by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2008 | Films
Paramount has announced a release date for whatever the hell they end up calling the film based on the Dennis Lehane novel that is called Shutter Island.It was Shutter Island, then it was Ashecliffe (named after the asylum on Shutter Island) and now it appears to be...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2008 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Affleck’s choice for his directorial debut is somewhat surprising and yet makes sense at the same time. On the one hand, he is adapting the work of an author whose material has already produced a modern classic crime drama (Mystic River) so the bar is already set...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 29, 2008 | Films
Martin Scorsese’s big screen version of Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island has a new name. Ashecliffe Ashecliffe is the name of the asylum located on the fictional Shutter island off Boston harbor. This news has come out in several new articles, including the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 7, 2007 | Films
And the cast just gets better and better.The Hollywood Reporter is …well, reporting that Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) is in final negotiations to join the cast. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley have already been...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 4, 2007 | Films
Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island is already off to an impressive start, with Leonardo DiCaprio (as Teddy Daniels) and Mark Ruffalo (Chuck Aule) playing the leads and Martin Scorsese directing.But they have now added another very impressive name to the cast: Oscar...