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After a series of duds stretching back several years, Will Smith rediscovers his mojo playing third-generation con artist Nicky Spurgeon in this likeable cinematic caper. Nicky's perfectly ordered life starts to get a little more tricky when he agrees to mentor inexperienced grifter Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie), only to start falling in love with her. But is their relationship real or just part of yet another con?

It’s now 50 years since screen icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe passed away, but during that time her star power has not diminished one iota. Strange, then that until now none of her films have been released on Blu-ray in the UK. This four-disc set brings together four of her best (and best-loved) titles – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot. So let’s get stuck in…

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.

Before Jason Voorhees donned a hockey mask (or even the burlap sack he wore for one film) and started his epic killing spree there was another murderer killing promiscuous teens at Camp Crystal Lake. While the villain is different, the modus operandi is exactly the same - watch horny teenagers get it on with each other and then butcher them with an inventive array of weapons. As you can probably guess, it's not the most elaborate plot ever devised, but director Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 classic is still a tremendous model of economy, ditching anything like characterisation in favour of cutting straight to the good stuff (Tom Savini's wonderful makeup effects and the odd bit of partial nudity).

All good things must come to an end – and so it is that fans must now bid farewell to this superior sci-fi series. At least we can all take comfort in the fact that the show was allowed to run to a natural conclusion – even if this fifth season's dystopian future time-line isn't one that we necessarily saw coming.

Following the success of Re-Animator, director Stuart Gordon once again joined forces with actors Jeffrey Combes and Barbara Crampton to tackle another H.P. Lovecraft tale.

After the disappointing fantasy epic Tales from Earthsea, director Goro (son of Hayao) Miyazaki finds himself on much more secure ground with this intimate teenage romance. As you'd expect from a Studio Ghibli release, the hand-drawn animation is exquisite – and looks absolutely pristine on your HD display thanks to this Blu-ray's AVC 1.85:1 1080p presentation. Acoustic support is provided by a lyrical DTS-HD MA 5.0 track that focuses on the dialogue and score rather than dynamic effects. Extras include picture-in-picture storyboards, interviews and featurettes.