New @ Alice
To try to do justice to the avalanche of interesting finds, documentaries, curios and plain old good and great films arriving daily, Alice has split new additions into Recent Arrivals (3 Day Hire), Featured Acquisitions (7 Day Hire) , New TV to DVD (7 Day Hire) . This is designed to spotlight these offerings before they find their final resting place among Alice's eclectic permanent collection.
We trust these features be some help in your quest to ferret out a gem or three - and ultimately guide you towards expansion of your cinematic horizons and filmic enlightenment....
The Festival (2018)
6/10
Director: Iain Morris
Starring: Joe Thomas, Jemaine Clement, Noel Fielding, Nick Frost, Emma Rigby
When Nick's girlfriend dumps him at graduation, he has a colossal meltdown in front of the entire university. He's convinced his life is over, but his... Read more
Les Miserables (Miniseries) (2018)
7.3/10
Director: Tom Shankland
Starring: Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Adeel Akhtar, Johnny Flynn, Henry Llo...
Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against... Read more
Captain Marvel (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.2/10
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Gemma C...
Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrull... Read more
Captain Marvel (2019)
7.2/10
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Gemma C...
Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrull... Read more
Starman (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Lu Leonard
Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-cal... Read more
Abbott and Costello Hit the Ice (1943)
Director: Charles Lamont
Starring: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Patric Knowles, Joe Sawyer
Two sidewalk photographers, Tubby McCoy (Lou Costello) and Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott), aspire to work for the local newspaper. Their childhood friend,... Read more
Abbott and Costello Hold that Ghost (1941)
Director: Arthur Lubin
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Gas station attendants Chuck Murray (Bud Abbott) and Ferdie Jones (Lou Costello) aspire to better jobs. Working as temp waiters at Chez Glamour, a hig... Read more
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
7/10
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Allison Tolman, Rutg...
It's 1851, and Charlie and Eli Sisters are both brothers and assassins, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world. The Sisters brothers find the... Read more
Greta (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea, Zaw...
Frances finds a handbag on the New York subway and promptly returns it to Greta, an eccentric French piano teacher who loves tea and classical music.... Read more
Project Blue Book: Season 1 (2019)
7.7/10
Starring: Aidan Gillen
The series revolves around secret U.S. Air Force investigations into supposed UFO encounters and unexplained phenomena, undertaken by astrophysics pro... Read more