“Rebecca” (*1/2 out of four) was a sodden romantic thriller adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel about a young newlywed (Lily James) who arrives at the vast estate of her husband (Armie Hammer) on the English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife Rebecca which haunts her, literally and figuratively. Hopelessly dated story is muddled and boring; good cast can’t provide much sparks to this lifeless material. Even Hitchcock struggled with this story in his previous adaptation in 1940.