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....
Detective Montalbano (Episodes 16-18) (1999)
7.6/10
Director: Alberto Sironi
Starring: Luca Zingaretti, Peppino Mazzotta
Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. Filmed in the ancient, sun-washed Sicilian c... Read more
Detective Montalbano (Episodes 19-20) (1999)
7.6/10
Director: Alberto Sironi
Starring: Luca Zingaretti, Peppino Mazzotta
Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. Filmed in the ancient, sun-washed Sicilian c... Read more
New Worlds (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Charles Martin
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Jeremy Northam, Michael Maloney, Freya Mavor, Alice Englert
The 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady fal... Read more
South Riding (2011)
7.1/10
Starring: Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Henshall, Shaun D...
In 1930s Yorkshire, a spirited new headmistress brings inspiration and modern ideas to an all girls' school and shakes up the more conservative-minded... 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
Hidden (BBC) (2018)
6.4/10
Director: Andy Newbery, Eric Styles
Detective Inspector Cadi John (Sian Reese-Williams) returns to North Wales to care for her ailing father, but when a young woman's body is found in a... Read more
Love in Bright Landscapes (2021)
8.5/10
The inspiring, tragic and intimate life story of David McComb, cult Australian singer/songwriter and driving force behind one of the greatest Australi... Read more
Masquerade (2022)
7.8/10
Starring: Pierre Niney, Isabelle Adjani, Francois Cluzet, Marine Vacth, Emmanuelle Devos,...
Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Marg... Read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
7.2/10
Starring: Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan,...
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers.... Read more
Wonka (2023)
7.1/10
Director: Paul King
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Hugh Grant, Keegan-Michael Key, Matt Lucas, Sally Hawkins, Ro...
Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time. Read more