, 2h4 Directed byShekhar Kapur OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Historical ThemesFeminist films, Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about royalty ActorsCate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Clive Owen Roles Lord Harewood Rating73% In 1558, the Roman Catholic Queen Mary (Kathy Burke) dies of a cancerous tumour in her uterus, leaving her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) as queen. Elizabeth had previously been jailed for a supposed conspiracy to murder Mary but has now been freed for her coronation. The film shows Elizabeth being courted by suitors, including Henry, Duc d'Anjou (Vincent Cassel), the future King Henry III of France and Poland, whom she rejects, and urged by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Richard Attenborough) to marry, which, as he states, would secure her throne. Instead, she has a secret affair with her childhood sweetheart, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Joseph Fiennes). The affair is, however, no secret from Cecil, who makes it clear that a monarch has no private life. Elizabeth deals with various threats to her reign, including Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (Christopher Eccleston); her Catholic cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who conspires to have her murdered; Mary's mother, Mary of Guise (Fanny Ardant), who brings French troops into Scotland to attack Elizabeth's forces when they invade.
, 1h22 OriginUSA GenresMusical ThemesFilms about children, Musical films ActorsAshley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn, Ian McDiarmid, Emily Ann Lloyd, Camilla Belle Roles Hotel Clerk Rating50% In the film, Oliver Warbucks (Hearn), thirteen-year-old Annie (Johnson), her friend Hannah (Lloyd), an eccentric scientist (McDiarmid) and an orphan named Molly (Belle) travel to England, where Warbucks is to be knighted by the King himself. However, the kids get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Collins) to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Warbucks' knighting, thus making her queen.
, 3h13 OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesChildren's films ActorsNoley Thornton, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Jane Hazlegrove, Patricia Neal, Siân Phillips Rating71% At the beginning of part one of the miniseries, Heidi is being raised by her cousin Dete in Switzerland following the death of her parents. Dete soon becomes selfish and unwilling to incur the costs of raising Heidi. Dete decides to take Heidi to live in the Alps with her grandfather. Her grandfather is still distraught over the death of his son, whom he had fought with shortly before his passing. This leads him to initially resent Heidi’s presence. However, as the story progresses, Heidi’s innocence and charm break through her grandfather’s tough exterior. She also makes friends with a young goat herder named Peter.