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The brainchild of Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) and produced by the team behind the hit BBC show Spooks, there were high expectations for this new series.  Unfortunately, despite a great central performance from Melissa George, the storyline gets so wrapped up in knots that it rapidly leaves believability far behind.

The most telling thing about this big-screen sci-fi blockbuster is the on-screen credit that states that it was 'suggested by' Isaac Asimov's famous collection of short stories that goes under the same name. So, while it occasionally flirts with the deeper concerns of Asimov's writing, at the end of the day director Alex Proyas' I, Robot is all about making Will Smith look bad-ass and giving him thousands and thousands of robots to shoot, punch and run over. Which may be your thing, of course.

The first in Lindsay Anderson's trio of state-of-the-nation satires starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis (the others being 1973's O Lucky Man! and 1982's Britannia Hospital), If…. follows the exploits of three nonconformist pupils at the College House public school, whose disaffection eventually boils over into anarchy and violence.

This mythological epic is a truly bizarre piece of Hollywood filmmaking. Best described as a collision between Clash of the Titans, Flash Gordon and the films of Derek Jarman, Immortals may be frequently beautiful to look at, but it offers little in the way of narrative cohesion or simple logic. Disappointingly, this Blu-ray release contains the same cut of the film that played at UK cinemas, shorn of some 18-seconds of violence.

Inception is that rare commodity: an overblown blockbuster that glowers into the face of its audience and dares them to keep up. It’s worth making the effort. Chris Nolan’s cerebral heist movie delivers more digital wow than (nearly) every other film released in 2010. That you should add it to your BD collection goes without saying. The only question is should you opt for the Triple Play release (two Blu-ray discs, one DVD and the keys to a Digital Copy download), or geek out with the stainless steel Briefcase Edition? This includes a replica of Cobb’s spinning top token, a PASIV (Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous) Device User Manual and Movie art-cards. If you go for the latter, we suggest you don’t broadcast the fact to your friends.

The latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen takes us back to 1961 to follow the travails of Greenwich Village folk musician Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac). Formerly part of a duo, Davis has reinvented himself as a solo artist since his partner's suicide – which wouldn't necessarily be such a bad thing if his album was actually selling. So Davis packs up his guitar (and a friend's cat) and heads across country for a last-ditch effort at impressing the music mogul who could give him the big break his career needs.