the wolfman

After months of prolonged waiting, Shutter Island has arrived and all three of us are impressed, to say the least. We're less impressed with The Wolfman remake and Sidney Poitier's '80s movies, but we dive into those as well. Add in some movie news talk about changes to the Oscars and Kevin Smith, and you have a well rounded hour of entertainment news and reviews.

This week sees the remake The Wolfman come to theaters, continuing on a long legacy of werewolf movies. Of all of the movie monsters, I probably love werewolves the most. They haven't been twisted around or romanticized over the years. Thematically, werewolf stories tend to stay the same: they're about the inner beast of man (or woman). That beast is uncontrollable and untamable.