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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).

The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

6.1/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Fritz Weaver, George C Scott, Paul Sorvino, Trish Van Devere

A researcher (George C. Scott) teaches the aquatic mammals to talk, then faces a crisis when he learns they are also being trained as assassins. 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

Charlotte's Web (1972)

6.3/10
Director: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde

One of the enduring children's films, this is a story of friendship and salvation, with Charlotte the spider trying to save her friend Wilbur the pig... Read more

Planet of the Apes: 5 Movie Collector's Edition (Blu-ray) (1967)

5.7/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner, Ted Post, Don Taylor, J Lee Thompson
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Jame...

Multiple-disc box set includes: Planet of the Apes Beneath the Planet of the Apes Escape From the Planet of the Apes Conquest of the Planet of the Ape... Read more

Planet of the Apes (1967)

5.7/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Jame...

The original, classic sci-fi film based on Pierre Boulle's novel "Monkey Planet" stars Charlton Heston as Taylor, an astronaut who ends up stranded on... Read more

The Misfits ( Blu-ray ) (1961)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter

Gable and Monroe in their last screen roles! Expertly directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller, "The Misfits"... Read more

The Misfits (1961)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter

Gable and Monroe in their last screen roles! Expertly directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller, "The Misfits"... Read more

101 Dalmatians (Disney) (1961)

7.2/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Rod Taylor, Lisa Davis, Cate Bauer

The Walt Disney charmer concerning a family of Dalmatians which run afoul of the deliciously evil Cruella De Vil. In keeping with the jazzier soundtra... Read more

101 Dalmatians (Disney) (Copy) (1961)

7.7/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Cate Bauer, Lisa Davis, Rod Taylor

The Walt Disney charmer concerning a family of Dalmatians which run afoul of the deliciously evil Cruella De Vil. In keeping with the jazzier soundtra... Read more

Bambi (1942)

7.3/10
Director: David Hand
Starring: Bambi, Thumper

The Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten's woodland tale, resulting in some of the studio's most memorable characters (young fawn... Read more