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In this inspirational costume drama, Michael Apted (49 Up) recounts a important period in British history. Unsurprisingly, however, his eye-opening biography of 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) is likely to come as a revelation to many Britons. After all, despite the presence of his wife, Barbara (Romola Garai), this isn't a particularly "sexy" story, but it ...

Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures Home Ent
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Albert Finney, Youssou N'Dour
Directed By: Michael Apted

This BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch is so remarkable that after viewing it disaffected English Literature students may find themselves revisiting the once-dreaded novel with pleasurable anticipation. Over the course of six hours, we are immersed in the lives of Dorothea Brooke, Mr Ladislaw, Dr Lydgate and, by the end, you'll be wanting even more. Set in the fictional town of ...

Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Starring: Juliet Aubrey, Robert Hardy, Douglas Hodge, Peter Jeffrey, Trevyn McDowell
Directed By: Anthony Page

The Illusionist offers welcome proof that "arthouse" quality needn't be limited to the arthouses. Set in turn-of-the-century Vienna, this stately, elegant period film benefited from a crossover release in mainstream cinemas, and showed considerable box-office staying power--granted, teenage mallrats and lusty males may have been drawn to the allure of Seventh Heaven alumna Jessica ...

Manufacturer: Momentum Picture Home Ent
Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell
Directed By: Neil Burger

Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, Je T'Aime could've ended up like a fallen soufflé. Though all 18 films aren't equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a ...

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Gerard Depardieu, Bob Hoskins, Nick Nolte
Directed By: Gus Van Sant, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Christopher Doyle, Vincenzo Natali

There's no rule against rock anthems from the 1970s in the soundtrack for a movie about a medieval jousting champion, but if you're going to attempt such jarring anachronisms, you'd better establish acceptable ground rules. Writer-director Brian Helgeland does precisely that in A Knight's Tale and pulls off this trick with such giddy aplomb that you can't help but play along (upon ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser
Directed By: Brian Helgeland

One of the better BBC costume dramas of recent years, 2003's Charles II: The Power and the Passion depends very strongly on its central performance. Fortunately, Rufus Sewell is admirable throughout as the saturnine, witty monarch who has retained popular fondness down the centuries in spite of his conscientious adherence to the bad and losing cause of absolute monarchy. Adrian Hodge's ...

Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Starring: Martin Turner, Rufus Sewell, Ian McDiarmid, Rupert Graves, Michael Pober
Directed By: Joe Wright

Based on David McCullough's bestselling biography, the HBO miniseries John Adams is the furthest thing from a starry-eyed look at America's founding fathers and the brutal path to independence. Adams (Paul Giamatti), second president of the United States, is portrayed as a skilled orator and principled attorney whose preference for justice over anti-English passions earns enemies. But he ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: David Morse, Justin Theroux, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Polley, Tom Wilkinson
Directed By: Tom Hooper

Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Freddie Jones
Directed By: John Schlesinger

Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, William Hurt, Colin Friels, Frank Gallacher, Bruce Spence, Ritchie Singer, Nicholas Bell, Melissa George, Jeanette Cronin, David Wenham

Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Starring: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Melissa George, David Wenham

Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Ritchie Singer, Nicholas Bell, Melissa George, David Wenham
Directed By: Alex Proyas