Blu-ray

Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper star in this ambitious and carefully observed crime drama. While it touches on traditional genre tropes such as bank robberies, corrupt cops and internal affairs investigations, it's mainly concerned with the theme of fatherhood. The AVC 2.40:1 1080p encode opts for a highly stylised aesthetic that mixes heavy grain with bold washes of colour, while the accompanying DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix adds plenty of ambience. A commentary and four extended/deleted scenes are among the disc's modest extras.

When college friends Faith (Selena Gomez), Brit (Ashley Benson), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) discover that their Spring Break vacation in Florida might be put on hold due to a lack of money, they do what any sensible young ladies would do. They rob a fast-food restaurant.

Brian De Palma's 1980 thriller is the kind of utterly bonkers cinematic confection that only a truly gifted filmmaker could actually get away with. Angie Dickinson stars as a frustrated housewife whose casual afternoon liaison with a stranger ends in murder. What follows is a deranged spiral into sex, death and transgender issues, which mixes together the very best of Hitchcock and '70s Italian slashers to outrageous effect.

Loosely based on Stephen Revello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, this film excels at recreating period details, but struggles to find any drama in the true story. This is no doubt why the writers cooked up a pointless plot about Hitch (Anthony Hopkins) being haunted by both the spectre of Ed Gein and a suspicion that his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) is having an affair. The fantastic AVC 2.40:1 1080p encode and sizeable batch of extra features do at least ensure that it's a decent Blu-ray package. And if nothing else, it's sure to leave you wanting to watch Psycho all over again.

Following in the footsteps of Snow White and the Huntsman and Red Riding Hood, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters offers a more action-packed update of a classic fairy tale. Thankfully, as you might expect from the young director who gave us 2009's gonzo Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow, this retooling of The Brothers Grimm's story is far less po-faced than its forgettable predecessors.

From its 007-inspired opening credits to Foxy's final squirm-inducing revenge, Jack Hill's 1974 blaxploitation hit remains an absolute blast. Key to this is Pam Grier's electrifying performance as Foxy Brown, which helps paper over the myriad plot deficiencies and cements the film's place as a bona fide genre classic. Arrow Video's BD boasts an authentically grainy and colourful AVC 1.85:1 1080p encode and a pleasingly clear LPCM 2.0 soundtrack. And while the lack of input from Grier in the disc-based extras is a real shame, the commentary and interviews included on the disc are still well worth checking out.

Arrow Video unearths another gem from the MGM catalogue in the form of Kevin Connor's horror-comedy about farmer Vincent Smith and his 'special' smoked meats. Given the miserable treatment Motel Hell received on DVD in the past, this Blu-ray's colourful AVC 1.85:1 encode is a revelation. The accompanying LPCM 2.0 soundtrack is less immediately exciting, but is a fine reproduction of the source elements. As usual Arrow has also cooked up some fantastic supplementary features including a commentary by the director, interviews and a look at what makes a great female horror baddie.