---I recently watched two good mysteries:
Half Light (2006) Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Hans Matheson, James Cosmo. The film was originally to be shot in Canada but due to the cold weather the film was moved to a location in northern Wales and England, although it is set in Scotland. Nice little mystery thriller about a mystery writer, whose son is killed in a drowning accident at the beginning of the film. Unable to get started back writing after eight months, she decides to rent a house, away from everything on the coast of a Scottish village. And trouble begins. The actors are all pros and we are in good hands. Demi looks great. But it is the cinematography that is the *star* with great shots of the rolling waves crashing along the shore, and a wonderful light house playing a prominent role, and island horses along the shore. Worth the time just to watch them and the sea. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412798/
Dial M For Murder (1954) Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams. Alfred Hitchcock film shot in 3D which adds very little to the enjoyment of the film. Even on it's first run, when I saw it in a movie palace, that was not what we talked about after the show. It was the fact that mild John Williams, pro that he is, stole the picture from the stars. He is that good as the inspector who makes it all come out right. Milland has the showey role as the diabolical husband; Grace is properly confused and bitter; and Cummings is just wrong for the hero role, IMHO. But the whole thing is just done so well, you can't help but keep watching. Not favorite Hich for me, but better than most who-done-its. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912/
More to come----
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