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It's been 18 long months since the fifth season of sci-fi cartoon Futurama hit Blu-ray in the UK. During this time two further seasons have been released to buy in the US and the show has been cancelled all over again. But let's not dwell on the negatives. Instead, let's simply be happy that UK fans have another 13 episodes to enjoy in hi-def with this belated release of the show's sixth season.

What is it going to take to convince Joel and Ethan Coen to stop messing around with remakes of classic British crime capers? While they didn't actually direct Gambit (unlike 2004's The Ladykillers), they're still responsible for the laugh-free script that forms the backbone to this Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz 'comedy'. Clearly realising that the film was a dud, the distributor hasn't bothered with any extras beyond a promo featurette and trailer. Still, at least the detail-rich AVC 2.40:1 1080p visuals show that no corners were cut when it came to presenting the film in HD.

After success in most other genres, HBO has turned its attention on the fantasy epic with this adaptation of the first of George RR Martin’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire novels. And once again the result is a televisual masterpiece that looks set to live up to its literary source material, which takes the standard fantasy tropes and uses them as the framework for a truly adult fantasy saga of depth and complexity.

The battle for the throne of Westeros continues to heat up in this adaptation of the second novel in George R.R. Martin's series.

These are interesting times for HBO's epic fantasy. With author George R.R. Martin still holed up somewhere beavering away on the sixth novel in the series (The Winds of Winter, release date TBC), the TV adaptation hasn't just caught up with the books, but in its sixth season is having to chart its own course. So how is the show faring without the luxury of one of Martin's novels to draw upon?

Based on the true story of an off-the-books police squad set up in 1940s L.A. to bring down boxer-turned-gang boss Meyer 'Micky' Cohen, Gangster Squad has the kind of setup that most crime writers could only wish they'd dreamt up. Add to that some serious star power, including Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Sean Penn, and you'd expect this to be the sort of modern classic that could rival L.A. Confidential or Chinatown.