Movie: The Crazies (2010)

“As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton (Olyphant) tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife (Mitchell), and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for survival as they do their best to get out of town alive.”

Starring:
Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson

• Director: Breck Eisner
• Release Date:
  26 February 2010 (USA)
• Run Time:
  101 min
• Country: USA , United Arab Emirates
• Genre: Action , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA:
  Rated R for bloody violence and language.

Tagline: Fear Thy Neighbor

Remake of George Romero‘s 1973 film.

Movie: The Ghost Writer (2010)

“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.”

Starring: Ewan McGregor Pierce Brosnan
Kim Cattrall

• Director: Roman Polanski
• Release Date:
  2010 (Australia)
• Country: France , Germany , UK
• Genre: Drama , Mystery , Thriller
• MPAA:
  Rated PG-13 for language, brief nudity/sexuality, some violence and a drug reference.

Trivia: When Roman Polanski was arrested in September 2009, post-production was never put on hold. He saw every step of the film and made all artistic decisions.

Movie: Shutter Island (2010)

“It’s 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy’s shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals “escape” in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything – his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley

• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Release Date:
  19 February 2010 (USA)
• Run Time:
  138 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Mystery , Thriller
• MPAA:
  Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity.

Tagline: Someone is missing.

Trivia: Shortly (August 2009) before its original release in October 2009, the movie was pushed back to February 2010.