The Ghost Writer
(Summit, $27)
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer is a “terrifically tense and twisty thriller,” said Entertainment Weekly. Ewan McGregor “gives his best performance in years” as an author hired to write the memoirs of a prime minister (Pierce Brosnan). The DVD includes an interview with Polanski.
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Elvis: 75th Anniversary Collection
(Warner Home Video, $75)
Celebrate Elvis’ 75th birthday with a trip to the movies, said The Seattle Times. This box set assembles 17 of the King’s films, including Jailhouse Rock, Viva Las Vegas, and a restored, remastered version of the documentary Elvis on Tour, the singer’s last film before his 1977 death.
TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures
(Warner Bros, $50)
Errol Flynn “goes to war” in this collection, said The Kansas City Star. When World War II came, Flynn “took his dashing cinematic heroics” to the skies, battlefields, and war-torn beaches. Turner Classic Movies compiles five of his combat films as well as newsreels and cartoons from the 1940s.
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3 officers killed in Pennsylvania shootingSpeed Read Police did not share the identities of the officers or the slain suspect, nor the motive or the focus of the still-active investigation
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Fed cuts interest rates a quarter pointSpeed Read ‘The cut suggests a broader shift toward concern about cracks forming in the job market’
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ABC shelves ‘Kimmel Live’ after Trump FCC threatSpeed Read ‘A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the president doesn’t like what they say’
