Plot: Congressman Stephen Collins’ (Affleck) hopes of becoming his party’s next presidential candidate are put in jeopardy when his mistress (and former research assistant) is found dead. Working a series of seemingly unrelated murders, the Congressman’s former campaign manager, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) – now an investigative journalist – finds himself tasked with solving the case. Based on the 2003 BBC mini-series of the same name.

Plot: In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf (Winstone) slays the demon Grendel (Glover) and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother (Jolie), in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend. Animated. Based on the 8th century poem.