Life is precious, and the world is a hostile place. These two truths are taken to new – and sometimes shocking – extremes in “Children of Men” and “Apocalypto”. One film is set in the near future, and the other in the distant past, but both films are essentially chase movies set against the backdrop […]
Chicken Run: Claymation chickens rule the roost
Chicken Run, the first feature-length film from the claymation wizards who brought us the Wallace and Gromit films, is quite simply the most delightful film released so far this year. It is also one of the cleverest. Inspired by classic prisoner-of-war movies such as The Great Escape and The Bridge on the River Kwai, the […]