Blu-ray Discs
Immerse yourself in a world in which dreams come true and imagination comes to life with razor-sharp clarity. You're experiencing the wonder of Blu-ray, the High Definition entertainment format that will change the movies as you know them. Many of your favourite films are already available on Blu-ray discs, along with incredible interactive features and unprecedented online connectivity. Experience Blu-ray on Playstation 3 or a Blu-ray player - they'll both play your existing DVDs, too. Once you've lived inside your favourite movies on Blu-ray you may never look back...
Below are the rapidly growing line-up of selected titles Alice stocks to showcase this exciting format.
Shane ( Blu-ray ) (1953)
7.7/10
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, B...
George Stevens' legendary rendition of the archetypal Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Screenplay, Best Director and B... Read more
From Here to Eternity ( Blu-ray ) (1953)
7.7/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Montgo...
The talented Fred Zinnemann ('A Man for All Seasons') perfectly captures the static isolation and boredom that envelops the military personnel in peac... Read more
Pickup on South Street (Blu-ray) (1953)
7.7/10
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
A tough, brutal and well-made film, starring Richard Widmark as a petty thief who inadvertently acquires a top secret microfilm and becomes a target f... Read more
The War of the Worlds (Blu-ray) (1953)
7.1/10
Director: Byron Haskin
Starring: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Based on the HG Wells novel, this film about a Martian invasion of the Earth is a superior sci-fi and won an Oscar for its special effects. It was or... Read more
Stalag 17 ( Blu-ray ) (1952)
8/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, William Holden
This fine tale of a POW Camp is laced with director Billy Wilder's special brand of comedy and cynicism. William Holden (Academy Award for Best Actor)... Read more
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ( Mr Hulot's Holiday ) ( Blu-ray ) (1952)
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla, Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tatis endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tatis... Read more
Limelight ( Blu-ray + DVD ) (1952)
8.1/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Norma...
Charlie Chaplins masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer-directors most touching films. Chaplin plays Cal... Read more
The Day the Earth Stood Still ( Blu-ray ) (1951)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe
A spacecraft lands in Washington D.C. and an alien emerges, with a menacing robot whose destructive powers defy imagination. So begins the science-fic... Read more
Quo Vadis ( Blu-ray ) (1951)
7.2/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Robert Taylor, Leo Genn
Ancient Rome is the setting for this dramatic epic of faith, love, and courage. Revered Imperial soldier Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) returns from... Read more
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Blu-ray ) (1951)
8/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
Blanche du Bois, the magnificently brooding Vivien Leigh, a faded descendant of the once-proud Southern gentry, comes to live with her matter-of-fact... Read more