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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Coco (2017)
8.4/10
Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Anthony Gonzalez
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperat... Read more
Coco (Blu-Ray) (2017)
8.4/10
Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Anthony Gonzalez
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperat... Read more
Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
7.8/10
Director: Richard Dale, Peter Webber, Lixin Fan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Robert Redford
From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power... Read more
Earth: One Amazing Day (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.8/10
Director: Richard Dale, Peter Webber, Lixin Fan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Robert Redford
From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power... Read more
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Blu-Ray) (2017)
8.2/10
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town... Read more
The Disaster Artist (2017)
7.5/10
Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco, Megan Mullally, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron, Ari Grayno...
James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseauan artist whose passion was as si... Read more
Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series - Part 1 (2017)
8.8/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Alicia Witt, Ashley Judd, Balthazar Getty, Candy Clark, Charlotte Stewart, David...
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered. Part 1 contains episodes 1-... Read more
Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series - Part 2 (2017)
8.8/10
Director: David Lynch
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered. Part 2 contains episodes 11... Read more
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Raffey Cassidy, Barry Keoghan
Cincinnati cardiologist Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) lived an ordinary existence with his wife (Nicole Kidman) and kids...but on the quiet, he mainta... Read more
Paddington 2 (2017)
7.9/10
Director: Paul King
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, Julie Walters, Michael Gambon, Ben...
Settled in with the Brown family, Paddington the bear is a popular member of the community who spreads joy and marmalade wherever he goes. One fine da... Read more