DVD round-up from The TOMB

'Lady Vengeance', 'Match Point' and 'March of the Penguins' all fall under The TOMB's watchful eye.

May  8 2006

Park Chan-Wook fans have reason to rejoice this week – the final part of his vengeance trilogy hits stands today in the beguiling shape of 'Lady Vengeance'.

Completing the hat-trick of hits that began with the shocking 'Sympathy for Mr Vengeance' and continued with 'Oldboy', 'Lady V' is a very different proposition, a slow, stately sojourn down retribution alley that nevertheless builds to the most devastating climax of the three films yet.

To find out more about this modern classic, you can read my Q&A with the great man himself here.

If Korean ultra-violence doesn't float your boat, 'Match Point' is also out today, Woody Allen's much heralded return to form.

I wasn't a massive fan of this one, believing the depiction of the British upper class to be beyond caricature and the dialogue clumsy and stilted. But it does feature a wonderfully sexy turn from Scarlett Johansson and is worth seeing if only for the shocking about-turn that occurs mid-way through the film.

If it's something more family-oriented you're after, look no further than 'March of the Penguins', Luc Jacquet's simply stunning documentary about the life cycle of Antarctica's emperor penguins.

Be warned however, the film doesn't flinch from nature's brutal realities, and for that reason it may not be ideal viewing for the very young.

The same cannot be said for 'Camberwick Green' however, my final choice of the week (though how I got here from 'Lady Vengeance' I'm not quite sure').

The latest release in the excellent 'Trumptonshire' collection, it harks back to a more innocent time for children's television, and is sure to delight the under-eights as well as anyone who can remember the hypnotic sound of Windy Miller's sails.

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