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Historical romp Anonymous takes an academic controversy (did the man named Shakespeare write the plays related to him?) and whips it in to a lurid melodrama, crammed with political intrigue, heaving bosoms, flashing swordplay, conspiracies, forced marriage, incest, and more. Towards the conclusion from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (Rhys Ifans, Enduring Love), seeks an outlet for his poetic drive: he attempts to receive the playwright Ben Jonson (Sebastian Armesto) to provide his plays as Jonson's own. Jonson is reluctant to undercut their own work… but his friend, a vainglorious illiterate actor by the name of William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall), happily claims the glory when Oxford's plays prove hugely popular. But the real story of Anonymous isn't about authorship, it's about machinations to capture the throne of England when Elizabeth (Vanessa Redgrave) dies. Wily counselors vie with dashing secret heirs, royal dallying leads to shocking secrets, and supposedly the plays are inextricably caught up inside all--except that they're not, really, and thus Anonymous, for many its clever plotting and lush production values, falls flat from the end. Still, it's an enjoyable confection around then, and showcases some lovely (if woefully historically inaccurate--the mosh-pit moment is delightfully preposterous) presentations of bits from the plays. Also featuring David Thewlis (Naked) and Joely Richardson, daughter of Ms. Redgrave, playing the younger Elizabeth. --Bret Fetzer

Set inside political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates with an issue which includes for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds... who was the writer of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Anonymous poses one possible answer, concentrating on an occasion when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, along with the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power were exposed within the most unlikely of places: the London stage.