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.
My friend Dahmer (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Marc Meyers
Starring: Anne Heche, Vincent Kartheiser, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Ross Lynch
The true, haunting story of young Jeffrey Dahmer -- the shy adolescent in high school who becomes a notorious serial killer years later. Read more
My Left Foot (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Cyril Cusack
The acclaimed true story of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer who refused to let the cerebral palsy that crippled him since birth make him a p... Read more
My Left Foot (Blu-ray) (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Cyril Cusack
The acclaimed true story of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer who refused to let the cerebral palsy that crippled him since birth make him a p... Read more
My Mother's Castle (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Yves Robert
Starring: Julien Caimaca, Philippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel
The continuation of Marcel Pagnol's adventures begun in "My Father's Glory" follows the young protagonist's experiences in a prestigious school, his C... Read more
My Name is Bill W. (1989)
7.3/10
Director: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Fritz Weaver, James Garner, James Woods, JoBeth Williams
Aka "Anonymous Hero". Set in Akron, Ohio in the 1930s, this powerful look at the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous stars James Woods as heavy-drinking... Read more
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
7/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Williams, Zoe Wanamaker, Emm...
As screen sex goddess Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and revered actor/director Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) clash while working together on... Read more
My Week with Marilyn (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Williams, Zoe Wanamaker, Emm...
As screen sex goddess Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and revered actor/director Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) clash while working together on... Read more
Napoleon (2002)
7.4/10
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich
From director Yves Simoneau (Nuremberg) comes one of the most ambitious productions in television history, with the script adapted from Max Gallo's be... Read more
Napoleon (1927)
7.6/10
Director: Abel Gance
Starring: Albert Dieudonne
Abel Gance's original 1927 masterpiece is a must-see not only for silent film buffs, but for all interested in classic world cinema. You are taken fro... Read more
Ned Kelly (1970)
5.1/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye, Mark McManus
Mick Jagger stars as Ned Kelly, Australia's most notorious and picturesque bandit. This true story, that has been re-constructed from old newspaper ac... Read more