Julianne Moore is possibly one of the best actresses of her generation, so her casting in Ridley Scott's 2001 horror film "Hannibal" was a little frustrating. "Hannibal" was a decade-later sequel to Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning horror powerhouse "The Silence of the Lambs" which starred Anthony Hopkins as the insane cannibal psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, the FBI rookie who needed to interrogate him. Foster and Hopkins are both excellent, and both won Oscars for their performances. "Hannibal" catches up with the "Lmabs" characters after Dr. Lecter has been on the lam for a number of years and Agent Starling is blamed for a disastrous botched drug raid. The plot involves one of Hannibal's surviving victims (Gary Oldman) as he plots revenge.

For "Hannibal," Hopkins agreed to return, but Foster didn't, leaving the role of Agent Starling in the hands of Moore. Moore is fine in the role,...