Biography
Where can you meet famous inventors, notorious criminals, great dictators, selfless heroes, charismatic eccentrics and all manner of real life fascinating folk? Right here in Alice's Biography section.
Pictured: Kerry Fox is a knock-out playing celebrated kiwi author Janet Frame in Jane Campion's luminous 'An Angel At My Table', based on Frame's autobiographical trilogy.
Eichmann (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Young
Starring: Franka Potente, Stephen Fry, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity
Historical drama based on the final confession of one of the main architects of the Nazi holocaust, prior to his execution in Israel in 1962. After be... Read more
El Cantante (2006)
5.5/10
Director: Leon Ichaso
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
Pop icon Marc Anthony steps into the role of Salsa superstar Hector Lavoe in this biopic that follows the singer from his early career success as a Pu... Read more
El Cid (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
El Cid ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
Elizabeth (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, Richard At...
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naive girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and att... Read more
Elizabeth ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Geoffrey Rush, John Gielgud, Joseph Fienn...
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naive girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and att... Read more
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Jordi Mo...
The second installment in a proposed trilogy of the most momentous points of Elizabeth I's life, we now see Blanchett play her as a queen experienced... Read more
Elvis (1979)
7.1/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Joe Mantegna, Kurt Russell, Pat Hingle, Season Hubley, Shelley Win...
Aka "Elvis the Movie". Just two years after Elvis Presley died, Kurt Russell bought him back to life in the original biopic about the King of Rock 'n'... Read more
Elvis: The Early Years (2006)
7.4/10
Director: James Sadwith
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan, Tim Guinee
Jonathan Rhys Meyers may be Welsh, but he manages to be a dead ringer for the young Elvis in this biopic, made with the cooperation of the Elvis Estat... Read more
Enid (2009)
6.7/10
Director: James Hawes
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Denis Lawson, Matthew Macfadyen
As one of the most prolific children's writers of all time, Enid Blyton published more than 750 titles in her forty-five year writing career. The auth... Read more