The Ghost Writer, 2010 (Grade B)

Director: Roman Polanski
Awards? none that I know of
Starring:Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Preece, James Belushi, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, David Rintoul

sez says: this has a stylish appeal and the pace is good--not all crash and dash--but no lulls either. But then, I had the story figured out about half way through --and it just isn't anything new to have a story tell us, yet again, that power corrupts and that 'Nations' do evil things to maintain and or to increases the power they have. But still there are a couple nice touches: Elements are introduced to the story -that NEVER reappear. That is almost unheard of. As Checkov said: -- if a gun appears in the first act, it will be used in the second half. And the very end, was not expected..but it worked, papers flying down the street and all. (Grade B)