Half Light

Pros: Cinematography, Musical score
Cons: Unoriginal plot, Contrived ending

Demi Moore finally decided to come out of apparent semi-retirement for the 2004 direct-to-video paranoid suspense thriller, Half Light. Although I would have expected it to take a much more elaborate production, and a lot more publicity, to lure ...

Pros: If you like a good mystery with romance and a beautiful coastline, this is it.
Cons: Some of the details didn't quite match up, at least in my mind.

I read that this 2003 low budget movie, which was just released this year (2006) went straight to video. Sometimes low budget, straight to video movies are real duds, but I really enjoyed this one. Half Light stars Demi Moore as Rachel Carlson, ...

Pros: Fast-paced, intricate plot; great psychological aspects; Demi Moore; unique supporting characters.
Cons: May be a bit confusing or unbelievable at times.

This is a moving and intricate story of a mystery writer (Rachel, played by Demi Moore), who seeks solace (and a cure for writer's block) after her son's accidental death by moving to a remote house in rural Scotland. The feeling is mysterious, ...

Pros: Demi Moore, setting
Cons: old premise

Demi Moore stars in this tale of a writer with a dead son who goes off to an obscure island to get her head together. While there, she falls in love with one of the locals. This is no ordinary local, but I won't spoil the twist for you.

Suffice it to say that Half Light involves a few hauntings, and will keep you rapt for the duration. This just may well be Moore's greatest role (even though the film seems to have been kept a secret, at least from me. damn it.)