New DVDs

WATCHMEN Cert 18

TALKED about with almost religious zeal by graphic novel fans, Watchmen is considered the gold standard of the comic book art.

And, after recreating the look and feel of the story on the big screen with attention-grabbing style, Zack Snyder seemed the perfect director to bring Watchmen to the multiplexes. An opening scene in which one of the superhero band is murdered sets the tone of violent artistry with blood and glass mingling in an orchestrated ballet of destruction.

Set in an alternate 1985 where America is on the brink of nuclear war with the USSR, this is the story of a disbanded superhero team.

When their old comrade The Comedian (Dean Morgan) is murdered, Dr Manhattan (Billy Crudup), Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) and Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) fear for their safety. But, with the world in danger, Dr Manhattan (a spectral CGI creation with God-like power who talks in riddles) needs to put his work first.

DUPLICITY Cert 12

CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Clive Owen) battle it out in this comic caper, in which everyone is bluffing. We don't know who to trust as the intricate plot unfolds.

IL DIVO Cert 15

A PORTRAYAL of the life of Giulio Andreotti, one of the most powerful politicians of the Italian post-war era. It's a life peppered with triumphs and scandals.

COLUMBO – SERIES 10, VOL 2 Cert 12

DETECTIVE Columbo (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Each episode opens with a murder, followed by Columbo's investigation, and finally his revelation of how he put the events together.