Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Boston (Mostly Southie)Like the classic film Good Will Hunting, this movie takes place in the working-class Boston neighborhood known as Southie. Almost every character tends to mention this fact a...

Third-Person OmniscientThe movie opens with a monologue by Frank Costello, but it isn't long before it takes us into the perspective of different characters like Colin Sullivan and Billy Costigan....

DramaThere might be some solid humor sprinkled throughout this movie, but don't let that fool you. This movie is definitely all about the drama of Billy Costigan trying his best to infiltrate the I...

For a movie in which almost every main character dies, The Departed is a suitable title. Of course, we don't know these people will die until we get to the end of the movie, so we spend most of the...

Um, everyone dies.Okay, okay—so maybe some people do survive. But none of the movie's three main leads (Costello, Billy, and Colin) make it to the credits. For many people, the ending of this mov...

RThere's a lot of violence and lot of swearing in this movie, which is pretty much what anyone would expect after seeing one or two Martin Scorsese films. You definitely don't want any really young...