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The Blackheath Poisonings 1992 2 stars

    TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Orme
Cast: Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Zoe Wanamaker, Judy Parfitt, Patrick Malahide, James Faulkner, Christien Anholt, Julia St. John, Ian Bartholomew, George Anton, Nicholas Woodeson, Donald Sumpter

  Set in 19th century Britain, this made-for-TV miniseries chronicles the events surrounding a series of mysterious deaths following a poisoning in an upper-class family. Many suspects exist in this adequate tale.

Bleak House 1985 3 and a half stars

    TV, 391 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ross Devenish
Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, Brian Deacon, Robert Urquhart, Lucy Hornack, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sumpter, George Sewell, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Coleridge, Suzanne Burden, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey

  This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel revolves around doddering lawyers who are handling the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case at the Court of the Chancery in London. As the inheritance case drags on and ruins lives, the lawyers still collect money.

The Constant Gardener 2005 3 stars

    R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Kounde, Daniele Harford, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley, John Keogh, Archie Panjabi, Richard McCabe, Donald Sumpter, Keith Pearson, John Sibi-Okumu, Nick Reding

  Based on John le Carre's novel, activist Tessa (Rachel Weisz) uncovers the fact that a pharmaceutical company is testing its drugs on African natives. She tries to expose the conspiracy and is killed. Her widower, British High Commission diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), takes on the investigation in pursuit of not only Tessa's murderer but the possibility of Tessa's unfaithfulness to him as well. Weisz won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and the film received three additional nominations.

Enigma 2001 3 stars

    R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam, Saffron Burrows, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tom Hollander, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sumpter, Corin Redgrave, Robert Pugh

  During World War II, British code-breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) raced against time to break the new code that replaced the Enigma Code used by Nazi U-boats. The plot unfolds as Tom and co-worker Hester (Kate Winslet) engage in love and adventure as they stay one step ahead of those who would betray the Allied effort.

K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 2 and a half stars

    PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Camargo, Ravil Isyanov, Michael Gladis, James Francis Ginty, JJ Feild, Donald Sumpter, John Shrapnel, Joss Ackland, Tim Woodward, Steve Nicolson, George Anton, Shawn Mathieson

  On 4 July 1961, the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, is in trouble; a coolant tube has sprung a leak that most certainly could lead to its nuclear reactor overheating. K-19's Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) makes decisions that upset the crew, while the submarine's previous commander, Captain Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), who has been demoted to K-19's executive officer, resists tensions between the two and works with Vostrikov to save the ship and to solve a problem that could have worldwide repercussions. Based on a true story.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990 1 star

    PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Stoppard
Cast: Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth, Iain Glen, Joanna Miles, Ian Richardson, Joanna Roth, Donald Sumpter, Ljubo Zecevic, Sven Medvesck

  This story was written by Tom Stoppard as a play in 1966, and now he adapts it to film in his directorial debut. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two minor players in "Hamlet" who wittily chat back and forth waiting for their moments to act. Although there are some good exchanges, this thing drags on–and on–and on.

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