Ripley review: Mr. Ripley is as talented as ever

It’s been more than 20 years since the Talented conman Mr. Tom Ripley last stalked our screens. Best known to modern audiences through director Anthony Minghella’s 1999 adaptation starring Matt Damon, Ripley was last played by John Malkovich in the under-seen (and fun-as-hell) Ripley’s Game, which should give some sense of the various types of performers who walked in Ripley’s stolen shoes. Before Malkovich and Damon, French heartthrob Alain Delon and domestic lunatic Dennis Hopper had turns. Ripley attracts elite …