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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).

Gorillas In The Mist (1988)

7/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris

Based on the true story of anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who travels to the African mountains to study gorillas. In this paradise, wh... Read more

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

7.6/10
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: Brian Cox, John Lithgow, James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto

A scientist (James Franco) searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease tests a drug on a group of chimpanzees, greatly increasing their intelligence... 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

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)

4.7/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Bo...

Reese Witherspoon is back in Elle Woods' strappy shoes, and this time she's taking on Washington, D.C.! When Elle (Witherspoon) discovers that her lov... Read more

Mountain Patrol ( Kekexili ) (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Lu Chuan
Starring: Duobuji , Zhang Li, Qi Liang, Zhao Xueying

Based on the true story of Beijing reporter, Ga Yu, who travelled to the remote mountain region of Kekexili on China's Tibetan border to cover a story... Read more

The Bear (1988)

7.7/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Jack Wallace, Tcheky Karyo, Andre Lacombe

A good family film about an orphaned baby bear and the huge Kodiak bear that 'adopts it'. Made over several years with a huge budget and a top French... 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

102 Dalmatians (2000)

4.9/10
Director: Kevin Lima
Starring: Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans

After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison a changed woman. Devoted to dogs and good causes, she is delighted that Chloe, her paro... Read more

Planet of the Apes (2001)

5.7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giama...

Director Tim Burton's visually stunning "re-imagining" of the beloved 60's sci-fi classic stars Mark Wahlberg as a 21st-century astronaut who is trans... Read more

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

4.4/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Temuera Morrison

This remake of the classic H. G. Wells story stars Marlon Brando as the not-so-good doctor, whose experiments with genetics have resulted in horrific... Read more