Shutter Island won the weekend box office, outperforming both The Crazies and Cop Out in their highly publicized opening week bout. Martin Scorsese’s asylum thriller brought in $22.2 million in its second weekend, bringing it up to $75 million total. Kevin Smith’s poorly reviewed Cop Out was the runner-up with $18.5 million, edging out its surprisingly well received rival The Crazies by $2 million. Read the full story

In this episode of the The Film Stage podcast Jordan Raup and Dan Mecca are joined by Conor O’Donnell and Joe Blodgett to discuss Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. We also talk about Die Hard 5, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion and the BAFTA Awards. You can stream the episode below or download it here. (right click + save as…) Read the full story

The fourth collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio has proven to be their best. The duo have not only beat out 2002’s Gangs Of New York, 2004’s The Aviator, and 2006’s The Departed, but also their personal record. The Departed was previously Scorsese’s best with $26.8M, while Leo’s was $30M for Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. We can all forget about that as Shutter Island made $40.2M this weekend. This puts it in the Top 20 R-rated openings of all-time as well as in the Top 10 February openings of all-time. Read the full story

Remember Cape Fear? Where Scorsese bombarded and frightened us with surreal images and a more-than-unsettling atmosphere? Shutter Island represents that side of Scorsese. It’s quite possibly his most tense film yet. While it’s difficult to label it as “scary”, it certainly knows how to make one feel consistently uneasy. This is a wonderfully crafted psychological horror film. Read the full story

Never say Martin Scorsese wasn’t willing to try something new. Much like Spielberg or Coppola, the auteur jumps at the opportunity to tackle subject matter not immediate to the modus operandi that developed his reputation: tough-talking New York City Italians with a penchant for violence.

So it is with Shutter Island, the closest thing we’ll get to a Hitchcock film these days: a fresh experiment in fear and psychoanalysis. And not an Italian in sight. But violence personified.

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Coming Soon reports that Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are looking to reunite in a film that will focus on the “mobster world.” Scorsese was asked about this during Saturday’s premiere of Shutter Island in Berlin, and this is what he had to say: Read the full story

With Martin Scorsese’s psychological thriller, Shutter Island less than two weeks away from its release, the next thing everybody wants to know from the Scorsese camp is, what’s next? Read the full story

My favorite part of the Superbowl has to be the new TV spots for upcoming blockbusters. Indiewire reports that we will see spots for Alice in Wonderland, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, The Wolfman and Robin Hood. Today we have two other major ones. The first is for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. Check it out below via Firstshowing. Read the full story

Not sure what is coming out this month? I tell you what to check out in theaters, rent later and avoid altogether. Check out the list below.
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Paramount has released 20 high resolution photos for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Check out the photos below followed by lengthy production notes they sent over on the following page. Read the full story