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Show Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 A&EDiversion Page 7 45clence Unwrapped Cutting Canyon Country: The Origins of Utah's Red Rock Landscapes Join us Friday Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. ESLC Auditorium Dr. Joel Pederson www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped Join our Facebook group 411 21st ER mALi ri t• 0 LEONARDO DICAPRIO (right) and Mark Ruffalo (left) star as two federal marshals investigating the disappearance of a prisoner from a hospital for the criminally insane in "Shutter Island," the latest film by director Martin Scorcese. For a list of employers attending and tips for success visit: 'Island' falls short, but delivers "Shutter Island" is based Ben perfect. Emily Mortimer and on Dennis Lehane's novel of Patricia Clarkson turn in some Roden the same name. The narraespecially great work. tive follows federal marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo What's bad: DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who travel to "Shutter Island" works hard Grade B a titular islet to investigate a to misdirect the audience. In mysterious escape of a patient "Shutter Island" doing so, it sometimes gets from Ashecliffe, a hospital for ahead of itself. While some the criminally insane. contrivances are made more understandAs the investigation unfolds, Teddy's able by some developments late in the traumatic past is slowly revealed, and film, there are some bothersome superfluiit becomes apparent that the staff of ties. Cinematic sleight-of-hand is essential Ashecliffe Hospital know much more than in creating mystery, but so many moving they're telling. It doesn't help that the two parts sometimes make "Shutter Island" feel head physicians are played by Ben Kingsley a little sloppy. and Max Von Sydow, who rank (among some of my ex-girlfriends) as some of What's ugly: the most potentially sinister people in the world. A whole lot. The island is full of scary, bloody people. The winner has to be Jackie What's good: Earle Haley, who defends his title as the creepiest little dude in the movie business. Scorcese. But that's no surprise. He's Bruised and disfigured, he makes his single been in the game so long that he can out scene one of the film's most memorable direct most of his competitors with his eyes and disturbing. As the conclusion comes closed. It's fun to see him apply his A-list into focus, the brilliant details of the scene talent to some satisfyingly B-movie matebecome even more profound. rial. Every technical aspect of the film speaks The bottom line: to Scorcese's mastery of the medium. He knows exactly where to place the pieces "Shutter Island" has so many outstandand how to get them moving in the right ing elements but never quite reaches the directions. excellence promised by the talent involved. Also worthy of mention is our Li'l Leo. In the end, it's like watching a group of True, his facial hair looks like an arts-and- Formula 1 superstars cruising around in crafts project gone awry (too much glue, Pow-Pow-Power-Wheels sports cars. These too little glitter), and he often appears to folks are experts and the pedal is on the be playing dress-up out of Dad's closet. floor, but the vehicle just can't bring them However, DiCaprio is reaching the point in up to speed. his career at which even the most vicious of It's not Scorcese's best work, but as naysayers can no longer legitimately deny thrillers go, it's solidly above average. Well his talent. The character he creates is sym- constructed and featuring uniformly excelpathetic, complex and unfailingly watch- lent performances, "Shutter Island" is a able. Incidentally, his German isn't bad. popcorn-film making at its best. 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Harvey for a book I only picked up weaves his tale from true because the cover intrigued Grade Bevents of the past in meanme. It is decorated to look dering journey that might be "The Island of Lost Maps" like an antique map, with the unlike anything I have ever title and subtitle in antique read. As a journalist, Harvey came across lettering on that map. an article about Gilbert Bland, a middleEvery chapter includes at least one illusaged man who'd been caught after a crime tration from the map or book or historispree spanning much of the United States, cal figure relevant to the chapter. But the taking maps and illustrations from old and artistic imagery isn't the only vivid detail. rare books. Harvey makes you feel like you are on his At first, that didn't seem too interesting. journey with him, using great descriptions Bland's motives are unclear, and we know and ever tugging at the heartstrings every from the beginning of the book that he gets so often, and dropping in witticisms about caught. But Harvey doesn't tell only Bland's treasure maps and what seem like his own story. The lesser-known facts, and some private jokes to change the pace. speculations of famous explorers such as I'm unsure of Harvey's intended audiMagellan and Marco Polo and royalty and ence, apart from himself, but this was an war heroes and modern-day businessmen, unlikely candidate for appealing to me, are threaded neatly into what is, in its most and appeal it did. I can recommend it basic form, Harvey's search for why Bland to those interested in writing, geography, did what he did and what the repercussions history, language, psychology, crime and were and are, rather than a mere account mystery, economics and morality. Harvey of the crime. wrote with an accessibility that made me Part unauthorized biography - though feel comfortable going along for the ride Harvey interviewed dozens of people, without forgetting the intent - researching Bland never granted him any face time Bland - in the stories and trivia along the - and part autobiography, the book is writ- road. ten almost entirely in the first person. Even — pulcre.puella@gmail.com though it is categorized as nonfiction, it 1/4 -S Book Review Integrity Price Guarantee For more than a century, thousands of couples throughout Northern Utah have experienced fair and honest transactions at S.E. Needham Jewelers. You don't have to be a skilled negotiator to get the best price. 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