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.
I Shot Andy Warhol (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Mary Harron
Starring: Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Jared Harris, Lothaire Bluteau, Martha Plimpton, Ann...
Lili Taylor is eerily convincing as Valerie Solanas, Factory fringe figure, founder and only member of SCUM (Society for Cutting up Men) and the woman... Read more
I, Tonya (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Bojana Novakovic, Sebastian...
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world come... Read more
I, Tonya (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Bojana Novakovic, Sebastian...
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world come... Read more
Immortal Beloved (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe
This bio of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (Gary Oldman) focuses on a mysterious letter he wrote to one of three women. Filmed in and around Prague, it... Read more
In the Name of the Father (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
"In the Name of the Father" tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a petty thief in strife-torn '70s Belfast. After angering the IRA... Read more
In the Name of the Father ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
"In the Name of the Father" tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a petty thief in strife-torn '70s Belfast. After angering the IRA... Read more
Into the Storm (2009)
7.1/10
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Iain Glen, Janet McTeer, Len Cariou, James D'Arcy
This extraordinary production from HBO follows on from their previous Churchill story "The Gathering Storm". In this installment, Churchill is facing... Read more
Invictus (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He re... Read more
Ip Man (2008)
8/10
Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Fan Siu-Wong, Ka Tung Lam
The life of Wing Chun legend (and mentor to Bruce Lee) Ip Man provides a career-defining role for martial arts leading man Donnie Yen, who not only br... Read more
Ip Man 2 (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, Xiaoming Huang, Lynn Hung
Picking up from the hugely successful "Ip Man", this sequel sees Donnie Yen return in the titular role as he immigrates to Hong Kong in 1949. After pr... Read more