Shutter Island
Scorsese and DiCaprio team up again in this Drama set in 1954 about a psychotic female murderer who escapes from a hospital for the criminally insane, on Shutter Island. Two US Marshals are sent to track her down before she causes anymore fatalities. This could be a surprise hit for Scorsese, despite the release delay and rumors of marketing sh… Click to read more

Couples Retreat
Written by and starring Vince Vaughn (Old School) and Jon Favereau (Ironman, Friends), Couples Retreat follows four couples as they holiday on a beautiful, tropical island. One of the couples is there for some relationship counseling, while the others are just there to enjoy themselves, but they soon find out that they must all participat… Click to read more

Just last week I was talking about Gamer, where players controlled other people via their minds like a virtual avatar. Now comes Surrogates, with robot bodies taking over from weak fleshy bodies that control them via a mind control pod. Existing only as a human never looked so boring.
Surrogates

Releasing on DVD and Blu-Ray
It is the future, and people are liv… Click to read more

Lots of comedy this week with great stand up, a new comedy from Ricky Gervais, and an action movie where gamers are directly controlling prisoners in a battle with their lives in a simulated video game. People controlling other people as avatars in a completely different realm? No wonder it bombed in the box office.
Gamer

Releasing on DVD and Blu-Ray
Gamer is t… Click to read more

While these last few months have been massive in terms of blockbuster releases, this month still has a solid selection of action-packed games to plow through. Among the releases for January include:
Bayonetta

Coming January 5th to PS3/360
Nothing says “Japanese-made” like a power that summons a humongous heel from the heavens to squash your… Click to read more

Something for everyone this week, with an Oscar-contending action/drama flick, another season of one of the longest running series on television, as well as some good ol’ fashion horror to boot:
The Hurt Locker

Releasing on DVD and Blu-Ray
If you take a look at some of the top critic’s choices for best films of 2009, you’re going to see the… Click to read more