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.
The Mercy (2017)
6/10
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Colin Firth, David Thewlis, Rachel Weisz, Ken Stott, Jonathan Bailey
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst creates an outrageous account of his disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race. Read more
The Mercy (Blu-Ray) (2017)
6/10
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Colin Firth, David Thewlis, Rachel Weisz, Ken Stott
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst creates an outrageous account of his disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race. Read more
The Message (1976)
8.2/10
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara
Aka "Mohammed, Messenger of God". This great spectacle traces the beginnings of the Moslem religion from where Mohammed, the son of a towns elder, is... Read more
The Miracle Worker (1962)
8.1/10
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke won Oscars for their roles in Arthur Penn's version of Annie Sullivan and her pupil, Helen Keller. The dramatic force of... Read more
The Motorcycle Diaries (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna, Mia Maestro
From executive producer Robert Redford and acclaimed director Walter Salles ("Central Station") comes a love letter to a continent and its people. Bas... Read more
The Motorcycle Diaries ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Mia Maestro, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna
From executive producer Robert Redford and acclaimed director Walter Salles ("Central Station") comes a love letter to a continent and its people. Bas... Read more
The Mule (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest,...
Broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business, 90-year-old horticulturist Earl Stone takes a job as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. His imm... Read more
The Mule (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest,...
Broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business, 90-year-old horticulturist Earl Stone takes a job as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. His imm... Read more
The Music of Silence (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jordi Molla
THE MUSIC OF SILENCE tells Andrea Bocelli's life story. Born in a small village near Tuscany with the gift of a beautiful voice but an illness which l... Read more
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
8/10
Director: Jack Gold
Starring: John Hurt
John Hurt delivers a compelling performance in the role of Quentin Crisp, based on Crisp's autobiography as an effeminate homosexual growing up in Eng... Read more