DVD Reviews

From the home of Trapped, The Killing, Beck, River and Lilyhammer – a company called Nordic Noir, funnily enough – comes Modus, an edgy Swedish police thriller based on Anne...

The new Doctor wakes up and neither his companions nor the viewer are sure who he is. In this animated reconstruction of Patrick Troughton's first Doctor Who tale, the Daleks recognise him quickly enough

A frustratingly intimate documentary in which the people behind the masks reveal all about their experiences working on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Though Dr Strange should should pack more punch, this is a very ordinary film about a very unusual man doing very unusual things in a very ordinary world

Sometimes when a film is this bad, you don't even know where to begin to describe it – a horror film about rape, masquerading as a film about voodoo

Another fabulous volume, this time with a sex comedy, Dominant Sex, whose central couple argue about some very modern sexual politics, and slapstick farce Lost In The Legion, about two cooks who accidentally sign up for the Foreign Legion. 

Classic crime vs investigative reporter caper from the 1940s – to clear an innocent dame, Brooksie must solve the crime

You don’t have to have a history with The Sweeney – this is a great film to just put on, sit back, relax, and enjoy

Embrace of the Serpent is a fantastic journey through the Amazon in which you come face-to-face with your darkest demons

Identicals promises a brave new world, but ultimately it delivers something much more familiar