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 Circuit (2007)
7.8/10
Starring: Aaron Pedersen
Drew Ellis is the latest lawyer to join the chaotic and challenging world of the Kimberley Circuit Court. The Circuit follows a magistrate and an ento... Read more
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Ben Niles
Starring: Harry Connick Jr
Documentary filmmaker Ben Niles chronicles the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037, from forest floor to concert hall, and the vanishing bree... Read more
Talk to Me (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Mike Epp...
Don Cheadle stars in this funky bio-pic of Petey Greene, an ex-con who became an iconic radio DJ and outspoken social activist in the turbulent 1960s.... Read more
Mad Detective (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To
Starring: Lau Ching Wan, Ka Tung Lam, Andy On, Lee Kwok Lun, Kelly Lin
Back together again, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai have set incendiary cinematic material ablaze to create a quirkry action-drama. Exposing the... Read more
Mad Detective (Blu-ray) (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To
Starring: Lau Ching Wan, Ka Tung Lam, Andy On, Lee Kwok Lun, Kelly Lin
Back together again, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai have set incendiary cinematic material ablaze to create a quirkry action-drama. Exposing the... Read more
Pinochet's Last Stand (2006)
6.1/10
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Phyllida Law, Peter Capaldi, Anna Massey
In 1998, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to... Read more
Elizabeth I (2006)
7.9/10
Starring: Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones, Patrick Malahide, Ian McDiarmid, Jeremy Ir...
Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I. Read more
The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Starring: Carmelo Gomez, Celso Bugallo
The discovery of a young woman's dead body in the middle of a sunflower field near a quiet village will lead to a tragic string of events, and a vicio... Read more
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
8/10
A look at how Cuba transitioned from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one, having lost access to Soviet oil in the 1990s. This is a s... Read more
Diamond Geezer (2005)
Starring: David Jason, Stephen Wight, Gary Whelan, Don Warrington
A former thief uses his skills for Scotland Yard. Read more