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Martin Scorsese fans can look forward to seeing two of the maestro’s movies in HD next month for the first time on Sky TV. Shutter Island will screen on Sky Movies on February 20 and Casino on Sky Movies Greats a week earlier. Sky Movies will be putting the frighteners on in February with the […]

Paying a premium for Sky’s paltry HD service will seem worth it this month with the launch of Boardwalk Empire. I’ve only seen the first episode, and merely in SD on a screener DVD. But I’m in no doubt as to how glorious the Martin Scorsese-directed premiere will look in HD come Saturday (Sky Movies, […]

If early reviews for Boardwalk Empire are any guide, Sky’s new HD gangster drama could be untouchable. The Hollywood Reporter is the latest to publish its verdict, calling the Martin Scorsese-directed pilot about Prohibition-era Atlantic City “nothing short of intoxicating”. “Not since Mad Men has a slice of history been so meticulously re-created for television, from […]

As foreshadowed by ScreenScribe.tv, Sky TV has confirmed HBO’s successor to The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, will screen here in HD. The 12-part Prohibition drama, set in 1920s Atlantic City, is from Sopranos scribe Terence Winter, stars Steve Buscemi and includes among its directors Martin Scorsese (who’s also the executive producer). It will air in double-episodes […]

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Man von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Elias Koteas, John Carroll Lynch. Director: Martin Scorsese. Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis. Music supervision: Robbie Robertson. Cinematography: Robert Richardson. There are few movies you want to revisit as quickly as Shutter Island. Martin Scorsese’s latest exercise in suspense and panache […]

Martin Scorsese fans should be delighted with the HD transfer of his spooky thriller, Shutter Island. Hi-Def Digest says the “exceptionally well rendered transfer makes this eerie thriller even more absorbing and immediate” than it was in cinemas while DVD Town dubbed the picture quality “the best part of the production … beautifully detailed, with […]

Sky TV has picked up a new Martin Scorsese-directed gangster drama series that HBO hopes will be its next The Sopranos. The deal was done at the LA Screenings market, where broadcasters from around the world gather to preview pilots for the new US TV season. Many of the new shows already are locked up […]