Following the cluster of Iraq protest letters (November 5), can I recommend a surprisingly good US film we rented last night?

The Majestic stars Jim Carrey and is set during the 1953 Joseph McCarthy "witch-hunts".

I think the following is worth quoting - part of a letter to his sweetheart from an American soldier, who gave his life for his country soon afterwards: "When bullies rise up, the rest of us have to beat them down whatever the cost.

"It's a simple idea, I suppose, but one worth giving everything for."

-Richard W Symonds, Lavington Close, Ifield