Nicholson helps carry Scorsese's 'Departed'
Martin Scorsese did not invent movie violence, but he helped turn it into an art form and then watched as others picked up the baton and beat the genre bloody.
He may have his equals but few are his better, and his furiously acted new film "The Departed" is no departure. It returns him to familiar turf: the family of men and the mean streets they inhabit and turn crimson with the blood of anyone standing in their way. And while it is reminiscent of his classic work "GoodFellas," it is without that sprawling and meticulous film's coherence, clarity, artistic urgency or sense of discovery. »Read Full Article