David Tennant, known to “Doctor Who” fans as No. 10, stars in the BBC thriller “Spies of Warsaw,” new…
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A BBC spy thriller leads TV shows that are new to DVD, Blu-ray
A comedy about an all-female student a capella group, Pitch Perfect rehashes a plot that’s older than Mickey Rooney.
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DVD: Pitch Perfect
Scene stealer Christopher Walken, once again, appears to be acting in an entirely different film (a better one) in Martin McDonagh’s absurd but entertaining black comedy.
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DVD & Blu-ray review: Seven Psychopaths (15)
“I am surprised to hear that Aristotle is on the syllabus in the State of Wisconsin,” maintains a haughty don in Harold Pinter’s deft adaptation of Nicholas Mosley’s novel.
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DVD & Blu-ray review: Accident (PG)
Midsomer Murders meets David Lynch in the BBC’s ripe, horribly compelling five-part thriller. A 15-year-old May Queen goes missing in a provincial town and three disagreeable middle-aged men – Peter Firth’s grubby property developer, Aiden Gillen’s sneering layabout and Peter McDonald’s creepy cop – are the main suspects.
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DVD & Blu-ray review: Mayday (15)
What Richard Did is a small but intense piece of psychological drama about pampered teenagers from a well-heeled district of south Dublin.
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DVD review: What Richard Did
BBC’s wildly successful Sunday-night entertainment is certainly preferable to the cloying Lark Rise to Candleford and it doesn’t flinch at portraying domestic abuse in late 1950s Poplar.
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DVD & Blu-ray review: Call the Midwife: Series 2 (12)
Harold Pinter’s vicious dissection of class, sex and power still unnerves 50 years on. James Fox is exquisitely louche as the aristocratic Tony who requires a manservant to tend to his needs and Chelsea home
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DVD & Blu-ray review: The Servant (15)
David O Russell’s Oscar-winning comedy stands out from the Hollywood crowd by having a polished and punchy screenplay, rather than acres of self-indulgent improv, and a hero (Bradley Cooper) who has genuine mental-health issues, rather than simply being an arrested adolescent.
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DVD review: Silver Linings Playbook
Available in the UK after a four-year wait, this American sitcom is heavily indebted to The Office and all its mock-doc stylings – there’s a sideways glance to camera every 30 seconds – but it has a sweetness and richness all of its own.
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DVD review: Parks & Recreation Season One
