The Oxford Murders

The Oxford Murders was a little disappointing, but only because I got my hopes up.  John Hurt stars as a Wittgenstein-esque logician named Seldom.  Elijah Wood is an up and coming mathematics post-doc trying to convince Seldom to mentor him.  When Frodo's landlady (who is an old friend of Seldom's) is killed, they are dragged into an ongoing investigation of a logico-philosophical serial killer.  This movie has got to be good, right?  Sadly, it's a little slow, with too much talking and too little mystery, especially in the first half.  It's worth putting up with it, the second half is much better.  A solid B+ movie if you're into math, but probably only B- if you're not (but shouldn't you be?)