Latest Staff Picks
The films listed below are Alice's Latest Staff Picks, finding their way into this category generally as a result of agreement between staff that they have real merit for one reason or another. Most titles represent a safe choice for those that find choosing a film difficult or are bewildered by Alice's depth and breadth...
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The Evil Dead ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Sarah York, Hal Delrich
Earning the memorable Stephen King eulogy of being 'the most ferociously original horror film of the year', Sam Raimi's low budget gore-fest is an exh... Read more
The Evil Dead (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Sarah York, Hal Delrich
Earning the memorable Stephen King eulogy of being 'the most ferociously original horror film of the year', Sam Raimi's low budget gore-fest is an exh... Read more
The Disappearance (Blu-ray) (1977)
5.7/10
Director: Stuart Cooper
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, John Hurt, David Warner, Pe...
Contract killer Jay Mallory 's wife Celandine has disappeared from their apartment. When he is hired by members of an international organization to ca... Read more
Sorcerer (Blu-ray) (1977)
7.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
A gangster, a crooked banker, a hitman and an arab terrorist are stranded and on the run in a small village in South America. Their only chance of esc... Read more
Katie Tippel (1975)
6.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Monique Van De Ven, Rutger Hauer
The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she se... Read more
Morgiana (Blu-ray) (1972)
7.2/10
Starring: Josef Abrham, Petr Cepek, Iva Janzurová
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves... Read more
The Panic In Needle Park (Blu-ray) (1971)
7/10
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright
Follows the lives of heroin addicts who frequent "Needle Park" in New York City. Read more
Yellow Submarine (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.4/10
Director: George Dunning
Starring: Dick Emery, Lance Percival, John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes, (Voices of) , Paul Ange...
The Beatles have arrived in high definition with the revelatory Blu-ray release of Yellow Submarine. The 1999 standard DVD reissue of the animated f... Read more
Yellow Submarine (1968)
7.4/10
Director: George Dunning
Starring: The Beatles, Blue Meanies
Join the greatest band of all time for this mind-blowing voyage into the unearthly paradise of Pepperland and save it from the Blue Meanies, with humo... Read more
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Gordon Jackson
Maggie Smith, in her Oscar-winning performance, is superb as the unconventional, eccentric teacher in an all-girls school in Edinburgh. Set during th... Read more