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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Exhuma (2024)
6.9/10
Director: Jae-Hyun Jang
Starring: Min-sik Choi
The process of excavating an ominous grave unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath. Read more
Smile 2 (2024)
6.8/10
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Raul C...
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events... Read more
Didi (2024)
7.4/10
Director: Sean Wang
Starring: Izaac Wang, Shirley Chen, Zhang Li Hua, Joan Chen
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't... Read more
A Different Man (2024)
6.9/10
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Sam Pearson
An aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. However, his new dream face quickly turns into a nigh... Read more
House Of The Dragon: Season 2 (2024)
8.3/10
Director: Clare Kilner, Miguel Sapochnik, Greg Yaitanes
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Matt Smith, Graham McTavish, Paddy Considine, Bill Paterson, Eve Bes...
Following King Aegon II's coronation and the death of Queen Rhaenyra's son, House Targaryen is divided in two. In King's Landing, Aegon II rules from... Read more
The Substance (2024)
7.4/10
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory... Read more
The Substance ( Blu-ray ) (2024)
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory... Read more
The Wild Robot (Blu-ray) (2024)
8.2/10
Shipwrecked on a deserted island, a robot named Roz must learn to adapt to its new surroundings. Building relationships with the native animals, Roz s... Read more
The Wild Robot (2024)
8.2/10
Shipwrecked on a deserted island, a robot named Roz must learn to adapt to its new surroundings. Building relationships with the native animals, Roz s... Read more
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)
7.6/10
Director: James Strong
Starring: Toby Jones, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Monica Dolan
The extraordinary story of the greatest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses... Read more