Susan Cooper

He's ba-a-a-ck. Ralph Nader, below, the consumer advocate who ran for president in 2000 and 2004, said he is considering another bid because he believes the current contenders aren't standing up enough to corporate interests. "Look at the major areas of...

Given a choice between Iraq and fairyland, it's clear where moviegoers would prefer to spend time. Despite the glut of politically themed movies on offer this season, audiences have embraced frothier fare: "The Golden Compass," set in a parallel universe...

"The Seeker: The Dark is Rising" would be more potent if the filmmakers were more patient. Loosely based on Susan Cooper's acclaimed middle-school bestseller of the same name, it's hardly got a difficult plot -- it really is about Light versus Dark,...

If there's a lesson to be learned from the fantasy adventure "The Seeker," it's that when Ian McShane tells you not to do something, you really should listen. In this dreary, spectacle-driven adaptation of "The Dark Is Rising," the second novel in...

Just as he’s turning 14, Will (Alexander Ludwig) discovers that, as the seventh son of a seventh son, he is The Seeker. Thus, he has five days to find six signs to harness the power of light, or the dark will take over the world. He also doesn&...

(B-) The Seeker: The Dark is Rising would be more potent if the filmmakers were more patient. Loosely based on Susan Cooper's acclaimed middle-school bestseller, The Dark is Rising, it's hardly got a difficult plot - it really is about Light versus Dark,...

Ian McShane has played some dark characters in the past, but he'll play a mentor figure in "The Dark Is Rising." According to Variety, the Golden Globe-winning "Deadwood" star will topline 20th Century Fox and Walden Media's adaptation of the Susan...

The latest additions to the cast of 20th Century Fox and Walden Media's "The Dark Is Rising" are Gregory Smith and Christopher Eccleston. David Cunningham is directing the adaptation of the Susan Cooper fantasy favorite, which will begin production at...

NOT SINCE J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S "Lord of the Rings” hit it big in the '60s have juvenile fantasy novels struck a chord with American grown-ups the way the Harry Potter books are doing. That's not because the genre hasn't offered stories as fanciful and...

As Christmas lists go, it can be tough competing with Xboxes, GAMECUBES and Pokemon, but among the batch of children's books bestowed with awards in 2001 there are some serious contenders. The American Library Association's 2001 list of notable children'...