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....
Born and Bred (2002)
7.6/10
Director: David Innes Edwards
Starring: Maggie Steed, Clive Swift, Tracey Childs, John Henshaw, James Bolam
A 1950s set, British drama series about life in the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston. The main focus of the series was the two doctors, father... Read more
Snapshots (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Rudolf van den Berg
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Julie Christie, Carmen Chaplin
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love. Read more
Tycoon: A New Russian (Oligarkh) (2002)
6.7/10
Starring: Vladimir Mashkov, Aleksandr Baluev
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20... Read more
No Blood No Tears (2002)
6.1/10
She drives a cab on the night shift and meets every scum there is. Gyung-sun lives a scant life day by day, but she used to be a professional safecrac... Read more
Chicago ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C Reill...
The musical stage sensation becomes the award-winning film of the year! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sens... Read more
Chicago (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C Reill...
The musical stage sensation becomes the award-winning film of the year! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sens... Read more
The Diamond Hunters (2001)
4.5/10
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jolene Blalock, Roy Scheider, Hannes Jaenic...
Set against the background of South Africa's emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive... Read more
Brief Crossing (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futur... Read more
Sexy Beast (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, James Fox, Amanda Redman
Stylish, tough-as-nails British gangster yarn features an acclaimed turn by Ben Kingsley as a short-fused London criminal sent to strong-arm retired s... Read more
Monsignor Renard (2000)
7.2/10
Starring: John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell
Twenty years after taking an acrimonious leave of his family and friends in order to join the Roman church, Monsignor Renard returns to his home villa... Read more