DVD REVIEWS

• 'The Informers' trawls the underbelly of 1980s LA

  The late Brad Renfro makes his final big-screen appearance in this downbeat depiction of sex, drugs and infidelity in 1980s Los Angeles, adapted by screenwriter Nicholas Jarecki and author Brett Easton Ellis (American Psycho) from his own book of the same name.

• Second 'Museum' visit a triumph of style over substance

  Security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has left behind his old job at New York City’s famed Museum Of Natural History to front his own company, which has just launched a glow-in-the-dark torch.

• 'Bruno' treads worn path, but hits the mark in places

  Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to the smash hit Borat follows a similar template, poking fun at celebrities and American culture.

• Impeccable look and performances in ‘Public Enemies’

  Writer-director Michael Mann’s film is a biopic of American Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger and his team of men who operated on the fringes of the law.

• ‘Last Chance Harvey’ a charming romance

  Middle-aged jingle writer Harvey (Dustin Hoffman) flies into London having just lost his job, in order to reconnect with his estranged daughter Susan (Liane Balaban) in time for her wedding.

• Comedic cast wasted in uneven ‘Year One’

  Pelt-clad primitives Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are incompetent and lazy and don’t pull their weight like the other men in their village.

• ‘Obsessed’ a generic thriller

  Derek Charles (Idris Elba), beautiful wife Sharon (Beyonce Knowles) and young son Kyle move into their new home. He is a recently-promoted executive vice-president who is poised to land the biggest account in his company’s history.

• Cartoonish violence ‘Drag Me To Hell’

  Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) works in a Los Angeles loans office and is keen to impress her boss Mr Jacks (David Paymer) and beat sycophantic co-worker Stu (Reggie Lee) to the vacant assistant manager’s position.

• ‘Aliens Vs Monsters’ nothing new, but full of heart

  A green, glowing meteorite lands on Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) on her wedding day, shortly before she is due to tie the knot to self-obsessed TV weatherman Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd).

• ‘Fired Up!’ a poor ‘Bring It On’ imitation

  Best friends Shawn (Nicholas D’Agosto) and Nick (Eric Christian Olsen) are the star athletes at Gerald R Ford High School and have exploited their demi-god status to bed most of the girls.