New @ Alice
To try to do justice to the avalanche of interesting finds, documentaries, curios and plain old good and great films arriving daily, Alice has split new additions into Recent Arrivals (3 Day Hire), Featured Acquisitions (7 Day Hire) , New TV to DVD (7 Day Hire) . This is designed to spotlight these offerings before they find their final resting place among Alice's eclectic permanent collection.
We trust these features be some help in your quest to ferret out a gem or three - and ultimately guide you towards expansion of your cinematic horizons and filmic enlightenment....
The Fool (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Yuriy Bykov
Starring: Yuriy Tsurilo
Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabit... Read more
Rosemary's Baby (2014)
5.5/10
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Carole Bouquet, Christina Cole, Jason Isaacs, Olivier Rabourdin, Fr...
Modern 4 hour mini-series adaptation of the classic novel by Ira Levin focusing on young Rosemary Woodhouse's suspicions that her neighbors may belong... Read more
Every Secret Thing (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Amy Berg
Starring: Diane Lane, Clare Foley, Dakota Fanning, Tonye Patano
A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an... Read more
Olive Kitteridge (Blu-ray) (2014)
8.3/10
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins
A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, wh... Read more
Calvary (2014)
7.4/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Aidan Gillen, Brendan Gleeson, M Emmet Walsh, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josee Croze, Ch...
One Sunday morning, like any other Sunday morning, in a sleepy western Irish coastal town, Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) is taking confession... Read more
The Zero Theorem (2013)
6/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Christoph Waltz, Rupert Friend, David Thewlis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ben Whishaw, Mel...
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, render... Read more
Breathless (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Philippa Langdale, Paul Unwin
Starring: Jack Davenport, Shaun Dingwall, Oliver Chris, Joanna Page, Natasha Little
A TV series set in early 1960s England and centered around the doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward. Read more
Ilo Ilo (2013)
7.3/10
In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits... Read more
Sunshine on Leith (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Jane Horrocks, Jason Flemyng, Peter Mullan, George MacKay, Antonia Thomas, Freya...
This film is a jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love. It is the tale of one tight-knit family, and the thre... Read more
Hard to Be a God (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Aleksei German
Starring: Leonid Yarmolnik, Yuriy Tsurilo, Natalia Moteva, Aleksandr Chutko
Aleksey German directs this Russian-language sci-fi drama following the journey of a group of scientists who have been selected to travel to another p... Read more