Blu-ray

It's been over a decade since the last instalment of the BBC series of the same name, but the success of the live show has saved the Walking with Dinosaurs brand from extinction. As such, it was hardly surprising to learn that a feature-film was going into production. What is a surprise, though, is just how far removed the film is from the concept of the original series…

Ben Stiller's latest directorial outing sees the Hollywood funnyman take a break from the farcical humour of Zoolander and Tropic Thunder for something a little more heart-felt.

Lars von Trier's four-hour, two-movie epic tells the story of self-confessed nymphomaniac Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Having been assaulted and left lying beaten in an alley, she is discovered by a lonely bachelor called Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård) who takes her into his home. While recuperating, she passes the time by telling her saviour about her sordid life, splitting the saga into eight chapters.

There's a fine line between creating a narrative that remains intriguingly opaque and one that simply infuriates by stubbornly refusing to allow you to engage with it on any level. Joel and Ethan Coen judged it to perfection with their 2008 adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of Ridley Scott and this 'thriller' based on an original script by the same author.

This fourth screen take on Stephen King's first best-seller (don't tell us you forgot about 1999's The Rage: Carrie 2 and 2002's TV movie?) still finds it almost impossible to escape from the shadow of Brian De Palma's original 1976 adaptation. While the storyline has been updated to bring cyber-bullying into the mix, otherwise it's business as usual, with the exact same story beats being played out yet again.

Roles are reversed in this spellbinding second season of the crime drama based on Thomas Harris' novels, as FBI profiler Will Graham is the lunatic locked away behind bars and Hannibal Lecter is on the loose and aiding the law. As if that wasn't a compelling enough reason to pick up this set, Hannibal continues to be one of the best-looking shows available on Blu-ray thanks to its stunning AVC 1.78:1 1080p encodes. Best of all, unlike the previous boxset, this time around UK fans get the full complement of extra featuress, including eight episode commentaries.

Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron star in this inspired comedy about a young couple with a newborn baby forced to live next door to a raucous off-campus frat house. Mixing big belly laughs with acute observations about the anxieties that accompany the journey to adulthood, Bad Neighbours is one of the year's funniest films and (refreshingly) doesn't outstay its welcome thanks to a brisk 97-minute running time. In addition to attractive 1.85:1 imagery and powerful DTS-HD MA 5.1 sonics (just check out those party scenes), Universal's Blu-ray serves up some fun bonus bits.