Also Watched - Ghost in the Shell, Crimson Peak, The Public Enemy, Pawn Sacrifice

Also watched this week, Ghost in the Shell, Crimson Peak, The Public Enemy, Pawn Sacrifice
Ghost in the Shell aka Kôkaku Kidôtai  (1995)  
Written by: Kazunori Ito (screenplay), Masamune Shirow (comic)
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka
Rated: --

A future with hackers, cyborgs, and extensive information networks. Motoko hunts a deadly hacker known as the Puppet Master.

 
Crimson Peak (2015)
Written by: Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam
Rated: R

In this period piece, an author, Edith (Mia Wasikowska) moves in with her new husband Tom (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain). The house may be haunted, or full of killers, or both.


The Public Enemy (1931)
Written by: Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, )Harvey F. Thew (screen adaptation)
Directed by: William A. WellmanStarring: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods 
Rated: --

Tom Powers (James Cagney) climbs the ranks as gangster in prohibition era Chicago

Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Written by: Steven Knight (screenplay), Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson  and Steven Knight (story)
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard 
Rated: PG-13

Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) battles the Russian Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) in chess during the Cold War.