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....
First Light (2010)
7/10
Director: Matthew Whiteman
Starring: Sam Heughan, Gary Lewis
In May 1940 eighteen-year old Geoffrey Wellum joins the 92 squadron of the Royal Air Force and is taken to the pub,where pilots who have seen action s... Read more
Single Father (2010)
7.7/10
Director: Sam Miller
Starring: David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Warren Brown, Neve McIntosh, Mark Heap, Sophie Ken...
After his wife Rita's fatal car accident, Dave tries to raise his four children, helped by Rita's best friend Sarah. Things get complicated when mourn... Read more
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Brian Jamieson
Starring: Joan Chen, Nancy Kwan, Vivian Wu
The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the w... Read more
Sebastian Bergman (2010)
Starring: Rolf Lassgard
In two new Nordic Noir thrillers, Rolf Laasgaard, one of Scandinavia's most popular actors (Wallander, False Trail), assumes a powerful new role as Po... Read more
In The Face Of Crime (2010)
8/10
Starring: Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Mark Ivanir
The worlds of a young Russo-German cop who investigates within the Berlin Russian mafia milieu and a young Russian woman who is forced into prostituti... Read more
When Love Is Not Enough (2010)
6.8/10
Director: John Kent Harrison
Starring: Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, Rosemary Dunsmore, Paul Popowich
Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founde... Read more
La Nostra Vita (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Starring: Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese, Luca Zingaretti
Claudio works in the suburbs of Rome. He is in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. A dramatic event upsets his life. Claudio fi... Read more
Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
6.9/10
Starring: Maria Popistasu
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, an... Read more
Troll Hunter (2010)
Director: André Øvredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to fo... Read more
Adventure Time: Season 1 (2010)
8.6/10
Starring: John DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada
A.k.a. "Adventure Time with Finn & Jake". Want to know what time it is?! It's DVD watching time with Finn and Jake - two of the coolest heroes ever to... Read more