42 Search Results Found For: "the departed"
March 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment
It took Martin Scorsese a while, but the legendary filmmaker finally got his elusive Oscar win in 2007 with The Departed, his remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. Changing the setting to Boston and fillin...
May 29, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Hollywood remakes of foreign films get a bad rep as movies looking to capitalize on a great story, but giving audiences an easy way out of not having to deal with subtitles. Oftentimes things get lost in translation and the a...
November 22, 2017 | Leave a Comment
Martin Scorsese's epic crime-thriller was a solid flick full of twists, action and some seriously good actors. The all-star cast included Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson, to name a few, and won four Oscars, i...
August 10, 2016 | Leave a Comment
He was so, so close. Before even graduating from the police academy, new cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is recruited to go undercover with the Irish mafia in South Boston. For over an hour and a half and despite all o...
March 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment
The crime drama The Departed borrows its storyline from the 2002 Hong Kong hit, Infernal Affairs – and even won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Both movies share the premise of a cop going undercover in the mob, and ...
August 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Another foreign film adapted for American audiences, The Departed, does not go as far as Let Me In in re-contextualizing the story for its American setting. What The Departed lacks in context, however, it makes up for in styl...
June 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Featuring some of Hollywood's most talented actors — such as Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jack Nicholson — this movie is one of Martin Scorsese’s greatest gangster films. The story follows two men who go underco...
April 22, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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February 5, 2024 | 2 Comments
Check out what’s new to watch this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Crave, BritBox, and CBC Gem, plus new DVD and Blu-ray releases.