Tag: Shutter Island
Saturn Award 2011 Nominations
I love Saturn Awards! Of course, if you’re fan of science fiction, fantasy and horror film, you love them too.
So, you’ll be glad to hear that Saturn Awards nominations for the 37th Annual Saturn Awards were announced this Wednesday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror and that we already have a leader!
And it’s Christopher Nolan‘s Inception that led with nine nominations, including best sci-fi pic, as well as Let Me In, Tron: Legacy,Hereafter, Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 which all garnered multiple nominations also.
On the other hand, AMC’s The Walking Dead led all TV series with 6 nominations, while Breaking Bad, Fringe, and Lost with 5 each.
When it comes to actors, we’re not surprised to see that Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr. and Ryan Reynolds gained their nominations for Best Actor, but what’s also interesting is that Leonardo DiCaprio managed to get nominated both for Warner Bros’ Inception and Paramount’s Shutter Island performance.
And now, ladies! Angelina Jolie nomination for Salt performance, Carey Mulligan for Never Let Me Go, Cecile De France for Hereafter, Ellen Page for Inception, Noomi Rapace for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and of course, great Natalie Portman for her Black Swan role.
When it comes to studios, it’s quite obvious that Warner Bros. has the reason to celebrate, because the studio took 23 nominations. Paramount has 16, Disney 15, while Fox Searchlight and Universal are tied with 10.
The Saturns will be presented in June in Burbank, and you can check out the full list of nominees right here on our site!
Best Science Fiction Film
Hereafter (Warner Bros.)
Inception (Warner Bros.)
Iron Man 2 (Paramount/Marvel)
Never Let Me Go (Fox Searchlight)
Splice (Warner Bros.)
Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney Studios)
The Biggest Movie Mistakes And Most Mistake- Ridden Movies of 2010
Iron Man 2 has been named the most mistake-ridden movie of 2010 in website Moviemistakes.com end of the year poll!
Moviemistakes.com was created by Jon Sandys in 1996, and dedicated to the recording of mistakes found in movies and TV. As of 19 October 2010 it currently lists more than 89,706 mistakes, of which over 7,500 have pictures.
The question is why are there mistakes in movies?
Well, those who made the film have been buried in the material, occupied for a great length of time, from months to years depending on the production. They often are focusing on the “big picture”, so details can get by them. And mistakes, goofs and glitches creep into every production, just waiting to be spotted.
Shutter Island Top DVD Rental of 2010 by Redbox
Redbox, America’s movie rental location had a record-breaking 2 mill rentals last New Year’s Eve and according to a national survey, 47 % of American movie-watchers will celebrate New Year’s Eve this year by watching a movie at home. Redbox makes it easy with $1 a night DVD rentals and $1.50 a night Blu-ray Disc® rentals at its approximately 24,900 locations nationwide.
The wildly popular DVD kiosk company will be going into the streaming business next year and that it will do with the help of a partner. Among the names that have been discussed include Sonic Solutions ( streaming videos for Blockbuster and Best Buy), Amazon (Amazon on Demand streaming service) and Wal-Mart owned Vudu ( streaming player for various HDTVs and Blu-ray decks, not to mention the upcoming Boxee Box).
The Most Pirated Movies of 2010
So, guys, 2010 is almost over, and what a movie-year it has been!
Let’s check some titles right here, at the beginning: Avatar, Kick-Ass, Inception, The Hurt Locker, Clash of the Titans…
Ok, you already smell that some numbers are coming in our little story, so let’s get straight to the point.
We’re here to share some interesting announcement that just came from TorrentFreak, and that’s the full list of the 10 most pirated films of 2010 and, of course, number of downloads:
Shutter Island Review
Shutter Island marks the fourth collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio, a teaming which has proven successful time and time again. The main question is, does their new film measure up with Gangs Of New York, The Aviator, and The Departed?
I once had the chance to introduce Martin Scorsese at a New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner (he was presenting an award) — and took the opportunity to say out loud that I felt fortunate that my career as a film critic coincided with Martin Scorsese’s career as a filmmaker.
That sentiment still holds. Every film he makes is more than just food for thought — it’s a full banquet. Scorsese is one of only a handful of directors working whose passion for the medium bleeds through in every frame. He forces the critic to bring out his A game — to watch and analyze the film with the same energy and imagination as the filmmaker brought to making it. And that’s absolutely true of Shutter Island, his latest film…read more [The Huffington Post]
Shutter Island: Martin Scorsese Interview
From Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
Q: What were your influences that fed into the making of Shutter Island?
A: There were films that we looked at. The mood and tone of the Val Lewton (producer) films from the early 1940s are great. I showed I Walked With A Zombie and Cat People – terrible titles but great works of poetry. Both of these were produced by Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur and there’s another Lewton picture, The Isle of the Dead, which is directed by Mark Robson, and is also very interesting. And certainly we looked at (Roman) Polanski’s films – Cul-de-sac, Repulsion and the ultimate one of this kind, Rosemary’s Baby. Even when you know the ending of Rosemary’s Baby you can watch that film many, many times because it’s fascinating to see how everybody is behaving. The actors are extraordinary and the way he shot it is brilliant – it’s a film that keeps revealing itself through the behaviour of the characters. So that was a big one. I showed Leo and Mark two films right away – Laura and Out of the Past. Actually, I showed them to Sir Ben Kingsley, too, and he hadn’t seen them. At the end of Out of the Past, Leo started applauding and he said ‘I think that’s the coolest movie I’ve ever seen..’
Scorsese And De Niro Planning Taxi Driver Sequel?
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are planning a sequel to the critically-acclaimed Taxi Driver, the 1976 movie that made De Niro an icon, according to industry gossip at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Scorsese 67, is in Berlin to promote his new psychothriller, Shutter Island, a thriller based on the bestselling book by Dennis Lehane.
The reports appear to originate from a Danish film magazine, Ekko which reported that Martin Scorsese is in talks with Lars Von Trier about a follow-up to the classic 1976. It’s unclear whether it would be a reboot, sequel or prequel or what but Von Trier and Scorsese were both at the film festival allegedly talking about collaborating on the film.
Shutter Island Featurette
IGN has debuted this short Shutter Island featurette. Check it out below.
Ben Kingsley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Mark Ruffalo – Shutter Island
The upcoming psychological thriller is directed by Martin Scorcese. This is Laeta Kalogridis‘ adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name.
The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson and Max von Sydow.
Super Bowl Shutter Island TV Spot
Here’s a brand new TV spot for Shutter Island which will will air during Super Bowl XLIV.
The upcoming psychological thriller is directed by Martin Scorcese. This is Laeta Kalogridis‘ adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name.
The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson and Max von Sydow.
