Not anything truly supernatural this week…so instead I bring you the fun and intriguing world of psychological thrillers.
Shutter Island (Nationwide)
Psychological Thriller (R)
(From comingsoon.net) From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
The Ghost Writer (Limited, Nationwide March 5)
Thriller (PG-13)
(From comingsoon.net) When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost, agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident.
The Ghost flies out to work on the project, in the middle of winter, to an oceanfront house on an island off the U.S. Eastern seaboard. But the day after he arrives, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA—a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, Ruth, and his personal assistant (and mistress), Amelia. As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA—and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Was Lang in the service of the American intelligence agency while he was prime minister? And was The Ghost’s predecessor murdered because of the appalling truth he uncovered?
Resonating with topical themes, this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller is a story of deceit and betrayal on every level— sexual, political and literary. In a world in which nothing, and no one, is as it seems, The Ghost quickly discovers that the past can be deadly—and that history is decided by whoever stays alive to write it.
I really love psychological thrillers. They are the few movies that actually surprise me now. I think it’s a matter of never knowing what is real and what isn’t that allows you to be surprised.
I’m not a huge fan of Martin Scorsese’s stuff, but I love Leonardo DiCaprio, so I will definitely be seeing Shutter Island. I also like Ewan McGregor so when The Ghost Writer is released nationally I will be seeing it.
Are you interesting in seeing any of these movies?
