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After watching the series The Tudors I felt like checking out an older film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen Of Scots. Mary Stuart, the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland, threatens protestant Queen Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry, by her possible claim to the throne of England. This is a [...]

King Henry VIII had many wives, the story of The Tudors follows Henry’s reign, his loves and losses, his infatuation and distaste for his six wives, and his insatiable need for power. The Tudors is a costume drama of the highest order, with excellent performances by the cast, particularly the leading actors. Jonathan Rhys Meyers [...]

The fate of South Africa rests in the hands of the newly elected President Nelson Mandela and a makeshift group of South African national rugby athletes who feel as discouraged as the country does. Mandela leads the apartheid-torn country and the rugby team to a victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, inspiring the people [...]

An Ivy League philosophy professor is drawn back to his family in Oklahoma, where he reluctantly becomes involved with his identical twin brother’s pot growing business. The professor is forced to face his mother and brother in a new light, and in the process evaluate the polar opposites of his current and past life. Tim [...]