This is an attractive portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I’s beginnings as ruler, featuring Cate Blanchett who earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance. At first, she contends to remain safe while Mary, her half-sister who held strong Catholic beliefs—played exceptionally well by Kathy Burke—was in power, with assistance from Robert Dudley, a friend from her youth, portrayed by Joseph Fiennes. The danger does…

The performance from Even The Footballer was perfectly acceptable. Concerns about historical detail and architectural precision aside—the buildings appear to be from around 1100 BC—I can’t quite award it a perfect score due to the numerous historical errors. Were this a Russian production, they'd likely denounce it as false information and propaganda. Nevertheless, considered purely as entertainment, it succeeds; …