This is a very worthy film, another portrait of Jewish suffering during World War II and the appeal that the atrocities not be forgotten.

This is a solid piece of drama, geared completely for its American audience with the memories and griefs of September 11th 2001.  It is a tribute to the police and the firefighters personnel who went to the Center and into the towers to rescue people and who lost their lives – hundreds of them.

In years to come, this will probably be considered one of the best films of 2006.

It was something of a surprise when P.D. James published Children of Men a few years ago. Her fans know her as a writer of stylish and literate crime thrillers, which are also murder mysteries and investigations but have much more depth than average.

A murder mystery with a different kind of victim: the short-lived electric car.  It is murder most foul and, keeping the Agatha Christie connection, it seems as though there are more killers than on the Orient Express.

Despite the fact that most of this film is ludicrous, poorly acted and ridiculously scripted, it may well be worth seeing for those who like Asian action films, for its star, Tony Jaa.  He not only performs impossible action feats, he also choreographed them.

No particular reason to see this comedy of modern New York manners.  On the other hand, it has a good cast and is something of a mirror affluent 30 or 40-somethings to see their foibles as well as their faults and betrayals.

Terry Gilliam has an amazing imagination.  An American who has lived in England for almost 40 years, he came to prominence as part of the Monty Python team as well as with his abilities as a cartoonist (which can be seen in Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life). He began directing in the 1970s with Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Jabberwocky. 

For many of us, when we think of Superman on the screen, we remember the late Christopher Reeve.  But it is 28 years since he appeared in Superman: the Movie and 18 years since he starred in Superman IV.  The powers that be have decided that it is his time again (just as last year we saw Batman Begins).  The X Men have been with us three times in six years and next year we expect another visit from Spiderman.

Secret agent, Alex Rider.

For the first five minutes, Stay Alive looks like a computer game blown up for the big screen.  Then, we find that it is.  But, we also find that those who play it finish up dead in the same way that their characters die in the game.  Moral: stay alive.

This is a fine documentary.  The subject is the Holocaust.  The stars are children of Whitwell, Tennessee, their teachers and some of the concentration camp survivors.  It seems an unlikely story and some over-fussy commentators have disliked the fact that it was American children who built this project, sounding intolerant about a project which focuses on tolerance and understanding.

Bollywood movies are still rare enough outside India and cinemas around the world catering for Indian audiences.  They have more than a touch of the exotic for Western audiences.

This is a film where the distinction between ‘what’ is presented and ‘how’ it is presented is very important.  It would be easy to dismiss this as a film about a young woman who becomes a pin-up, a nude model, a star of some underground bondage movies of the early 50s.  This is, in fact, what the film is about. 

This is a brief intriguing psychological case.  Some publicity as well as some disappointed reviews suggest that we should be expecting a Hitchcock style suspense thriller – but that seems an exercise in reading into a film expectations rather than appreciating what is there.  There are some moments of tension but it is the psychological mystery which is the key issue.

How stupid is stupid?  Nacho Libre is pretty stupid.  Not that audiences can’t enjoy something stupid.  We do.  But this one is really hit and miss.

You might say that it is all a bit silly.  It’s a kind of Saturday matinee show for an adult audience rather than children.  It’s amusing but not all that funny.  Slight, momentarily entertaining and certainly not very demanding on the brain.

This is a fine surprise.  It is one of the best of the many animated films screening for holidays. Adults will enjoy a touch of horror with their children who don’t mind a reasonable scare or two.