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'.
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
Films of James Stewart: Thunder Bay / The Flight of the Phoenix / Bandolero! (1968)
Director: Andrew V McLaglen, Anthony Mann, Robert Aldrich
Starring: Dean Martin, Gilbert Roland, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Raquel Welc...
James Stewart Triple Pack. 'Thunder Bay' (1953) - Ambitious oil prospectors Steve Martin (James Stewart) and Johnny Gambi (Dan Duryea) enter the quiet... Read more
Madigan (1968)
6.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Don Stroud, Harry Guardino, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Richard...
Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda star in this critically acclaimed detective drama that takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York Ci... Read more
Torture Garden (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Freddie Francis
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Maurice Denham, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams
Sideshow psychic Dr. Diabolo (Burgess Meredith) predicts the horrific futures of some curious fairground visitors. Wealthy Colin (Michael Bryant) find... 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
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
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
The Loved One (1965)
7.2/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Anjanette Comer, Dana Andrews, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Lionel Stander, Marga...
The suicide of his expatriate uncle (John Gielgud) draws Englishman and poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) into California's booming funeral industry.... Read more
Elizabeth Taylor: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8 / Father of the Bride / The Sandpiper (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Mann, Richard Brooks, Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor Box Set: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) - Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize play thunders across the screen in a powerful film adapt... Read more
The Guns of August (1964)
7.3/10
Director: Nathan Kroll
Starring: Fritz Weaver, (narrated by)
Using rare archive footage, this documentary tells the story of World War I. The film shows the rivalry between the various royalty in Europe leading... Read more