of the culture, as well as some tantalizing images of Banksy at work. It may raise a lot of questions, but they’re all the right
ones. (R, 87 minutes) Contains profanity.
At Landmark’s E Street Cinema.
BBB1
⁄2 THE GHOST WRITER
The Ghost, as Ewan McGregor’s stead- fastly anonymous protagonist is called, is a young author assigned to pen the mem- oirs of a retired British prime minister af- ter the first author’s mysterious death. The day the Ghost seals the deal, he’s whisked to an island off Massachusetts, where former prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) lives in an elegantly ap- pointed concrete bunker with his wife (Olivia Williams) and a staff of comely as- sistants. As the Ghost sets to work on the project, he realizes that Lang’s distant reticence, a tight deadline and curiously tight security around the project will be the least of his problems. Roman Polanski smoothly threads viewers through a story that comes alive with flawless detail, con- vincing performances and an uncanny
prescience. (PG-13, 130 minutes) Contains
profanity, brief nudity and sexuality, vio- lence and a drug reference. Area theaters.
BB1
⁄2 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
At its simplest, this Swedish thriller based on the first in a series of three popular Stieg Larsson novels is the story of a 40-year-old missing-person investi- gation. Wealthy businessman Henrik Van- ger (Sven-Bertil Taube) hires investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyq- vist) to find out what happened to Van- ger’s favorite niece, Harriet (Ewa Froel- ing), who is presumed to have been mur- dered. No sooner does Mikael start to poke around than he is joined by multiply- pierced computer hacker Lisbeth Salan- der (Noomi Rapace), the tattooed girl of
#
— A.H.
the title. Much of the film’s most critical detective work involves high-tech twists to the shoe-leather approach to PI work, and for once it really works. So many movies today use computers as a modern deus ex machina; in this one, anyone with a laptop can believe it. For fans of the thriller genre, it’s also one heck of a lot of
fun. (Unrated, 152 minutes) Contains ob-
scenity, violence, grisly crime scene photos, nudity, sex, rape and smoking. In Swedish with English subtitles. Area theaters.
B1
⁄2 HARRY BROWN
— A.H.
Michael Caine delivers a stunning per- formance in this rancid little revenge fan- tasy that probably doesn’t deserve him. Caine plays the title character, a retired military man living in a bleak housing project in England, where gangs of teen- age hooligans terrorize neighbors, deal drugs in the pubs and turn abandoned flats into pot farms and weapons depots. After a particularly egregious violation, Harry finally goes rogue, buying a gun from a skeevy gang leader and proceed- ing to dole out vigilante justice. As some- one who literally wrote the book on screen acting, Caine brings all his sense of subtlety and expression to bear on Har- ry, whose loneliness he makes palpable just by touching his wife’s empty pillow. But Caine’s sense of nuance is lost on di- rector Daniel Barber, who labors mightily to create a world of rampant wickedness and failed institutions, so that Harry’s ac- tions make sense. (R, 103 minutes) Con-
tains strong violence and language through- out, drug use and sexual content. At Land- mark Bethesda Row.
BBIRON MAN 2
The best thing about “Iron Man” was Rob- ert Downey Jr.’s cheek and expressive- ness. The worst was the hardware. The sequel drowns any potential sophistica-
— M.O.
tion in a busy, unfocused clatter of cross- talk punctuated by occasional fender- bender royales. But a terrific villain is a terrible thing to waste — namely Mickey Rourke’s Ivan Vanko, who as the movie opens is working in Moscow on a metallic exoskeleton that will rival Iron Man’s both in technological complexity and destruc- tive throw-weight. When Vanko confronts Tony Stark (Downey) for their first show- down at the Grand Prix in Monaco, it’s clear the film will be propelled by Oedipal psychological issues and struggles with mortality. Aw, who’s anybody kidding? It’s propelled by stuff getting blown up, strafed, consumed by fireballs and blast- ed into oblivion, all of which occurs with the dull sense of due diligence. (PG-13, 126
minutes) Contains sequences of intense sci- fi action and violence, and profanity. Area theaters.
BB JUST WRIGHT
— A.H.
Fifteen minutes into “Just Wright,” a ro- mantic comedy about a 35-year-old per- petually single gal named Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) asks, “When am I going to meet that one amazing guy who thinks I’m the one woman he can’t live without?” It takes about five minutes before basket- ball star Scott McKnight (rapper-actor Common) shows up at the gas station. He’s charming, handsome and rich, not to mention a perfect gentleman. He’s in a new car and can’t open his tank. Leslie, a tomboyish physical therapist, helps him out, resulting in an invitation to a party at his house for Leslie and her much prettier god sister, Morgan (Paula Patton). Scott falls in love with Morgan, who refers to seduction as her “job.” When he seriously injures his knee, Morgan dumps him and Leslie steps back in. For a movie with no surprises, Common and his co-star have a
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