Blu-ray

Back in 2004 Anchor Bay gave UK-based fright-fans a real treat with its Hellraiser: Limited Edition 4-Disc Lament Configuration DVD boxset, which collected together the first three films in the long-running horror franchise alongside a bumper crop of bonus goodies. Now, a little over a decade later, Arrow Video has finally given those same fans a chance to ditch their DVDs and upgrade to hi-def with its own deluxe boxset.

Portly comic Kevin James stars in this surprisingly enjoyable Dodgeball-cum-Rocky MMA comedy, with able support from Henry Winkler and Salma Hayek. Sony's Blu-ray release carries on the feelgood vibes with both pitch-perfect HD visuals and meatily imbued DTS-HD MA sonics. When James' character Scott steps into the octagon for yet another pummelling, you'll think you're right there with him. The extra features are of the expected length and quality – buyers get a range of short featurettes (all in HD), a gag-reel and a chunk of deleted scenes. 

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.

The search for a teenage runaway (Linnea Quigley) lands Los Angeles private investigator Jack Chandler (Jay Richardson) in hot water when it turns out that she's involved with an ancient Egyptian cult that worships chainsaws. Naturally.

A revolution is underway in your local cinema. 'Older' audiences have broken out of the special screening ghetto that multiplexes used to put on in the hope of pulling them in, and are now spending significant amounts of money at the box office. And realising that they aren't necessarily looking for films about its usual subjects (superheroes, serial killers and the like) Hollywood has set about making films aimed specifically at this more mature demographic, resulting in recent hits like The King's Speech and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue add some class to this disappointing flick that aspires to the status of 'A Hitchcockian thriller… geared towards a younger audience' (according to producer Aaron Ryder), but simply comes across as being a completely formulaic, forgettable and surprisingly bland addition to the girl-in-peril sub-genre. On a positive note, the Blu-ray's grainy AVC 2.40:1 1080p encode authentically replicates the film's striking visual style, while the DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix holds some pleasing surprises (particularly during the finale).