“Nocturnal Animals” (**1/2 out of four) was an engrossing but pointless psychological thriller about an art gallery owner (Amy Adams) who becomes fascinated and scared by the title book from her ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal) about a violent rape and kidnapping. Film alternates between the events of the book and Adams’ reactions to them in her own life. Film has some chilling and tense moments which keep you watching, and Adams is dynamite as always, but doesn’t lead to a satisfying conclusion, with an abrupt ending that is strange to say the least. Gyllenhaal is OK but Aaron Taylor Johnson is scary as one of the film’s main villains.