Monthly Archives: August 2010

18th August 2010 - DiCaprio just keeps getting better

Shutter Island and Inception are simply the two best films released this year. Both are brilliantly written, masterfully directed (do you expect anything less from Nolan and Scorsese?) and wonderfully acted.

Both films are examples of the very best of Hollywood.

For all its gimmicks (*cough* 3D *cough*) and its continued complaints about piracy, these films show that, despite a recession, with decent actors and decent directors films can still keep you on the edge of the seat and leaving you wanting more.

They show that films don’t have to resort to tacking on an extra dimension (rather an extra layer to 2D) to draw in the crowds.…
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