REVIEW: Shutter Island

Martin Scorcese’s latest 1950s-set mystery thriller is adapted from the best-selling, critically acclaimed 2003 novel of the same name, by Dennis Lehane. Leonardo DiCaprio plays U.S. Marshal, Teddy Daniels, who is to carry out an investigation on the island, involving its hospital for the criminally insane. A dangerous patient, Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), has apparently escaped from her locked cell. However, as Daniels delves deeper into the case, all is not what it seems.

BY ANNA CLARE MARSHALL

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REVIEW: The Absence of Women by Owen McCafferty – The Lyric at Elmwood

The Lyric showcased the new play by Belfast-born Owen McCafferty. The plot centres around two aging Belfast men : Gerry (played by Karl Johnson) and Iggy (Ian McElhinney). Conversing in a London hostel, these characters revisit important memories that have brought them to their current state. McCafferty’s indigenous knowledge of Northern Irish culture and mindsets has resulted in a comical, moving and daring work that remains long in the memory.

BY ANNA CLARE MARSHALL

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