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).
Open Season 2 (2008)
5.6/10
Director: Matthew O'Callaghan, Todd Wilderman
Starring: Mike Epps, Crispin Glover, Jane Krakowski, Joel McHale, Billy Connolly
Boog and Elliot are back for more crazy adventures. After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight det... 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
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
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
Charlotte's Web (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Beau Bridges, Voices Of, Julia Roberts, Steve Bu...
E.B. White's famous book gets the big screen treatment and an all-star cast with Dakota Fanning as the farmer's daughter who becomes attached to the r... Read more
The Ant Bully (2006)
5.8/10
Director: John A Davis
Starring: Voices Of, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King...
10-year-old Lucas has just moved to town and he doesn't have many friends yet. In fact, he's the latest victim of the school bully. So Lucas decides... Read more
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
4.4/10
Director: Brian Robbins
Starring: Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Zena...
An unexpected transformation helps work-a-holic attorney Dave Douglas (Tim Allen) learn a few lessons about what's really important in life. A case i... Read more
Grizzly Man (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Timothy Treadwell, Narrated by, Werner Herzog
Timothy Treadwell was a self-styled crusader for the Grizzly Bears of Alaska. After spending 13 summers living with and recording the animals he love... Read more
Animals: Friend or Food? (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Young
For most of man's time on earth, we killed what we ate. With the rise of cities, we left the butchering to professionals, but after trading his home i... Read more
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Metin Huseyin
Starring: Chris Langham, Gerard Horan, Emma Pierson, Darren Boyd, Alexei Sayle, Kevin What...
Not wanting to become just another roast dinner, two Tamworth pigs escaped from a slaughterhouse in January 1998. Butch and Sundance, as they were chr... Read more