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 (Blu-Ray) (1975)
6.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Former government assassin Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) now devotes his time to teaching and collecting paintings, but his quiet life is interrup... Read more
It ( Stephen King's It ( Blu-ray ) ) (1990)
7.4/10
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring: Annette O'Toole, Dennis Christopher, Harry Anderson, John Ritter, Richard Masur,...
Made-for-tv production about a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults to face their own 'big chill' - an evil presence that lurks beneath th... Read more
Field of Dreams ( Blu-ray ) (1989)
7.5/10
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, James Earl Jones, Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta
A magical fantasy about farmer Kevin Costner who hears messages from an invisible voice, leading him to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield. 'If... Read more
The Drowning Pool (1975)
6.5/10
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Tony Franciosa
Private eye Lew Harper is in deep this time. Hired by an old flame to unravel a seemingly routine blackmail case, he's so far down he may never come u... 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
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
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ( Blu-ray ) (1989)
5.4/10
Director: William Shatner
Starring: David Warner, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Willia...
Admiral Kirk, Mr Spock and Scotty mark this adventure, where man has never gone before, about Spock's renegade half-brother who has plans to hijack th... Read more
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Richard Pryor
It was murder! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. But now they're both wanted for it in the drop-dead comedy, SEE NO EVIL,... 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
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
7.2/10
Director: Russell Rouse
Starring: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford
This gripping western saga has Glenn Ford playing a peace-loving storekeeper trying to live down renown as a gunslinger - but there is always someone... Read more