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Feb 19, 2010
Out of Frame: Shutter Island
There’s a storm brewing. Everyone’s got something to hide. There’s no escape route. And our heroes are stuck a rock in the middle of the ocean with violently deranged criminals and asylum administrators of dubious motivations, searching for an escaped convict. That Martin Scorsese can turn these clichéd, stock elements into such a gripping, fascinating film for a full feature’s worth of running time is a testament to his amazing skills as a director,…