Amazing Grace

Kids whose only knowledge of World War II comes from the movies will be relieved to learn it was a struggle between the plucky pigeons of Britain and the fearsome falcons of the Third Reich

Goodness reduced to helplessness in the face of evil is the characteristic feature of the moral universe of today’s popular culture

Pity the poor celebrity! Harried, persecuted and plotted against by paparazzi scum, is it any wonder if he takes the law into his own hands?

A husband and wife are driving home after an evening out. The wife asks the husband why it should be that they put braces on girls just at the moment when they are most self-conscious about their appearance. The husband, looking tired and fed-up, says he doesn’t know and lapses into silence. Suddenly there are…

A delightful movie, funny and poignant at the same time, which manages to be almost as tough-minded as its 11-year-old hero

Saving Grace, written by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy and directed by Nigel Cole, I found a surprisingly charming and thoroughly entertaining film until about three quarters of the way through, when it lapsed into a tired druggy fantasy that made the rest of the thing look bad retrospectively. I think the key to making…