New to DVD Highlights
This is where you will find many interesting DVDs and Blu-rays new to the library. Some titles will have graced Alice's shelves in a previous life on VHS Video, some are already on DVD but have now made their way to Blu-ray, while others have eluded capture in any format - until now. However, to be privy to the bigger picture, you will need to also check out 'Featured Acquisitions', 'Latest Alice Picks', 'Recent Arrivals',and 'New Releases'.
Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Danny Aiello, Kathleen Beller, Ken Wahl, Pam Grier, Paul Newman, Rachel Ticotin,...
In a bombed-out wasteland stands a police station - less a precinct house than a fort in hostile territory. Outside its walls are the murders, the rio... Read more
Frost on Saturday (1968)
7.6/10
Starring: David Frost
One of the trio of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early '70s, Frost on Saturday concentrated mainly on topical int... Read more
Gilda ( Blu-ray ) (1946)
7.7/10
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: George Macready, Glenn Ford, Joseph Calleia, Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth stars in this classic drama as part of a problematical love triangle involving husband, George Macready and his partner Glenn Ford and s... Read more
Gun Fury (1953)
6.1/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Donna Reed, Leo Gordon, Rock Hudson
California-bound rancher Ben Warren (Rock Hudson) is shot and left for dead when a demented ex-Confederate, Frank Slayton (Phil Carey), kidnaps his So... Read more
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
7.2/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Superbly mounted, landmark western that authentically depicts the famous showdown between Wyatt Earp and 'Doc' Holliday and the Clanton Gang, while ex... Read more
Heaven's Gate (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, I...
Michael Cimino's notorious spectacle about Wyoming's infamous Johnson County War - a conflict between immigrant settlers and the empire builders who w... Read more
Heaven's Gate (Blu-ray) (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, I...
Michael Cimino's notorious spectacle about Wyoming's infamous Johnson County War - a conflict between immigrant settlers and the empire builders who w... Read more
Humoresque (1946)
7.6/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: J Carrol Naish, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
Glamorous socialite Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) takes what she wants - clothes, alcohol, men - uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets bri... Read more
Hungry for Change (2012)
7.5/10
Filmmakers James Colquhoun, Laurentine ten Bosch and Carlo Ledesma expose the diet industry's deceptive strategies designed to keep people from losing... Read more
I Am Johnny Cash (2017)
Director: Jordan Tappis
Starring: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock
A celebration of the larger-than-life Johnny Cash, from the unique perspective of the Man in Black's greatest songs, the essentials'. Each song brings... Read more