Glyn Owen

The stormy relationship between famed English poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roache) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah) is the subject of this lushly filmed period piece from director Julien Temple. Coleridge recounts the early days of their friendship -- from temporarily living the country life together to his own eventual addiction to opium, which fueled his writing of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and spurred Wordsworth's jealousy.

Despite being haunted by past missions in which many of his men perished, Maj. James Wilson (Lloyd Bridges) sets out with his top-notch team of commandos to destroy a prized Nazi stronghold on the coast of France. Assigned to the same task are a crew of British seamen and their captain (Andrew Keir) -- who's holding a grudge against the maverick Wilson. Will bad blood and the overwhelming odds doom the Allies and their operation?