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.
Jackie ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
6.7/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Richard E Grant, Peter Sarsgaard, Beth...
A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, t... Read more
James Stewart: The Shop Around the Corner / The Stratton Story / The FBI Story / The Spirit of St Louis (1940)
8.9/10
Director: Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, Mervyn LeRoy, Sam Wood
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, June Allyson, Margaret Sullavan, M...
James Stewart Box Set. 'The Shop Around the Corner' (1940) - Alfred Kralik (Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek an... Read more
Jappeloup (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Tcheky Karyo, Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Lou de Laage, Jacqu...
The true story of Pierre Durand, Jr who after giving up his promising career as a lawyer sought to pursue his true passion, show jumping. Advised agai... Read more
Jefferson In Paris (1995)
5.7/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton
This ambitious, stately, biographical epic is set in 1785 and concerns a widowed Thomas Jefferson (Nick Nolte) as Ambassador to France, and his fallin... Read more
Jersey Boys (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Christopher Walken, Katherine Narducci, Vincent Piazza, John Lloyd Young, Steve...
Clint Eastwood directs this feature film adaptation of the multi award-winning Broadway musical about 1960s pop group The Four Seasons. John Lloyd You... Read more
Jesse James (1939)
7.1/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull
The classic account of the lives of outlaw brothers Jesse (Tyrone Power) and Frank (Henry Fonda) James, the circumstances that drove them to crime and... Read more
JFK (1991)
8/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Metcalf, Gary...
Oliver Stone's triumphant speculative drama is based on New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison's experience in bringing charges - the only ones ever levelled a... Read more
Jimi: All is By My Side (2013)
5.7/10
Director: John Ridley
Starring: Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Burn Gorman, Imogen Poots, Ruth Negga
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off. The film is set in 1966 and 1967 includes the son... Read more
Jimi: All is By My Side (Blu-ray) (2013)
5.7/10
Director: John Ridley
Starring: Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Burn Gorman, Imogen Poots, Ruth Negga
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off. The film is set in 1966 and 1967 includes the son... Read more
Joan of Arc (Bergman) (1948)
6.7/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Cecil Kellaway, Francis L Sullivan, Gene Lockhart, Hurd Hatfield, Ingrid Bergman...
The life story of one of history's most remarkable heroines is boldly brought to the screen in this Academy Award winning production, an epic tale of... Read more