Finally released off the back of his Oscar-winner, A Separation, Iranian master Asghar Farhadi’s similarly brilliant 2006 drama follows a prospective bride into a house of marital argy-bargy.
2 Guns (E One, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)
Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington as a pair of crooks each with a big secret. A well written piece of dumb-ass entertainment asking for and getting charismatic star turns.
Leviathan (Dogwoof, cert E, Blu-ray/DVD)
An impressionist, wordless, remarkably shot documentary charting the tough existence for the guys, and even tougher time for the fish, on a trawler in the North Atlantic.
Kick-Ass 2 (Universal, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD/VOD)
Kick-Ass 2 hasn’t the balls of Kick-Ass 1, but it still has Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl, the butt-kicking wannabe superhero with a mouth as foul as her purple costume.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Fox, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD)
Harry, Ron and… sorry, Percy and faintly mythological crew in an action-heavy sword-and-magic sequel that few wanted, not even the studio, judging by the meagre CG budget.
Box Sets
The Paradise Series 1 & 2 (2entertain, cert PG, DVD
The BBC’s take on the “sex and shopping” genre is Downton in a Victorian department store, a comforting wallow with a big spiky plus – Patrick Malahide (series one, at least).
An Age of Kings (Illuminations, cert E, DVD)
First time on DVD, the BBC’s impressive 1960 series of Shakespeare history plays, and through the haze of poor videotape, there’s Judi Dench, Sean Connery, Robert Hardy.
Warp Films 10 (Warp, cert 18, DVD)
The Sheffield film production factory celebrate a decade with a box set – Submarine, Dead Men’s Shoes, Four Lions, Tyrannosaur standing out among an excellent 10 films well worth having.
Released on Mon Dec 2
Only God Forgives (Lionsgate, cert 18, Blu-ray/DVD)
Moody, magnificent Ryan Gosling is back with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn for a brutal revenge drama set in a neon-lit Thailand.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (StudioCanal, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)
Steve Coogan’s DJ is a siege negotiator at North Norfolk Digital. The gears crunch between comedy and drama.
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Independent, cert 18, DVD)
What do Pussy Riot want? Where are the women who performed in a Moscow cathedral? This even-handed documentary will tell you.
Man of Steel (Warner, cert 12, Blu-ray/DVD)
Henry Cavill is Superman in Zack Snyder’s 300-flavoured origins story, little more than a warm-up for the sequel. The special effects impress, as does Russell Crowe.
Looking for Hortense (Arrow, cert 12, DVD)
Stagy, overstuffed French comedy of urban bourgeois manners full of great performers, including Kristin Scott Thomas and Jean-Pierre Bacri.
The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (Universal, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)
These Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Edgar Wright collaborations must be the best trio of British comedies for ages.
