Something to watch tonight: Wednesday 6 August

Shutter Island (Scorsese, 2010)

Aug 06, 2025

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Still from Martin Scorsese's 200 psychological horror film Shutter Island.

Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), Shutter Island is one of the easiest recommendations I’ve ever made here.

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I wrote about it back in March 2010 for the late, lamented, Capital Times:

There’s something very odd about the opening scenes in Shu…

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