Unlike other publications, I'm not going to bore you with a gushing and generic review of Scorsese's latest movie Shutter Island ('he's amazing', 'a true master of film', 'the best director on the planet' - no thanks!) , mainly because there's a gorgeous gallery of the film waiting for you at the bottom of this article. But I will share a few thoughts on what I believe is one of his most brilliant and harrowing films to date. A masterpiece, if you like. (actually, that does sound a bit gushing and generic - Ed).

Though the first Iron Man movie didn't exactly blow us away, we definitely felt it was good enough to warrant a second outing - so we're looking forward to Iron Man 2 hitting cinemas during the summer of 2010.

This month, Tim Burton is back with his new off-beat creation Alice in Wonderland, which will star Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and newcomer Mia Wasikowska.

Columbia Pictures has launched a new trailer  for The Karate Kid - the forthcoming remake of the classic '80s movie that starred Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio.

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 coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.

Although the Birds Eye View festival's chosen appellation would suggest a panoramic aerial view of the sensitive side of filmmaking, the scopic dimensions of the female proactive gaze have proved able to subvert the hetero-driven directives of dominant cinema through a desiring multi-subjectivity that transcends the restrictive dualisms object/subject, panoramic/POV, absence/presence, etc.