New DVD releases: February 2014

Prisoners
(E One, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD)

Sensational acting and a cliché-confounding plot about a dad (Hugh Jackman), a cop (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a suspected paedophile (Paul Dano) made this film fly by.

Kiss of the Damned
(Eureka, cert 18, Blu-ray/DVD)

Xan (daughter of John) Cassavetes’ homage to 1970s Euro vampires — fabulous women, softcore sex — even gets the twangy-synth soundtrack right.

Thanks for Sharing
(Koch, cert 15, DVD/DD)

A solidly acted drama that is unsure how funny sex addiction is but stars Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow and a rather excellent Pink — who knew?

Wadjda
(Soda, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD)

A feisty, bright young Saudi girl yearns to own a bike in an affirmative drama about being a woman in a country under heavy Islamic manners.

Romeo & Juliet
(EV, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD)

Damian Lewis, Lesley Manville and Paul Giamatti outshine Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare’s perennial, as adapted by Julian Fellowes.

Wings
(Eureka, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD)

Winner of the first Best Picture Oscar, this brilliantly restored First World War drama combines aerial derring-do with the spellbinding Clara Bow.