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'.
Captain America - 15 Chapter Serial: Chapters 1-5 (1944)
Director: John English, Elmer Clifton
Starring: Lionel Atwill, Dick Purcell
Captain America is a 1944 Republic black-and-white serial film loosely based on the Timely Comics (today known as Marvel Comics) character Captain Ame... Read more
Deception (1946)
7.3/10
Director: Irving Rapper
Starring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid
Cellist Karel Novak (Paul Henreid) was presumed to be killed during the war; so his sudden return surprises everyone, especially his lover Christine R... Read more
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Seth Kramer
Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star:... Read more
Tosca (1976)
8.5/10
Starring: Sherrill Milnes, Placido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska
Gianfranco de Bosio's compelling film of Puccini's 'Tosca' uses the actual historical settings specified by the composer. Against these spectacular Ro... 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
The Beverly Hillbillies: Vol 1 (1962)
4.9/10
Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan, Max Baer Jr
From the creative genius of TV pioneer Paul Henning (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres), The Beverly Hillbillies premiered in 1962 and sprang onto TV sc... Read more
Ma and Pa Kettle At the Fair (1952)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best
In this blast from the past Ma (Marjorie Mann) and Pa (Percy Kirlbride) are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Ros... 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
Star Wars: Episodes I, II, III - The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Christopher Lee, Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Samuel L...
The greatest space saga ever told begins with 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace', 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and 'Star Wars E... Read more
Star Wars: Episodes IV, V, VI - A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi ( Blu-ray ) (1977)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
Starring: Alec Guinness, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Harrison Ford, James...
The 'Star Wars' saga continues with 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope', 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Star Wars: Episode VI... Read more