DVD round-up from The TOMB

It's a brilliant week for DVDs, with 'A History of Violence', 'Broken Flowers' and 'Thumbsucker' all out.

Mar 22 2006

Monday was a fantastic day for DVD, with all manner of critically acclaimed wonders hitting the streets.

Pick of the bunch is undoubtedly David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence', an uncompromising drama that blew critics and audiences away when it hit screens last September.

Featuring brilliant performances from Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris and William Hurt, it was one of Time Out's films of 2005, and the film's marriage of drama and violence is sure to hit any viewer like a sledgehammer to the head.

Don't expect to see the DVD at the top of the charts next week however, as 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' was also released on Monday.

The fourth of the boy wizard flicks (and the first to be directed by a Brit in the shape of Mike Newell), 'Goblet' is a solid piece of entertainment, although it's not a patch on Potter's previous 'Prisoner of Azkaban' outing. Nevertheless, expect it to sell by the truck-load.

Some of last year's most understated gems have also been released in the shape of 'Separate Lies', 'Mrs Henderson Presents', 'Broken Flowers' and 'Thumbsucker', and while I've only seen the latter, I'm reliably informed that the other three are well worth checking out.

And finally, surprise hit 'Hustle & Flow' has also made it to DVD, so anyone who wants to know just how hard it is out there for a pimp, this is the release for you.

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