DVD & Blu-ray reviews

30 Days of Fright: May 2012 horror DVD roundup

Surely it’s now time to call an end to the seemingly interminable onslaught that is the horror genre’s fascination with the ‘found-footage’ style of camcorder film-making.

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'Being Human': Series 4 DVD review

Series 4 was always going to be tricky, with the loss of three principal cast members, but surprisingly it’s not the replacement characters that are the problem.

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'Doctor Who': 'The Happiness Patrol' DVD review

One Doctor Who story that has deserved rather more acclaim than it has been accustomed to getting is 1988’s The Happiness Patrol.

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'Suits': Season 1 DVD review

Set in the world of corporate law, Suits is a smart and stylish American import that has been doing the numbers for Dave.

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'Doctor Who': 'Dragonfire' DVD review

It’s hard to think of a Doctor Who story that more conspicuously exposes the limitations of an all-studio production than 1987’s Dragonfire.

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'Doctor Who': 'Nightmare of Eden' DVD review

Nightmare of Eden is proof that sometimes the most sober slice of Who is garnished with the campest of toppings.

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30 Days of Fright: April 2012 horror DVD roundup

What would your vote be for most horrific film ever? As far as this reviewer’s concerned, it's Kill Keith, Swap Shop star Keith Chegwin’s cinematic debut.

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'Upstairs Downstairs': Series 2 DVD review

From September 1938 to the outbreak of WWII, the second series of Upstairs Downstairs was always destined to labour under an all-pervading sense of the gathering doom.

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'Titanic' DVD review

One can only assume that ITV1’s Titanic was scripted in-between sips of a G&T on the Downton Abbey set.

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'Wilfred': Season 1 & 2 DVD review

Sure enough, you may have seen the Elijah Wood-starring HBO remake of this surreal tale of one man and his dog, though chances are you might not have seen the original, brilliant, Australian series.

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