Animal Rights
Like much of popular culture, many movies are preoccupied with the conflict between right and wrong aka good and evil. The audience sides with the heroic protagonist (who stands for what's right against evil and adversity) safe in the knowledge that good (that's us) will triumph before the credits roll.
Films with 'animal rights' themes turn this cinematic convention on its head as the villainous shape of evil which harries our hirsute hero-folk is revealed to be ourselves. For some viewers this is a bitter pill to swallow (sugar-coating is almost mandatory) and thus a hard sell to investors, resulting in precious few films on the subject.
All praise then to Alice's vast and mighty catalogue from which this humble offering has been gleaned! Food for thought from Alice's cruelty-free restaurant! Bon appetit!
Pictured: Sales of bacon and pork dropped dramatically after the release of family classic 'Babe' (1995).
Chicken Run (2000)
7/10
Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Voices Of
From "Wallace and Gromit" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord comes this marvelous claymation feature set at Tweedy Chicken Farm in 1950's England. When... Read more
Doctor Who: Series 4, Volume 1 (2008)
8.7/10
Director: Graeme Harper, James Strong, Colin Teague
Starring: David Tennant, Catherine Tate
Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series, 'Doctor Who' returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning... Read more
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)
8.7/10
Director: Peter Moffatt
Starring: Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Nicola Bryant
Whilst investigating unauthorised experiments into time travel aboard Space Station Camera, the Second Doctor and Jamie come under attack from the war... Read more
Earthlings (2007)
8.7/10
Director: Shaun Monson
Starring: Narrated by, Joaquin Phoenix
A startling feature-length documentary about humankind's absolute economic dependence on animals raised as pets, food, clothing, entertainment and for... Read more
Fantastic Planet (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Oms, Draags
A winner at the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set on the planet of the Draags in a far-off solar sys... Read more
Fast Food Nation (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Dano, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley...
Based on Eric Schlosser's best-selling, and comical, expose of America's fast food industry, this film revolves around a small meat-processing town an... Read more
Finding Nemo (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Gould
From the Academy Award-winning creators of 'Toy Story' and 'Monsters, Inc.', it's time to dive into 'Finding Nemo' - an hilarious adventure that takes... Read more
Finding Nemo ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Gould
From the Academy Award-winning creators of 'Toy Story' and 'Monsters, Inc.', it's time to dive into 'Finding Nemo' - an hilarious adventure that takes... Read more
Fluke (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Carlo Carlei
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Jon Polito, Max Pomeranc
Touching, often funny family drama about a driven businessman who is killed in a car accident and reincarnated as a dog. As memories of his human life... Read more
Free Willy (1993)
5.9/10
Director: Simon Wincer
Starring: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen
Jesse, a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police, finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park. Because he distrusts... Read more