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The Ghost Writer
Dir. Roman Polanski. 2010. PG-13. 128mins. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson.
Polanski gives an elegant polish to a potboiler thriller about a guy ghostwriting the memoirs of a disgraced British prime minister. Wilkinson has a brief but memorable turn as a politically connected academic. On DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand.

Kick-Ass
Dir. Matthew Vaughn. 2010. R. 117mins. Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Before Scott Pilgrim arrives with a big-screen take on a much-loved comic book, check out Vaughn’s ultra-violent, foul-mouthed riff about a young would-be superhero. On DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand.

A Prophet
Dir. Jacques Audiard. 2009. R. 155mins. In French and Italian with subtitles. Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif.
A young guy sent to prison slowly learns how to play the inmate factions off against each other to get ahead. Soon, he’s ready to usurp his crime-lord mentor. It’s sweeping in scale and pays close attention to the gritty details of life in a French prison. On DVD and Blu-ray.

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