […]

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National Board of Review Announces Their “Best” List

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 1:39 am   /   Film, Local, Movie News

As if we aren’t gonna be bombarded with enough “Best of the Year” lists, I give you the list of winners from the National Board of Review.  This is significant only because their pick for the best film of the year has gone on to win the Oscar the last two out of three years.  […]

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Sacha Baron Cohen and Sir Ben Kingsley Cast in Scorsese’s “Hugo Cabret”

Posted: March 16, 2010 at 1:36 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Martin Scorsese is coming off with some of the biggest commercial successes of his career with The Departed and Shutter Island both having respectable grosses.  So, what is next for the famous director? A kids film named Hugo Cabret. Hugo Cabret is a twelve year old orphan who lives in a Paris train station. Sacha Baron Cohen […]

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“Shutter Island” Lands On Top With $40 Million

Posted: February 21, 2010 at 2:51 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I will be one of the first to admit that I was someone who thought it was a mistake to move Shutter Island from October to February, but it seems to have paid off. The Martin Scorsese psychological thriller came on top on the weekend with an estimated $40.2 million. This marks Leonardo DiCaprio and […]

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Shutter Island – Movie Review

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 7:46 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Set in 1954, U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is investigating the mysterious escape of a female inmate from Ashecliffe Hospital, a prison/asylum for the criminally insane.  Her sudden disappearance from a locked and guarded cell is made all the more perplexing by the fact that the prison is located on Shutter Island, a remote […]

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Win Passes to “Shutter Island” at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: February 9, 2010 at 3:13 pm   /   Contests, Local

ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “Shutter Island” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! Synopsis: Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio team up as a pair of U.S. Marshals who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Massachusetts to search […]

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Joshua Jackson starring in ‘UFO’

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 4:05 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Is this a version of typecasting? It seems that whenever an actor stars in a popular sci-fi series or movie that they get offered all kinds of roles in the genre. Is it because they have developed a fascination with the genre? Or maybe it is because producers think of them so readily from their […]

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Second Shutter Island Trailer

Posted: October 3, 2009 at 11:38 am   /   Local, Movie News

I was genuinely disappointed when they moved this film from an October release to a January date. It doesn’t look like a typical Scorsese film, and that is what intrigues me so much. I guess the one positive to the pushed back release date is that I can finally read Dennis Lehane’s novel. If anyone […]

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2009: What to Look Forward To Part 3

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm   /   Film, Local

Part 1 Part 2 Alright, let’s continue to look at some of the films that are coming out later this year! Shutter Island – October 2nd Here we have Martin Scoresse’s followup to his Oscar winning tale The Departed. This time he is going in with an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Shutter Island. […]

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