'Nightmare Alley' veers into a different lane for Guillermo del Toro and Bradley Cooper

Director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro veers out of his customary lane in "Nightmare Alley," a gorgeous-looking but narratively flawed movie that at its best evokes the lurid thrillers of the 1940s while meandering too much in between. Bradley Cooper fills the central role, but Cate Blanchett steals the show as a Barbara Stanwyck-style femme fatale.