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'.
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
6.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this international intrigue action thriller that takes place on the Swiss Alps. Hemlock, a retired professional as... Read more
Witness for the Prosecution ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
8.4/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power
Agatha Christie's play about a sensational London murder trial features great performances from Charles Laughton as the ageing lawyer, and from Tyrone... Read more
12 Angry Men ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
8.9/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: E G Marshall, Ed Begley, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, John Fiedler, Lee J Cobb, Mar...
A teenage boy is accused of killing his father, and between him and capital punishment stands just one man. A vivid, shocking courtroom drama with a p... Read more
You Must Be Joking (1965)
6.4/10
Director: Michael Winner
Starring: Bernard Cribbins, Denholm Elliott, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Lio...
Eccentric military scientist Maj. Foskett (Terry-Thomas) recruits five soldiers -- including dashing American Lt. Tim Morton (Michael Callan) and over... Read more
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
The Day of the Jackal ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack, Delphine Seyrig, Edward Fox, Eric Porter, Michael Lons...
Based on Frederick Forsyths best-selling novel of political intrigue, The Day of the Jackal, tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the Fre... Read more
The Mackintosh Man (1973)
6.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Dominique Sanda, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, James Mason, Michael Hordern, Nigel...
A British intelligence officer, posing as a diamond thief, is sent to jail for 20 years to catch a gang that has been arranging escapes from prison fo... Read more
Tulip Fever (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Judi Dench, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander, Christoph Waltz, Jack O'Connell, Zach G...
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. Read more
Cary Grant: Father Goose / The Awful Truth / Bringing Up Baby / Holiday (1964)
6.7/10
Director: George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Leo McCarey, Ralph Nelson
Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Ralph Bellamy, Trevor...
Cary Grant Box Set. 'Father Goose' (1964) - On an island in the South Seas, Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) lives a quiet life. That changes when he's per... Read more
Seconds (1966)
7.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. "Seconds", directed by John Frankenheimer,... Read more