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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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
8.7/10
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Rober...
Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all si... Read more
Avengers: Infinity War (Blu-ray) (2018)
8.7/10
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Rober...
Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all si... Read more
The Death of Stalin (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dermot Crowley, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Karl Johnson, Michael Palin, Steve...
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Am... Read more
Sweet Country (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Warwick Thornton
Starring: Bryan Brown, Matt Day, Sam Neill, Thomas M Wright, Tremayne Doolan, Anni Finster...
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a... Read more
Isle of Dogs (2018)
8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more
Isle of Dogs (Blu-ray) (2018)
8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more
Mary and the Witch's Flower (Blu-Ray) (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Starring: Ewen Bremner, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Lynda Baron, Morwenna Banks
Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blos... Read more
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Starring: Ewen Bremner, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Lynda Baron, Morwenna Banks
Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blos... Read more
Happy End (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Toby Jones, Laura V...
Although a middle-class family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks, they pay little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps... Read more
A Quiet Place (2018)
7.7/10
Director: John Krasinski
Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. Parents do whatever it takes to keep their children and soon to... Read more