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DVDs of the week

28.10.08
Without Robert Downey Jr's winning charm Iron Man would be a disaster. ... more

DVDs of the week

16.09.08
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a sweet debut effort from Nicholas Stoller, XXY makes for relentless viewing and Street Kings is an almost damn fine cop movie. ... more

DVDs of the week

09.09.08
Lebanese film Caramel has found success beyond its expected art-house circuit and Our Daily Bread is ideal for showing off your big fat-screen TV.... more

DVDs of the week

12.08.08
Gleeson and Farrell make a magic double act in In Bruges, My Brother Is An Only Child has a rough charm and Son Of Rambow is nostalgic.... more

DVDs of the week

05.08.08
Vantage Point is a slight but slick action movie, Four Minutes has an unforgettable climax and You, The Living is one of the year's most bizarre films.... more

DVDs of the week

29.07.08
Katherine Heigl is the eternal birdesmaid in 27 Dresses, David Lynch's masterpiece The Elephant Man gets a timely re-release, and prehistoric man sends us all to sleep in 10,000BC... more

DVDs of the week

01.07.08
Be Kind Rewind has a lot of heart, Mad Men is a pitch that's hard to refuse and The Other Boleyn Girl is not what you'd expect.... more

DVDs of the week

27.05.08
The Savages, a coming-of-middle-age comedy is exceptional in more ways than one but Before The Devil Knows You're Dead goes horribly wrong.... more

DVDs of the week

20.05.08
Tim Burton has a good stab at musicals in Sweeney Todd, Seinfield fans will get a buzz out of Bee Movie and My Kid Could Paint That may start an argument.... more

DVDs of the week

13.05.08
Rip-roaring silliness and an obvious plot come as standard in Walk Hard, Eyes Without A Face is not for the faint-hearted and Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a quirky fairytale.... more

DVDs of the week

29.04.08
World War II-era spy thriller Lust, Caution is exquisite on every level, St Trinian's is a surprisingly jolly comedy and Out Of The Blue lives up to the title.... more

DVDs of the week

08.04.08
Three messed-up brothers get lost in India in The Darjeeling Limited, the nail-biting Rescue Dawn will have you throwing chips at the screen and Pulling mocks singledom.... more

DVDs of the week

26.02.08
Among this week's DVDs, Viggo Mortensen stars as a brutal body-disposer in Eastern Promises and Take That perform some sleepy love songs.... more

DVDs of the week

19.02.08
Courtroom drama in Michael Clayton and substandard twaddle from Simon Pegg's Run, Fat Boy, Run, are among this week's DVD offerings.... more

Unpredictable, irreverant Oedipus

18.02.08
Pan Pan Theatre's Oedipus Loves You is a wildly eccentric modern take on the classical story of doomed prophecy.... more

DVDs of the week

05.02.08
World War II romance in Atonement, Jamie Bell as a creepy misfit in Hallam Foe and Richard Gere stars in The Hoax.... more

DVDs of the week

29.01.08
Pistol-packing performances in 3.10 To Yuma, gross-out comedy in The Heartbreak Kid, and super-charged action in The Kingdom.... more

DVDs of the week

08.01.08
The delightfully-paced Knocked Up, Jackie Chan high-kicks his way through Rush Hour 3, and Western fun in Seraphim Falls.... more

DVDs of the week

04.12.07
The Simpsons hit the big screen, large-scale effects in Transformers, and a festive movie with a dark twist.... more

A family at breaking point

03.10.07
Writer Michael Bhim's debut play tells the story of a family at breaking point and sparkles with well observed realities of city life.... more

DVDs of the week

07.08.07
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder team up in the brilliant Blades of Glory, and Primal Scream's debut live DVD are among this week's offerings.... more

Playing the fields

22.05.07
Isle of Wight's Bestival will be one of the summer's hottest music events. Arwa Haider asks its DJ organiser Rob da Bank why the fancy dress-fest seems to work.... more

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