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 Fool (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Yuriy Bykov
Starring: Yuriy Tsurilo
Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabit... Read more
Rosemary's Baby (2014)
5.5/10
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Carole Bouquet, Christina Cole, Jason Isaacs, Olivier Rabourdin, Fr...
Modern 4 hour mini-series adaptation of the classic novel by Ira Levin focusing on young Rosemary Woodhouse's suspicions that her neighbors may belong... Read more
Gracepoint (2014)
7.1/10
Starring: David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Jacki Weaver
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy... Read more
Every Secret Thing (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Amy Berg
Starring: Diane Lane, Clare Foley, Dakota Fanning, Tonye Patano
A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an... Read more
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Yi'nan Diao
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murd... Read more
Olive Kitteridge (Blu-ray) (2014)
8.3/10
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins
A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, wh... Read more
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
7/10
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring: Mozhan Marno, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Sheila Vand
Ana Lily Amirpour's debut is set in the fictitious locale of Bad City, in which The Girl, a sassy loner who roams the streets on a skateboard she stol... Read more
It Follows ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
6.8/10
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto
For 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe), the fall should be about school, boys and weekends at the lake. Yet after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter sh... Read more
It Follows (2014)
6.8/10
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Maika Monroe
For 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe), the fall should be about school, boys and weekends at the lake. Yet after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter sh... Read more
Force Majeure (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Clara Wettergren, Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Me...
Cannes observers were stunned that this provocative and improbably entertaining new film by Swedish director Ruben Östlund wasn't selected for competi... Read more