“King Lear” (**1/2 out of four) was a competent but empty retelling of the Shakespearean classic with Anthony Hopkins in the title role as the conflicted king, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, and Florence Pugh as his daughters, and Jim Broadbent particularly strong as the Earl Of Gloucester. Film has strong performances and is vibrantly shot but missing the dramatic fire and involvement of earlier “Lear” adaptations and Shakespearean novel. Not bad but still a disappointing reteaming of Hopkins and Thompson who previously starred in “Howards End” and the classic “The Remains Of the Day.”