Searchers, The

An amusing and occasionally wise and witty film from Patrice Leconte, but one whose principal virtue is its leading man

It is with some reluctance that I add my voice to the chorus of praise that has greeted Chicken Run, the latest from Nick Park’s and Peter Lord’s Aardman animation shop (now operating under the aegis of DreamWorks). It would have been more satisfying to think of this film as I had grown used to…

The Contender, written and directed by Rod Lurie, is yet another example of Hollywood’s idea of politics and even more bizarrely disconnected from reality than the director’s last outing, the appalling Deterrence which I reviewed in this space a few months ago. The film’s multiple absurdities and implausibilities would take too long to spell out…

A movie with the worldview of the Occupy Wall Street crowd, but too inclined to let what it sees as the One Per Cent off the hook

Even the kids who love this stuff might want to start thinking about putting away childish things

Aren’t there enough reasons we know about to oppose the President’s re-election without our having to probe his psyche for hidden ones?