Alice DVD Library

Catherine Cookson: The Rag Nymph (1997)

Director: David Wheatly

Starring: Claire Skinner, Julian Wadham, Honeysuckle Weeks

"The Rag Nymph" is a 1997 UK television miniseries directed by David Wheatley and adapted from the popular novel by Catherine Cookson. In 19th century... Read more

Life is Sweet (Blu-ray) (1990)

7.5/10

Director: Mike Leigh

Starring: Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner, Jim Broadbent

Another slice of working-class life focusing on an endearing couple and their iconoclastic twin daughters - one of whom is waist-deep in self-loathing... Read more

And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

Director: Anand Tucker

Starring: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Elaine Cassidy, Sarah...

Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent star in this adaptation of poet Blake Morrison's best-selling memoir that explores the complex relationship between fath... Read more

The Escort (1999)

6.3/10

Director: Michael Blanc

Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Noah Taylor, Frances Barber, Claire Skinner

Daniel Auteuil is Pierre, a French academic who leaves his family in Paris feeling that his life has been without risk or challenge. He moves to Lond... Read more

Strings (2004)

7/10

Director: Anders Ronnow Klarlund

Starring: Voices Of, James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Julian Glover, Derek Jacobi, Ian H...

A unique and beautifully realised fantasy film populated entirely by marionettes. With shades of the Brothers Grimm and even Shakespeare, the story p... Read more

Eroica (2003)

7.6/10

Director: Simon Cellan Jones

Starring: Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Claire Skinner, Jack Davenport, Frank Finlay, Fenell...

The day that changed music forever..By the time the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.3 (Eroica) took place in Vienna in 1805, a pri... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Wingless Bird (1997)

7.5/10

Director: Michael Whyte

Starring: Claire Skinner, Edward Atterton, Anne Reid, Julian Wadham, Daniel Casey, Dinsdal...

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barri... Read more

Catherine The Great (2019)

6.2/10

Director: Philip Martin

Starring: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee, Kevin McNally, Clive Russell, Richard Ro...

Amidst scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, Russian Czarina Catherine the Great (Dame Helen Mirren) develops a unique and devoted relationship with... Read more

Sense and Sensibility (BBC) (2008)

7.7/10

Director: John Alexander

Starring: Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Janet McTeer, David Morrissey, Dan Stevens, D...

A compelling and exciting new BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Newcomers Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield play the two temperamental... Read more

Brigsby Bear (2017)

7.4/10

Director: Dave McCary

Starring: Claire Danes, Greg Kinnear, Jane Adams, Mark Hamill, Ryan Simpkins, Andy Samberg...

Having lived in a bunker since he was abducted as an infant, James Pope (Kyle Mooney) spent 25 years with little external stimulus beyond watching vid... Read more

Mystery Men (1999)

6.1/10

Director: Kinka Usher

Starring: Eddie Izzard, William H Macy, Tom Waits, Paul Reubens, Lena Olin, Hank Azaria, G...

Based on the Dark Horse comic book, "Mystery Men" is the story of seven superheroes, called upon to use their dubious "powers". This wild and crazy mo... Read more

Broken (2012)

7.3/10

Director: Rufus Norris

Starring: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Denis Lawson, Bill Milner, Rory Kinnear, Robert Emms,...

An 11 year-old girl finds herself exposed to the inequities of life in this rite-of-passage drama that features a remarkable performance by a new chil... Read more

Feast of Love (2007)

6.7/10

Director: Robert Benton

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Da...

As college professor and writer Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) sits quietly in the coffee shop of his tight-knit Oregon community, the local residen... Read more

V: The Final Battle (1984)