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....
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988)
7.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Rossy de Palma
A popular actress (perennial Almodovar favourite, Carmen Maura) is driven to distraction when her lover leaves for another woman. She's certain she ca... Read more
The Princess Bride (1987)
8.1/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Wal...
A very special, engaging fairy-tale comedy which mixes romance, magic and swashbuckling action as told to a young boy by his grandfather (Peter Falk).... Read more
Monte Carlo (1986)
5.5/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Joan Collins, George Hamilton, Lisa Eilbacher, Lauren Hutton, Robert Carradine,...
A two-part mini-series set on the eve of World War II in Monte Carlo and focusing on the adventures and love-life of Katrina Petrovna (Dame Joan Colli... Read more
The Green Ray ( aka Summer ) (1986)
7.9/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand
A sensitive young woman searches for companionship and her ideal man on her summer holiday. Perfectly capturing the season - charming, intelligent and... Read more
Labyrinth ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more
Labyrinth (1986)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more
Smooth Talk (1985)
6.5/10
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and... Read more
Fright Night (Blu-Ray) (1985)
7.1/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall
Teenage Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge (Ch... Read more
The Bounty (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7.1/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dexter Fletcher, Edward Fox, La...
Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) struggles to restore discipline among the crew of the HMS Bounty after the ship has an extended furlough in Tahiti. Af... Read more
Krull (Blu-Ray) (1983)
6.1/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Trevor Martin, Be...
On the planet of Krull, an evil creature called the Beast decimates the world's army and kidnaps the lovely Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), who is d... Read more