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'.
Mountain (Blu-ray) (2018)
7.6/10
Director: Jennifer Peedom
Starring: Willem Dafoe, (narrated by)
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an u... Read more
Mr Skeffington (1944)
7.8/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Gorgeous Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) appears to have her choice o... Read more
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
7.3/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, James Stewart, Janette Scott, Marlene Dietrich
Theodore Honey (James Stewart) is a mathematician charged with discovering what caused the crash of a "Reindeer" airliner. As he travels to investigat... Read more
Nostalgia For The Light (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Patricio Guzman
A stunning documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history... Read more
Pat and Mike (1952)
7/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
Delightful screwball comedy has shy but spunky athlete Katharine Hepburn being promoted by small-time manager Spencer Tracy, as the Queen of Sports. A... Read more
Paul Newman: The Mackintosh Man / Somebody Up There Likes Me / Cool Hand Luke / Harper (1966)
Director: Jack Smight, John Huston, Robert Wise, Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Dominique Sanda, George Kennedy, James Mason, Julie Harris, Lauren Bacall, Paul...
Paul Newman Box Set. 'Somebody Up There Likes Me' (1956) - Paul Newman plays a desperate youth who needs dough. He gives himself the name Rocky Grazia... Read more
Petulia (1968)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Arthur Hill, George C Scott, Joseph Cotten, Julie Christie, Richard Chamberlain,...
Dr. Archie Bollen (George C. Scott) is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife (Shirley Knight) and is establishing a new life for himsel... Read more
Platinum Blonde (1931)
6.9/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams
A fast-paced, clever romantic comedy about a poor reporter (Robert Williams) who marries a society girl (Jean Harlow) only to rebel against her lifest... Read more
Point Break (Blu-ray) (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Katherine Brooks
Starring: Gary Busey, John C McGinley, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Patrick Swayze
Director Kathryn Bigelow's high-adrenaline action fave stars Keanu Reeves as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, investigating a string of SoCal bank robber... Read more
Raintree County (1957)
6.4/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin,...
Elizabeth Taylor is the southern belle who gets the man she thinks she wants but then finds life as a schoolmaster's wife boring. This lavish producti... Read more